Japanese tourist killed by boat propellor in Koh Similan

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Just days after the Phuket Governor reported a clean sheet for marine boat accidents during the Seven Dangerous Days reporting period, a Japanese tourist has died during a trip to Koh Similan.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018940-japanese-tourist-killed-by-boat-propellor-in-koh-similan/

New Year - new taxis - complete with SOS panic button!

 

Image: Sanook

 

New taxis have come in to greet the new year. And they have some great features sure to wow the public.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018964-new-year-new-taxis-complete-with-sos-panic-button/

Teen motorcyclist impaled on back of pick-up; friend breaks leg in serious condition

 

Image: Daily News

 

A 14 year old boy was killed when a motorcycle rammed into the back of a turning pick-up, said foundation medics in Ban Bung.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018965-teen-motorcyclist-impaled-on-back-of-pick-up-friend-breaks-leg-in-serious-condition/

Spotted in Chonburi! A decent monk doing an honest day's work

 

Image: Sanook

 

Following  a long list of miscreant monks letting the Sangha side down comes a story of a shining example from a hilltop monk in Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018966-spotted-in-chonburi-a-decent-monk-doing-an-honest-days-work/

Thai man shows "jai yen yen" with a "tuu yen" on a motorbike

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath explained what happened when a Thai guy won a substantial fridge in a Red Cross raffle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018967-thai-man-shows-jai-yen-yen-with-a-tuu-yen-on-a-motorbike/

Author of Trump book contradicts president, says aides see him as a 'child'

By Makini Brice

 

A copy of the book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by author Michael Wolff is seen at the Book Culture book store in New York, U.S. January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump's first year in office said on Friday he had spoken with the president while working on it, contradicting Trump's assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the book and had not authorized any access to the White House.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018968-author-of-trump-book-contradicts-president-says-aides-see-him-as-a-child/

 

Fresh from Bannon feud, Trump meets Republican leaders to plot 2018 strategy

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as he delivers a message during the daily briefing hosted by U.S. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Following a tumultuous start to 2018, President Donald Trump left on Friday for a two-day retreat in Maryland with top Republicans to lay out legislative priorities for the year and discuss a strategy for pivotal November congressional elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018969-fresh-from-bannon-feud-trump-meets-republican-leaders-to-plot-2018-strategy/

 

U.S. Republicans, Democrats joust over 'Dreamer' immigration effort

By Susan Heavey

 

FILE PHOTO: 'Dreamers' react as they meet with relatives during the 'Keep Our Dream Alive' binational meeting at a new section of the border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, U.S., December 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans on Friday downplayed the likelihood of a deal soon with Democrats on saving 700,000 young, undocumented U.S. immigrants from being kicked out of the country in March, a possibility created by President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018970-us-republicans-democrats-joust-over-dreamer-immigration-effort/

 

In blizzard's icy wake, intense cold grips U.S. Northeast

By Scott Malone and Gina Cherelus

 

People push a bus on an icy road in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. this still image taken from a January 4, 2018 social media video. Karen Lyons Clauson/via REUTERS

 

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Street crews dug out snow-clogged roads across the U.S. Northeast on Friday after a powerful blizzard, with temperatures set to plunge further during a brutal cold spell that has already killed at least 18 people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018971-in-blizzards-icy-wake-intense-cold-grips-us-northeast/

 

Unique 'hotline' sets stage for new North and South Korea talks

By Hyonhee Shin and Heekyong Yang

 

A South Korean government official checks the direct communications hotline to talk with the North Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. Yonhap via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - The two sides sit within shouting distance, but when North and South Korea this week arranged the first official talks in more than two years, liaison officials spoke using desktop telephone consoles each the size of a small refrigerator.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018972-unique-hotline-sets-stage-for-new-north-and-south-korea-talks/

 

Ex-U.N. chief Ban's nephew pleads guilty to U.S. corruption charges

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO: Joo Hyun Bahn (L), a nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, leaves a hearing in the federal court in Manhattan with his lawyer, Julia Gatto in New York City, New York, U.S. January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Nate Raymond/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he took part in a scheme to bribe an official at a sovereign wealth fund in order to sell a building complex in Vietnam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018973-ex-un-chief-bans-nephew-pleads-guilty-to-us-corruption-charges/

 

Iran stages pro-government rallies, cleric urges firm punishment for protest leaders

By Parisa Hafezi

 

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

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Friday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing arch-enemy the United States of instigating the biggest anti-government protests for nearly a decade, state TV reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018975-iran-stages-pro-government-rallies-cleric-urges-firm-punishment-for-protest-leaders/

 

Schools urged to file police complaints over futsal field scam

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

THE OFFICE of Basic Education Commission (Obec) has instructed 16 schools in Nakhon Ratchasima province to file police complaints against the contractor linked to the construction of the schools’ allegedly overpriced or damaged futsal fields which are at the centre of a corruption scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018976-schools-urged-to-file-police-complaints-over-futsal-field-scam/

 

Some 300 ‘duped’ Kalasin villagers face court appearance

By Chompit Pinmuang 
The Nation

 

A Justice Ministry official yesterday addresses an anxious crowd of 300 villagers in Kalasin’s Tha Khan Tho district.

 

THE JUSTICE MINISTRY is aiding 300 villagers in Kalasin who claimed to have been duped by a community-based financial institute to take out a Bt150,000-Bt200,000 loan per head, totalling Bt65 million, from a bank to fund the institute’s operations and then faced lawsuits by the bank demanding they repay the debts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018977-some-300-‘duped’-kalasin-villagers-face-court-appearance/

 

Junta ‘unfazed’ by plunge in popularity

By THE NATION

 

Government Spokesperson Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha was unfazed by a state-conducted survey that showed the junta government’s popularity had hit a three-year-low, Government Spokesperson Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018979-junta-‘unfazed’-by-plunge-in-popularity/

 

Find Yingluck and bring her to justice, PM orders

By THE NATION

 

 

FORENSIC OFFICE CONFIRMS RECENT PHOTO THAT OF FORMER PREMIER BUT UNABLE TO DATE IT

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018981-find-yingluck-and-bring-her-to-justice-pm-orders/

 

Monuments in building bricks

By THE NATION

 

 

An exhibition of Bangkok’s best-known landmarks is put together with Lego for National Children’s Day

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018982-monuments-in-building-bricks/

 

Cosmetic clinic fined 20,000 baht for over-advertising penis whitening treatment

 

 

The Department of Health Services Support has decided to impose a 20,000-baht fine on a cosmetic surgery clinic in Nonthaburi for over-advertising its penis whitening service with the use of laser technology.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018984-cosmetic-clinic-fined-20000-baht-for-over-advertising-penis-whitening-treatment/

 

PM suggests Thais to start saving for their future

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called on Thai people to spend wisely and to start saving so that they will have enough savings to make a living after retirement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018986-pm-suggests-thais-to-start-saving-for-their-future/

 

Governor says sorry to the victim’s family for the Mae Suai checkpoint shooting

 

 

Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn on Friday (Jan 5) offered an apology to the mother of the car driver who was shot dead near a road checkpoint in Mae Suai district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018987-governor-says-sorry-to-the-victim’s-family-for-the-mae-suai-checkpoint-shooting/

 

5 suspected militants blamed for a string of violent incidents in Pattani nabbed

 

 

Security forces in Pattani on Friday (Jan 5) announced the arrest of a gang of five suspected southern militants blamed for a string of deadly gun attacks in Pattani dating back to the year 2010.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018988-5-suspected-militants-blamed-for-a-string-of-violent-incidents-in-pattani-nabbed/

 

Dinner in the Sky Thailand kicks off

By The Nation

 

Photo : Anant Chantarasoot

 

A culinary experience of a lifetime high above the city skyline, "Dinner in the Sky Thailand" officially took off on Friday for the first time ever.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018989-dinner-in-the-sky-thailand-kicks-off/

 

Rocking all over the world

By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul 
THE NATION

 

One OK Rock returns to Thailand on January 18.

 

Japanese rock outfit One OK Rock talk about going international and their hopes for the future

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018990-rocking-all-over-the-world/

 

New centre offers one-stop service to disabled people

By Tanachai Pramarnpanich 
The Nation

 

 

Many people with disabilities are showing up to use services at the Bangkok Service Centre for Disabled People, which was opened on December 28 by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security as a New Year gift to the Thai public.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018991-new-centre-offers-one-stop-service-to-disabled-people/

 

January 11 rite will initiate removal of Royal Crematorium

By The Nation

 

 

Fine Arts Department will invite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to preside over a religious rite next week for the official start in removing the Royal Crematorium of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Sanam Luang field in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018992-january-11-rite-will-initiate-removal-of-royal-crematorium/

 

Twitter says world leaders like Trump have special status

BY REUTERS

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Friday reiterated its stance that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the social media network, pushing back against users who have called on the company to banish U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/twitter-says-world-leaders-like-trump-special-status/26525/

Army captain refused bail in murder of "Director Oi"

 

Image: Daily News

 

The Thai army captain charged with the murder of a north eastern education and religious services director was denied bail by the Sisaket court on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019004-army-captain-refused-bail-in-murder-of-director-oi/

Jealous husband murders ex in front of friends with shot to the head in convenience store

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A jealous Thai husband shot his ex-wife because she wouldn't reveal what was on her phone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019007-jealous-husband-murders-ex-in-front-of-friends-with-shot-to-the-head-in-convenience-store/

Video: What's that all about!? Police and military raid cock fighting arena but its owned by them!

 

Image: 77Jowo

 

Thai media asked what was going on after a big military and police raid on a southern Thailand cock fighting arena on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019009-video-whats-that-all-about-police-and-military-raid-cock-fighting-arena-but-its-owned-by-them/

Word of mouth about penis whitening attracts customers to hospital

By Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong 
The Nation

 

 

Health officials turned up at Lelux Hospital yesterday to investigate reports that it provides and advertises whitening services for male genitalia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1018931-thai-penis-whitening-treatment-doesn’t-work-could-lead-to-infection-experts/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-12596180