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/

 

Haunting CCTV shows ex-British soldier taking Thai prostitute to hotel before she plunged five floors to her death

By Oliver Milne

 

CCTV captured the final moments of Wannipa Janhuathon's life (Image: Viral Press)

 

These are the haunting moments before a Thai prostitute plunged five floor to her death while having "very strange, extravagant sex" on a hotel balcony.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019503-haunting-cctv-shows-ex-british-soldier-taking-thai-prostitute-to-hotel-before-she-plunged-five-floors-to-her-death/

Police urge teen girls to file complaints against ‘dirty old man’

By The Nation

 

 

Udon Thani’s police chief on Tuesday urged teenage girls in the province to come forward to file complaints against an elderly man who has been trying to buy sexual services from them.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019488-police-urge-teen-girls-to-file-complaints-against-‘dirty-old-man’/

Stronger baht raises concerns among exporters 

 

 

Exporters are prepared to meet the central bank for help as baht appreciation continues with concern that it will have great impact on exports.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019491-stronger-baht-raises-concerns-among-exporters/

Extradition of Yingluck not easy: PM

By WASAMON AUDJARINT, 
KESINEE TANGKHIO 
THE NATION

 

Yingluck Shinawatra

 

No request issued yet to any country; Interpol seeks more |evidence for ‘red notice’

 

AFTER MONTHS of a cat and mouse game with fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the junta appears to have become disheartened in bringing her back for prosecution despite knowing she is now in London.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019539-extradition-of-yingluck-not-easy-pm-prayut/

 

Prayut to push for sustainable water use at meeting of Mekong countries

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to push for sustainable water use among countries along the lower part of the Mekong River when he attends the 2nd Lancang Mekong Cooperation (LMC) summit in Phnom Penh today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019540-prayut-to-push-for-sustainable-water-use-at-meeting-of-mekong-countries/

 

New conflict of interest bill gets tough on officials

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

Air Chief Marshal Weerawit Kongsak

 

Law to be binding even on families of bureaucrats; harsh penalties for |misuse of state resources.

THE NEW conflict of interest bill for state officers will prohibit the receipt of gifts as well as abuse or misuse of state resources and power, with penalties of up to five years in jail.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019541-new-conflict-of-interest-bill-gets-tough-on-officials/

 

Experts see no need to panic on rotavirus

By The Nation

 

Nusba Punnakanta

 

HEALTH EXPERTS have downplayed public concerns about a reported outbreak of rotavirus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019542-experts-see-no-need-to-panic-on-rotavirus/

 

UPDATE:

Three to face court over Chuwong share transfer

By KESINEE TANGKHIEO 
THE NATION 

 

File photo: Pol Lt-Colonel Banyin Tangpakorn

 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Khemchai Chutiwongse has ordered that a former deputy commerce minister and two female associates be prosecuted on charges of faking documents to claim shares belonging to a businessman.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019462-ex-deputy-commerce-minister-banyin-to-be-indicted/?do=findComment&comment=12606684

 

Cabinet gives nod for Bt35-bn poverty alleviation programme

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

THE CABINET yesterday approved a Bt35.6-billion spending package as part of the second stage of the government’s poverty-reduction programme featuring job offers, vocational training, low-interest loans and personalised services for up to 4.9 million low-income people nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019544-cabinet-gives-nod-for-bt35-bn-poverty-alleviation-programme/

 

OPINION

Thank goodness we have Trump as US president

By Tulsathit Taptim

 

You are the sheriff. A madman (or at least, a man you have convinced the whole town is mad) barricades himself inside his house. He claims to have planted explosives around his home which are ready to explode at the push of a button. You have his house surrounded – but what should you do next? 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019545-thank-goodness-we-have-trump-as-us-president/

 

OPINION

Can Thailand rely on the Democrat Party for democracy?

By Titipol Phakdeewanich  
Special to The Nation

 

As questions linger over whether an election will take place as scheduled in November this year, coup-maker General Prayut Chan-o-cha has signalled the political game has already begun – by declaring himself a former soldier who is now a politician. That in turn has placed the military’s cosy relations with anti-democratic groups in the spotlight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019546-can-thailand-rely-on-the-democrat-party-for-democracy/

 

UPDATE:

 

HAUNTING FINAL MOMENTS 

Brit convicted rapist seen arriving at hotel for ‘extravagant’ sex with Thai hooker hours before she plunged to her death

Tourist Reece Vella was filmed walking hand-in-hand with bar girl Wannipa Janhuathon, 26, at the hotel in Pattaya, Thailand

 

HAUNTING CCTV footage has shown Brit tourist Reece Vella arriving at a hotel with a Thai hooker to have "strange" sex hours before she plunged to her death.

 

Ex-squaddie Vella, 25, who was jailed for rape in the UK in 2012, was filmed walking hand-in-hand with bar girl Wannipa Janhuathon, 26, in Pattaya, Thailand. VIRAL PRESS

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019503-haunting-cctv-shows-ex-british-soldier-taking-thai-prostitute-to-hotel-before-she-plunged-five-floors-to-her-death/?do=findComment&comment=12606722

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai baht to remain strong in first quarter

 

 

BANGKOK, 10th January 2018 (NNT) - The Thai baht is likely to remain strong for the duration of the first quarter as investors have grown confident of the country's economic performance as well as its roadmap to a general election. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019491-stronger-baht-raises-concerns-among-exporters/?do=findComment&comment=12606729

 

Thailand Gets its First New South Korea Fighter Jets

The move marks further progress for Bangkok’s air force modernization despite continued challenges and constraints.

By Prashanth Parameswaran

 

On January 8, South Korean media outlets reported that Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the country’s aircraft manufacturer, had begun delivery of trainer jets to Thailand’s air force. The move marks further progress for Thailand in its air force modernization despite continued challenges and budget constraints.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019548-thailand-gets-its-first-new-south-korea-fighter-jets/

 

The Third United Kingdom-Thailand Strategic Dialogue

The Third Session of the UK-Thailand Strategic Dialogue was held in Bangkok on 3 January 2018

From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Mark Field MP

 

01 -The third session of the United Kingdom-Thailand Strategic Dialogue was held at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok, on 3 January 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019549-the-third-united-kingdom-thailand-strategic-dialogue/

 

Bannon steps down from Breitbart News after drawing fire from Trump

 

FILE PHOTO: White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts /File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the right-wing news website said on Tuesday, after he drew fire from President Donald Trump for comments that harshly criticized Trump's eldest son.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019550-bannon-steps-down-from-breitbart-news-after-drawing-fire-from-trump/

 

Israel to approve hundreds of new settler homes in West Bank

 

A Jewish settler youth looks out from a window covered with an Israeli flag hanging on a disputed building where about a hundred hard-line Jewish settlers have hunkered down, in the West Bank city of Hebron July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will approve construction of hundreds of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019551-israel-to-approve-hundreds-of-new-settler-homes-in-west-bank/

 

Britons gloomier about Brexit but no change of heart - pollster Curtice

 

Protesters wave the EU and Union flags outside the Palace of Westminster in London, Britain, December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - British pessimism on the economic consequences of leaving the European Union is growing, but Britons have not broadly changed their minds about how they voted, Britain's leading pollster John Curtice said on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019552-britons-gloomier-about-brexit-but-no-change-of-heart-pollster-curtice/

 

U.S. hails Korea talks, despite North's rejection of denuclearisation

By Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom

 

Head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon, Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) of DPRK, is greeted by a South Korean official as he crosses a concrete border to attend their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Korea Pool

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North and South Korea held their first talks in over two years on Tuesday, which Washington welcomed as a first step to solving the North Korean nuclear weapons crisis, even though Pyongyang said those were aimed only at the United States and not up for discussion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019554-us-hails-korea-talks-despite-norths-rejection-of-denuclearisation/

 

Trump calls for two-step process on immigration, pushes bipartisan deal

By Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), holds a bipartisan meeting with legislators on immigration reform at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would back a two-step immigration approach that initially protects young "Dreamer" immigrants from deportation if it includes immigration restrictions and provisions for a border wall with Mexico that Democrats have opposed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019557-trump-calls-for-two-step-process-on-immigration-pushes-bipartisan-deal/

 

PM deflects chance for him and his Cabinet to be served Michelin Star food

By The Nation

 

File photo: Jay Fai

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has shunned the opportunity for Michelin Star food to be served for him and his Cabinet members.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019563-pm-prayut-deflects-chance-for-him-and-his-cabinet-to-be-served-michelin-star-food/

 

Apple store in Zurich evacuated as phone battery overheats

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files

 

ZURICH (Reuters) – An overheated iPhone battery injured a repairman in an Apple store in Zurich and prompted the evacuation of around 50 people from the shop on Tuesday due to smoke, Swiss police said.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-store-zurich-evacuated-phone-battery-overheats/26603/

Video: In the line of duty - drunk Hua Hin cop on the Leo earns transfer

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The head of Hua Hin police has been forced to admit that one of his finest was boozing in uniform after a clip hit social media.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019565-video-in-the-line-of-duty-drunk-hua-hin-cop-on-the-leo-earns-transfer/

 

Thai kids still want to be teachers - see police and soldiers as glamorous jobs!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook carried out a survey of the opinions of Thai kids with the country gearing up to celebrate Thai Children's day this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019566-thai-kids-still-want-to-be-teachers-see-police-and-soldiers-as-glamorous-jobs/

 

Mudslides and flooding kill at least 13 in California

By Alex Dobuzinskis

 

Emergency personnel carry a woman rescued from a collapsed house after a mudslide in Montecito, California, U.S. January 9, 2018. Kenneth Song/Santa Barbara News-Press via REUTERS

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least 13 people died and thousands fled from their homes in Southern California on Tuesday as a powerful rainstorm triggered flash floods and mudslides on slopes where a series of intense wildfires burned off protective vegetation last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019567-mudslides-and-flooding-kill-at-least-13-in-california/

 

"Hey miss... drive the taxi for me - I'm desperate!!"

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

The world of Thai social media was in hysterics as a story was widely shared after a taxi driver, desperate for the loo and stuck in heavy traffic, asked his female passenger to drive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019571-hey-miss-drive-the-taxi-for-me-im-desperate/

 

Trump says he could beat Oprah Winfrey in a presidential race

 

Oprah Winfrey speaks after accepting the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. January 7, 2018. Paul Drinkwater/Courtesy of NBC/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could beat media mogul Oprah Winfrey in a presidential contest but said he did not think the actress and talk show host would run.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019574-trump-says-he-could-beat-oprah-winfrey-in-a-presidential-race/

 

Video: Dead on her birthday - 20 year old uni student dies on way home

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A 20 year old university student died on her way home to celebrate her birthday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019575-video-dead-on-her-birthday-20-year-old-uni-student-dies-on-way-home/

 

Floods cause traffic gridlock on Bangkok streets

By The Nation

 

Soi Sukhumvit 62 photo @js100radio

 

Several Bangkok roads became paralysed during morning rush hour on Wednesday as small cars broke down because of flooded roads, traffic police reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019576-floods-cause-traffic-gridlock-on-bangkok-streets/