Inspire & Thaivisa Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno at Four Points by Sheraton

 

When - Wednesday, 17 January 2018 at 19:30–22:30

 

Where - Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1299211190182797/

 

Video captures two foreigners brawling in busy Thai street

 

 

This is the moment two foreigners came to blows in the middle of a busy Thai street.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018598-video-captures-two-foreigners-brawling-in-busy-thai-street/

Girl, 9, fatally bitten by cobra

By Suwannee Bundisak 
The Nation

 

 

A nine-year-old girl was fatally bitten by a cobra that slithered into her bed in Surat Thani province’s Chai Buri district, police said on Wednesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018609-girl-9-fatally-bitten-by-cobra/

 

Opinion:

Reaction to US/Thai lovebirds David and Annie on Facebook shows news savvy Thais are growing up!

 

Picture: Phenkhao

 

Years ago a story like that of David and Annie featured on a TV reality show would have yielded entirely predictable results.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018636-reaction-to-usthai-lovebirds-david-and-annie-on-facebook-shows-news-savvy-thais-are-growing-up/

 

Thai ministry gives green light to new Bangkok to Pattaya road charges - 105 baht

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A ministerial level meeting yesterday gave the go ahead for new charges on Route 7 from Bangkok to Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018637-thai-ministry-gives-green-light-to-new-bangkok-to-pattaya-road-charges-105-baht/

 

Attack on old man ends with teens prostrating in apology

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Thai drama that was played out on social media has ended in the traditional gesture of apology - the "graap".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018638-attack-on-old-man-ends-with-teens-prostrating-in-apology/

 

UPDATE:

 

‘I’m just a politician,’ Prayut says

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Prime minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Rare admission comes as 2018 crystallises as decisive year in politics.

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha admitted for the first time yesterday his status as a politician – an occupation he had earlier belittled and blamed for the country’s problems and conflicts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018604-prayuth-declares-himself-politician-who-used-to-be-a-soldier/?do=findComment&comment=12589745

 

PM backs down as ‘puppy-gate’ graft inquiry piles pressure on alleged govt corruption

By THE NATION

 

 

KEY GOVERNMENT figures drawn into “puppy-gate” yesterday appeared to be trying to distance themselves from the controversy after the matter was brought to the anti-graft agency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018640-pm-backs-down-as-‘puppy-gate’-graft-inquiry-piles-pressure-on-alleged-govt-corruption/

 

New bill on MPs does not include poll road map delay: NLA member

By THE NATION

 

Taweesak Sukawatin

 

THERE IS not a clause written into the new organic bill governing MPs for extending the road map to an election, although the idea has been floated to help political parties hamstrung by the ban on political activities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018642-new-bill-on-mps-does-not-include-poll-road-map-delay-nla-member/

 

Cabinet to discuss Mekong River agreements

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed two documents for Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to jointly approve when he attends the second summit of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group (LMC) in Phnom Penh next Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018644-cabinet-to-discuss-mekong-river-agreements/

 

Police play Sek Loso songs to ‘calm’ embattled star’s fans – including abbot – as new drug charges filed

By THE NATION

 

 

POLICE ARE preparing another charge related to allegations of narcotics use for controversial rock star Seksan Sukphimai – better known as “Sek Loso” – after a urine test confirmed traces of methamphetamines and ecstasy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018646-police-play-sek-loso-songs-to-‘calm’-embattled-star’s-fans-–-including-abbot-–-as-new-drug-charges-filed/

 

Drunk driving cases clog courts

 

 

New Year holiday period marred by high fatality rate on nation's roads.

 

MOST CONVICTS put on probation by courts between last Thursday and this Tuesday were punished for drunk driving. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018647-drunk-driving-cases-clog-courts/

 

Justice reforms include fee and bond waivers for poor people

By KESINEE TANGKHIEO 
THE NATION

 

 

THE OFFICE of the Judiciary has announced plans to help poor or otherwise underprivileged people navigate the legal process.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018648-justice-reforms-include-fee-and-bond-waivers-for-poor-people/

 

New models stoke vehicle demand

By KINGSLEY WIJAYASINHA 
THE NATION

 

 

THE Thai automobile industry had a fruitful year in 2017, with sales rebounding as a large number of new models helped raise demand in every segment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018649-new-models-stoke-vehicle-demand/

 

UPDATE:

 

Sek freed on 150,000 baht bail by court despite police protest

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial court on Wednesday (Jan 3) ordered the release of rocker Sek Loso or Seksan Sukphimai on 150,000 baht bail despite opposition from Phrom Khiri police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018646-police-play-sek-loso-songs-to-‘calm’-embattled-star’s-fans-–-including-abbot-–-as-new-drug-charges-filed/?do=findComment&comment=12589803

 

Som Tam in Krabi the most expensive in Thailand

By Thai PBS

 

 

Som Tam green papaya salad in Krabi province is the most expensive in the country with an average price of 60 baht per dish, according to a survey by the Ministry of Commerce.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018650-som-tam-in-krabi-the-most-expensive-in-thailand/

 

OPINION

Imminent shake-up of Thai higher education is inevitable

By Suthichai Yoon 
The Nation

 

The new deputy education minister, Udom Kachinthorn, has handed universities a four-pronged directive, one of which is to address the country’s development goal of Thailand 4.0

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018651-imminent-shake-up-of-thai-higher-education-is-inevitable/

 

US planning military depot in Thailand: Report

 

BANGKOK • The United States plans to set up a military arms maintenance centre in Thailand to supply and fix US armaments purchased by the Thai military, according to a Thai defence ministry source.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018652-us-planning-military-depot-in-thailand-report/

 

India, Thailand Risk Landing on Currency Manipulator Watchlist

By Lilian Karunungan

 

- RBI and BOT have been stemming appreciation pressure: ANZ

- North Asian central banks have been intervening less: Schroder

 

India and Thailand may have to give freer rein to the rupee and baht this year to avoid triggering U.S. accusations that they’re manipulating their currencies to support exports.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018653-thailand-india-risk-landing-on-currency-manipulator-watchlist/

 

Trump breaks with Bannon, says former aide 'lost his mind'

By Steve Holland

 

Steve Bannon referred to Donald Trump, Jr's June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians "treasonous" and "unpatriotic," according to quotes in a new book on the Trump Administration, drawing a withering retort from President Trump. Justin Mitchell reports.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted former White House adviser Steve Bannon as having "lost his mind" in the fallout over damaging comments Bannon made about Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., in excerpts of a new book.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018655-trump-breaks-with-bannon-says-former-aide-lost-his-mind/

 

Public warned of digital currency ‘Ponzi-like’ fraud

By THE NATION

 

File photo // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

THE FINANCE MINISTRY has issued a warning about the high risk of investing in digital currencies, but so far there have not been any concrete measures adopted to deal with the rising popularity of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018656-public-warned-of-digital-currency-‘ponzi-like’-fraud/

 

Trump's ex-campaign manager Manafort sues Special Counsel Robert Mueller

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

Paul Manafort of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's staff listens during a round table discussion on security at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., August 17, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort sued Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday, alleging that his office's wide-ranging investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia exceeded its legal authority and needed to be reined in.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018657-trumps-ex-campaign-manager-manafort-sues-special-counsel-robert-mueller/

 

Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbeds

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

 

People take part in pro-government rallies, Iran, January 3, 2018. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018658-iran-deploys-revolutionary-guards-to-quell-sedition-in-protest-hotbeds/

 

Hungary, Poland demand bigger say in EU, reject its migration policy

By Marcin Goclowski and Krisztina Than

 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a joint news conference with Polish Prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki (not pictured) in Budapest, Hungary January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

 

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union's migration policy has failed, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday, as he and his Polish counterpart demanded a bigger say in the bloc's future.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018659-hungary-poland-demand-bigger-say-in-eu-reject-its-migration-policy/

 

Americans should worry about Kim's mental fitness, not Trump's - White House

By David Brunnstrom and Christine Kim

 

A Tweet from the Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump, January 2, 2018. Donald Trump/Twitter/via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday defended Donald Trump's tweet about the size of his nuclear button, saying Americans should be concerned about the North Korean leader's mental fitness, not their president's.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018660-americans-should-worry-about-kims-mental-fitness-not-trumps-white-house/

 

Macron plans law to fight "fake news" in 2018

 

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year wishes to the members of the press corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ludovic Marin/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the spread of "fake news" on social media which he said was a threat to liberal democracies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018662-macron-plans-law-to-fight-fake-news-in-2018/

 

Prayut asks UK to confirm Yingluck’s location

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

photo from @secret100million

 

Thailand has asked the United Kingdom to confirm that ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra is residing in Britain, following the release last week of photos purportedly showing her shopping in London, PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018668-prayut-asks-uk-to-confirm-yingluck’s-location/

 

Notice of Race published for 2018 Top of the Gulf Regatta

Entries are now open for the penultimate event in the 2017/18 AsianYachting Grand Prix

 

14th Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina will take place 27th April to 1st May, 2018. Photo by Guy Nowell.

 

PATTAYA, Thailand – The Notice of Race has been published for the 14th Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina and entries are now being taken. Scheduled for 27th April to 1st May, 2018 at Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Pattaya, Thailand

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018669-notice-of-race-published-for-2018-top-of-the-gulf-regatta/

 

Thailand ready to strengthen trade relations with U.K.

 

BANGKOK, 4 January 2018 (NNT) - The UK's Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mark Field met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday to discuss relations between the U.K. and Thailand as well as future trade cooperation by the two nations. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018671-thailand-ready-to-strengthen-trade-relations-with-uk/

 

PM Prayut denies NCPO’s alleged attempt to delay election

 

BANGKOK, 4 January 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has denied claims that the National Council for Peace and Order has been attempting to delay the planned general election. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018672-pm-prayut-denies-ncpo’s-alleged-attempt-to-delay-election/