UPDATE:

 

Srisuwan asks NACC to probe PM for giving two dogs to his ministers

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai Constitution Protection Association secretary-general Srisuwan Janya wants the anti-graft commission to investigate Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for giving two dogs worth more than 3,000 baht each to his two ministers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018423-activist-to-petition-nacc-over-ministers’-receipt-of-gifts-from-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12587289

 

Shots fired after rival Thai teens fight at Pattaya pub

 

Picture: Facebook

 

Gunfire was heard outside a downtown Pattaya shopping area after a fight in a pub spilled into the car park early Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018518-shots-fired-after-rival-thai-teens-fight-at-pattaya-pub/

 

Spotify hit with $1.6 billion copyright lawsuit

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/spotify-hit-1-6-billion-copyright-lawsuit/26475/

Thailand should recognise tourists’ driver’s licences, says poll

The Phuket News

 

The poll overwhelmingly called for Thai police to recognise foreign driver’s licences.

 

PHUKET: A whopping 78% of respondents to an online poll have called for police and other officials who assist in enforcing traffic laws to recognise tourists’ driver’s licenses issued in their home countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018520-thailand-should-recognise-tourists’-driver’s-licences-says-poll/

 

13 injured in van crash in Mahasarakham

By The Nation

 

A van carrying New Year holidaymakers back to Bangkok fell into a road ditch in Mahasarakham early on Wednesday, injuring the driver and 12 passengers, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018521-13-injured-in-van-crash-in-mahasarakham/

 

Video: "Disgusting tourists worth a good kicking" - Thais vent frustration on Phuket visitors after trouble at Fuji

 

video screenshot

 

A video was posted on a popular Phuket Facebook page that showed an altercation between a female tourist and several people outside a Fuji Japanese restaurant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018522-video-disgusting-tourists-worth-a-good-kicking-thais-vent-frustration-on-phuket-visitors-after-trouble-at-fuji/

 

U.S. puts Pakistan on notice: Do more to stop terrorism

By Steve Holland and Drazen Jorgic

 

A State Department contractor adjust a Pakistan national flag before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on the sidelines of the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism at the State Department in Washington February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files

 

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States accused Pakistan on Tuesday of playing a "double game" on fighting terrorism and warned Islamabad it would have to do more if it wanted to maintain U.S. aid.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018523-us-puts-pakistan-on-notice-do-more-to-stop-terrorism/

 

Commerce Ministry suggests organic growers target German market

 

BANGKOK, 3 January 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce is pointing Thai organic farm goods producers towards Germany, recommending they focus on food, herbs, clothing and bags for health conscious consumers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018525-thai-commerce-ministry-suggests-organic-growers-target-german-market/

 

No meter or taxi driver refuses fare? Call "Big Joke" on 1155 and he'll get it sorted

 

Picture: INN

 

Tourist police bigwig Surachet Hakpal has implored the public to call the hotline if taxi drivers refuse fares or won't turn on the meter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018527-no-meter-or-taxi-driver-refuses-fare-call-big-joke-on-1155-and-hell-get-it-sorted/

 

New Year boom as "happy" tourists flock to Phang Nga spending half a billion baht

 

Picture: INN

 

Independent News Network painted a rosy picture of Thai tourism after making a visit to the beach at Phang Nga in the south of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018529-new-year-boom-as-happy-tourists-flock-to-phang-nga-spending-half-a-billion-baht/

 

Puppies rescued from roadside, beside mother's body

By The Nation

 

Two women rescued five puppies found beside their mother’s bloated dead body on a roadside in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018532-hua-hin-puppies-rescued-from-roadside-beside-mothers-body/

 

Two suspects arrested for death of wedding studio owner in Trang 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Trang police yesterday (Jan 2) arrested two men after suspecting them to be involved in the death of a 32-year-old owner of a wedding studio in Muang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018534-two-suspects-arrested-for-death-of-wedding-studio-owner-in-trang /

 

Minivan driver nabbed for brandishing a knife - "heavy penalty" given

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that the Department of Land Transport had issued a "heavy penalty" to a minivan driver reported on social media threatening others with a knife.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018535-minivan-driver-nabbed-for-brandishing-a-knife-heavy-penalty-given/

 

Woman gets help from Bangkok clinic after nose implant stuck out between her eyes

By Prae Sakaowan 

 

Photo: Hataitip Clinic/ Facebook

 

Photos of an extreme case of a nose job gone wrong circulated during over the holidays. Reports said that an infection caused the implant to stick out between the poor woman’s eyes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018536-woman-gets-help-from-bangkok-clinic-after-nose-implant-stuck-out-between-her-eyes/

 

No Phuket road-accident deaths on sixth day of danger

The Phuket News

 

One of the accidents recorded during the period was the lucky escape from serious injury by two women whose car slammed into the back of a parked tour bus early yesterday morning. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Phuket recorded zero deaths for the sixth day of Seven Days of Danger New Year road-safety campaign, the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) reported this morning (Jan 3).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018539-no-phuket-road-accident-deaths-on-sixth-day-of-danger/

 

Video: "Drunk" cop weaving all over the road sets the example for drink driving campaign!

 

Picture: Penkao

 

Comment was rife online as a video of a motorcyclist who appeared to be a policeman went viral.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018541-video-drunk-cop-weaving-all-over-the-road-sets-the-example-for-drink-driving-campaign/

 

You can now use Kodi on Xbox One

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Kodi has now been made available on the Xbox, the first hardware that is was designed to run on back in 2002.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/can-now-use-kodi-xbox-one/26478/

Scores of users report problems with Galaxy Note 8 battery

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Guests use the new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone during the company's launch event in New York City, U.S., August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

It seems that if you let the battery go completely flat on your Galaxy Note 8, you may have some issues with charging with some users reporting that their devices won’t charge in such an event.

More time needed to verify migrant workers’ nationalities

By The Nation

 

Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo

 

Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo sought Cabinet approval on Wednesday to extend by three months a March 31 deadline for verifying the nationalities of the 900,000 foreign migrant labourers in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018542-more-time-needed-to-verify-migrant-workers’-nationalities/

 

N.Korean leader orders border hotline with S.Korea reopened on Wednesday

 

A concrete border is seen as a South Korean soldier stands guard at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Files

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given an order to open a long-closed border hotline with South Korea at 0630 GMT on Wednesday for talks, an unidentified North Korean official announced in a televised statement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018544-nkorean-leader-orders-border-hotline-with-skorea-reopened-on-wednesday/

 

Major new update means you may actually want to buy the Nokia 3310

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

An updated version of the Nokia 3310, which will support 4G LTE and could be used for WhatsApp, will be launched later this year, it has been reported.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/major-new-update-means-may-actually-want-buy-nokia-3310/26482/

UPDATE:

 

Trang murder case ‘half-solved’ with first suspects in custody

By Khanittha Sitong 
The Nation

 

 

Two suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Trang-based salon owner Phakin Sornnarai are in police custody.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018534-two-suspects-arrested-for-death-of-wedding-studio-owner-in-trang /?do=findComment&comment=12587748

 

Dusit Thani to remain open all this year

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Hotel and property developer Dusit International says its flagship Dusit Thani Bangkok will remain open until January 5, 2019, rather than April 16 this year as planned. It said the closing date has been extended to allow more time to add value to the replacement hotel, which will be part of a Bt36.7-billion mixed-use project being built in partnership with Central Pattana.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018552-dusit-thani-to-remain-open-all-this-year/

 

Chaeng Wattana Road to be half-closed for a month

By The Nation

 

A 150-metre section of the inbound lanes of Chaeng Wattana Road near the National Cultural Centre in northern Bangkok will be closed for four hours a day from January 10 to February 10 ahead of construction of the electric railway’s Orange Line.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018554-chaeng-wattana-road-to-be-half-closed-for-a-month/

 

Sek Loso’s drug test comes up positive for methamphetamine

By Thai PBS

 

 

Urine test conducted on the controversial rocker Sek Loso by the Police Generally Hospital confirmed positive to methamphetamine, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol Lt Gen Charnthep Sesavej , disclosed on Wednesday (Jan 3).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018557-sek-loso’s-drug-test-comes-up-positive-for-meth/

 

Lido Lost, But So Long Scala? Apex Silent On Theater Fate

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

BANGKOK — Two endangered theaters in the heart of the city have rumored dates with the wrecking ball this year, and their owner is silent on a denial by the university landowner it is to blame.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018560-lido-lost-but-so-long-scala-apex-silent-on-theater-fate/

 

UPDATE:

 

Questions raised over cameraman’s role in Facebook Live suicide bid

By The Nation

 

The fate of an 18-year-old girl filmed jumping from a Bangkok bridge early on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide attempt after a reported break-up with her boyfriend remained unknown on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018427-mystery-over-girl-who-jumped-from-bridge-on-facebook-live/?do=findComment&comment=12588059

 

UPDATE:

 

Prayuth Willing To Resell Controversial Puppies

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

  

Interior Minister Gen. Anupong Paochinda speaks to the press Wednesday in Bangkok. Photo: Matichon

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018423-activist-to-petition-nacc-over-ministers’-receipt-of-gifts-from-pm/?do=findComment&comment=12588083

 

New Year road toll rises to 375 after six days

By The Nation

 

 

 

A total of 3,456 road accidents occurred during the first six days of the monitoring period for New Year holidays, killing 375 people and injuring 3,612, the monitoring centre announced on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018572-new-year-road-toll-rises-to-375-after-six-days/

 

Police solicit complaints against ‘notorious’ Morchit taxi motorcyclist

By The Nation

 

Pol Colonel Weerachai Songmetta.

 

Police have learned the identity of a “notorious” taxi motorcyclist who charged a female passenger Bt400 for a one-kilometre ride and are considering filing extortion charges against him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018573-police-solicit-complaints-against-‘notorious’-morchit-taxi-motorcyclist/