Government should request UK return Yingluck: Abhisit

By The Nation

 

 

The government should clarify steps to be taken in regard to former PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s flight to the United Kingdom and start requesting that the country send her back, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019803-government-should-request-uk-return-yingluck-abhisit/

 

AOT insists rental fees for full-body scanners are not overcharged

By Thai PBS

 

 

Airports of Thailand Company Limited (AOT) clarified on Thursday (Jan 11) that the full-body scanners that it rented from a private firm since 2011 for use at international airports was not overcharged.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019805-aot-insists-rental-fees-for-full-body-scanners-are-not-overcharged/

 

Progress on Sea Gypsy Sirinath NP fishing case

“The arrests affect their daily life and their work. They also had to find money for the bail. We also seek clarification of the cabinet resolution to make the sea gypsy people clearly understand about what they can do to restore their lifestyle.”

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

Rawai’s Mayor, Arun Solos, led a group of Rawai Sea Gypsies to file a complaint this morning (January 11), in order to call for justice for the 6 fishermen arrested in Sirinath Marine National Park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019807-progress-on-sea-gypsy-sirinath-np-fishing-case/

Casio unveils new G-Shock GPS smartwatch that could save your life

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

CES 2018 is currently taking place in Las Vegas and Casio is showcasing two new smartwatches and a couple of other gadgets.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/casio-unveils-new-g-shock-gps-smartwatch-save-life/26629/

Authorities to Kickoff Fire Fighting Season

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – On 11th a January, authorities held a meeting to plan the official kickoff of the fight against the annual forest fire and burning season which will officially be launched on 30th January and which will include a number of activities throughout the North of Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019814-authorities-to-kickoff-fire-fighting-season/

 

Flower Festival Gets Boost from TCEB

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chaing Mai will be hosting this year’s Flower Festival in collaboration with TCEB.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019816-flower-festival-gets-boost-from-tceb/

 

 

Chiang Mai’s Growing Pains: a closer look at the challenges of city planning

by Tus Werayutwattana

 

 

“Nimmanhaemin Road will be the next place with a bicycle lane,” announced Poonsawat Vorawan, former Deputy Mayor of Public Works, Chiang Mai Municipality in Citylife’s August 2001 issue on city zoning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019820-chiang-mai’s-growing-pains-a-closer-look-at-the-challenges-of-city-planning/

 

More than 420 children went missing last year

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

A total of 422 children went missing in 2017 with the number of missing girls three times higher than boys, the Police General Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Mirror Foundation and the Police’s Criminal Records Division told a press conference in Bangkok on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019821-more-than-420-children-went-missing-last-year/

 

Concrete Downpour Halts Demolition Of Pattaya Hotel

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Police outside the Boutique Pattaya Hotel on Thursday.

 

PATTAYA — Residents along South Pattaya Road were awakened Thursday by the sound of something much heavier than rain falling from the sky.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019835-concrete-downpour-halts-demolition-of-pattaya-hotel/

 

Soldier's Confession Latest Twist In Checkpoint Killing

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Police inspect Sorachai Sathitraksadumrong's car on Jan. 3

 

CHIANG RAI — A soldier stepped forward to admit that he killed a motorist at a northern checkpoint last week, police said Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019836-soldiers-confession-latest-twist-in-checkpoint-killing/

 

Cooler capital: Bangkok to experience 16 degree weather this weekend

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Thai motorcyclists wrap themselves in blankets on a cooler day. Photo: Facebook

 

As another wave of cold weather arrives in Thailand, the temperature in Bangkok is predicted to drop as low as 16 degrees Celsius this weekend, the Thai Meteorological Department announced today.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019837-cooler-capital-bangkok-to-experience-16-degree-weather-this-weekend/

 

Police chief calls for more action against drugs

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda

 

National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda has told regional police bosses to adjust operations and crack down on drug trafficking as he found the operations’ outcome in the past years was still less than satisfactory.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019838-police-chief-calls-for-more-action-against-drugs/

 

South Korea plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, rattles market

By Cynthia Kim and Dahee Kim

 

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's government said on Thursday it plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the virtual coin market into turmoil as the nation's police and tax authorities raided local exchanges on alleged tax evasion.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019839-south-korea-plans-to-ban-cryptocurrency-trading-rattles-market/

 

Buffett says he will never invest in cryptocurrencies

 

FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett talks to reporters prior to the Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. on May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he will never invest in cryptocurrencies.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019840-buffett-says-he-will-never-invest-in-cryptocurrencies/

 

BMTA to propose 2-baht bus fare increase for all buses

 

 

Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), the city’s bus service provider, will seek approval from the State Enterprise Policy Committee for an across-the-board two-baht increase of bus fare.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019841-bmta-to-propose-2-baht-bus-fare-increase-for-all-buses/

 

AOT denies report on pricey water at airports

By The Nation

 

Photo from: www.thaich.net

 

Airports of Thailand (AOT) has denied as “inaccurate” complaints about the excessive prices for food and drinks at Don Mueang and Suvarnbhumi airports as reported in a Japanese-language travel website.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019842-aot-denies-report-on-pricey-water-at-airports/

 

Is the Kathu Temple involved in a zero dollar Chinese tour scam?

By Tim Newton

 

 

Hundreds of Chinese tour buses are clogging the tiny streets around ‘old Kathu’ on the northern side of Phra Phuket Kaew Road every day to drop the tourists off at the Kathu Temple. The temple now has a full commercial operation offering religious amulets, some of them selling for 20,000 baht and more.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019845-is-the-kathu-temple-involved-in-a-zero-dollar-chinese-tour-scam/

 

Australian tourist suffers broken leg in Patong jet-ski collision

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- An Australian woman on holiday with her family in Phuket suffered a broken leg in a jet-ski collision off Tritrang Beach, south of Patong, this afternoon (Jan 11).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1019846-australian-tourist-suffers-broken-leg-in-patong-jet-ski-collision/

 

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