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The story of the Eton educated English lord and the Thai soap queen wows Thais

 

 

Thai social media is abuzz with comment after it was alleged that a rich upper crust English lord is the new love interest of one of Thailand's most enduring soap stars.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021668-the-story-of-the-eton-educated-english-lord-and-the-thai-soap-queen-wows-thais/

Foreigner denies killing Rambo the dog in South Pattaya street as top brass cops take interest

 

 

A man accused by a neighbor of killing a favorite dog with an iron bar in the street has given himself up to Pattaya police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021670-foreigner-denies-killing-rambo-the-dog-in-south-pattaya-street-as-top-brass-cops-take-interest/

"Most Hated German in Thailand" converts to Islam - hopes new Muslim name will help him sidestep Thai blacklist

 

 

Serial beggar Benjamin Holst - given the moniker of the Most Hated German in Thailand - has converted to Islam.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021694-most-hated-german-in-thailand-converts-to-islam-hopes-new-muslim-name-will-help-him-sidestep-thai-blacklist/

 

Prayut ‘not responsible’ for possible poll delay: govt

By KAS CHANWANPEN, 
PRAPASRI OSATHANON 
THE NATION 

 

Photo : Voravit Pumpuang

 

MOVES to delay the election were under the jurisdiction of the legislative body and should not affect Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s credibility regarding the poll date, senior government officials have said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021695-prayut-‘not-responsible’-for-possible-poll-delay-govt/

 

National Strategy Committee to hold alignment meeting with reform panels’ secretariat in Feb

By The Nation

 

The National Strategy Committee will meet next month with the secretariat of the national reform committees, in order to craft reform plans that are in line with the national strategy before they are forwarded to the Cabinet for endorsement, Government Spokesperson Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021696-national-strategy-committee-to-hold-alignment-meeting-with-reform-panels’-secretariat-in-feb/

 

New school director, 51, under fire for ‘intimate relationship’ with schoolgirl, 14

By PRASIT TANGPRASERT 
THE NATION

 

 

A 51-YEAR-OLD school director accused of having an inappropriate romantic relationship with a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Bua Yai district has been transferred effective immediately.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021697-new-school-director-51-under-fire-for-‘intimate-relationship’-with-schoolgirl-14/

 

NCPO launches legal action against marchers

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

 

People go network leaders defiant after being summonsed over civil rights rally

 

THE NATIONAL Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has lodged complaints against eight leaders of the People Go Network. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021666-legal-action-launched-against-‘we-walk’-marchers/

 

Victoria’s parlour probed over use of groundwater

By KORNKAMOL AKSORNDEJ, 
JESSADA JANTARAK 
THE NATION 

 

 

AN ONGOING probe has uncovered evidence that Victoria’s: The Secret Forever massage parlour, which is now at the centre of a human-trafficking and prostitution scandal, might have illegally used groundwater.
 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021698-victoria’s-parlour-probed-over-use-of-groundwater/

 

Dead cadet’s family to pursue legal action

By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation 

 

 

THE FAMILY of a cadet who died in the compound of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (AFAPS) last October has pledged to take legal action over the death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021699-dead-cadet’s-family-to-pursue-legal-action/

 

TDRI warns of soaring Bt1.4-tn annual healthcare

 

 

THAILAND’S ageing society will push the country’s healthcare costs to Bt1.4 trillion per year within the next 15 years, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) warned yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021701-tdri-warns-of-soaring-bt14-tn-annual-healthcare/

 

HRW report finds forced labour, rights abuses of migrant workers still widespread in Thai fishing fleets

By The Nation

 

A fishery worker at Pattani port Aug.12, 2016; Daniel Murphy for Human Rights Watch.

 

While the government has said it is committed to reforms in the management of migrant workers, a newly released Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says forced labour and rights abuses are still widespread in the Kingdom’s fishing fleets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021702-hrw-report-finds-forced-labour-rights-abuses-of-migrant-workers-still-widespread-in-thai-fishing-fleets/

 

OPINION

When Pitchanart left Chanathip: End of a surreal romance

By Tulsathit Taptim

 

He’s 24 while she’s 36. Three years ago, love and passion ruled their world, and nothing else, not even age, mattered. He was one of Thailand’s best young footballers and she was among the nation’s sexiest television stars, so it was a match made in heaven.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021703-when-pitchanart-left-chanathip-end-of-a-surreal-romance/

 

Cancer sufferer gets bulk of ‘embezzled’ donations returned to him

By The Nation

 

After 17 months of waiting, a 25-year-old Nakhon Phanom man stricken with nasopharynx and eye-socket cancer on Monday was finally able to get his hands on around Bt6 million, out of around Bt9 million-worth of donations that had poured in nationwide for him in 2016.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021704-cancer-sufferer-gets-bulk-of-‘embezzled’-donations-returned-to-him/

 

Bosses call for U-turn on wage rises

By The Nation 

 

Kalin Sarasin, centre, chairman of the Joint Standing Committee of Commerce, Industry and Banking with fellow JSCCIB members at a press conference where they pushed for the process of setting a minimum daily wage to be reopened.

 

THE NATION’S top private-sector advisory grouping has called on the government to go back to the drawing board on the recently announced rises in minimum daily wages that its members say do not reflect the different economic conditions across the country.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021705-bosses-call-for-u-turn-on-wage-rises/

 

Two bomb suspects caught by CCTV system

By Thai PBS

 

 

CCTV system has captured the images of two suspects in Jan 22 bomb attack in Yala’s municipal area, but police still are unable to identify them because they wore full-face crash helmets to cover up their faces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021708-yala-two-bomb-suspects-caught-by-cctv-system/

 

Two students dead, 17 injured in shooting at Kentucky high school

By Vernell Hackett

 

Two people were killed and multiple others wounded in a shooting at a high school in western Kentucky on Tuesday.

 

BENTON, Ky. (Reuters) - A 15-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun inside his high school in rural western Kentucky on Tuesday, killing two fellow students and wounding a dozen other youths before he was arrested, the state's governor and police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021710-two-students-dead-17-injured-in-shooting-at-kentucky-high-school/

 

U.S. attorney general questioned in special counsel Russia probe

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned last week by the special council's office investigating possible collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned last week by the special counsel's office investigating potential collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021711-us-attorney-general-questioned-in-special-counsel-russia-probe/

 

U.S. Democrats withdraw offer to fund Trump's border wall

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell

 

DACA recipients and supporters protest for a clean Dream Act outside Disneyland in Anaheim, California U.S. January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Tuesday withdrew an offer to fund U.S. President Donald Trump's border wall, as tough negotiations over the future of young illegal immigrants resumed in the Senate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021712-us-democrats-withdraw-offer-to-fund-trumps-border-wall/

 

Russia cancels release of 'insulting' film about Stalin's death

By Denis Pinchuk and Andrew Osborn

 

FILE PHOTO: Actor Jason Isaacs, writer and director Armando Iannucci, actors Andrea Riseborough, Michael Palin, Paul Whitehouse and David Schneider (L-R) arrive for the UK premiere of the film 'The Death of Stalin', in London, Britain, October 17, 2107. REUTERS/Mary Turner/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had cancelled the release of "Death of Stalin", a dark, satirical movie from British director Armando Iannucci, saying many Russians would find it an insulting mockery of the country's Soviet past.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021713-russia-cancels-release-of-insulting-film-about-stalins-death/

 

Last major challenger to Egypt's Sisi calls off campaign after arrest

 

FILE PHOTO: Egypt's former army chief of staff Sami Anan, leaves the news conference at his office in Cairo, March 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - The last challenger seen as a potential threat to the re-election of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was detained on Tuesday, and halted his campaign after the army accused him of breaking the law by running for office without permission.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021714-last-major-challenger-to-egypts-sisi-calls-off-campaign-after-arrest/

 

Britain's May slaps down foreign minister over health funds

By Elizabeth Piper and William James

 

Britian's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrives at the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May slapped down her foreign minister on Tuesday after he demanded more funding for Britain's public health service, telling him any discussion of money saved from Brexit should be kept private.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021715-britains-may-slaps-down-boris-johnson-over-health-funds/

 

Son identifies murdered Italian father by tattoo - suspects still in Thailand, say cops

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Italian man murdered in Phichit has been identified by his son who met with police investigators yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021719-son-identifies-murdered-italian-father-by-tattoo-suspects-still-in-thailand-say-cops/

 

New teeth give deaf Korat woman new lease of life

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Dentists in Nakorn Ratchasima have given a new lease of life to a poor and deaf local woman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021721-new-teeth-give-deaf-korat-woman-new-lease-of-life/

 

Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, Islamic State fighters in Syria offensive - military

By Ece Toksabay, Ellen Francis and Tuvan Gumrukcu

 

Turkish army tanks and armoured personnel carriers (APC) are seen near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

 

ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021723-turkey-kills-at-least-260-kurdish-islamic-state-fighters-in-syria-offensive-military/

 

Trump to meet with world leaders, business CEOs at Davos forum

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing directives to impose tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels before signing it in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, British Prime Minister Theresa May, and other world leaders when he attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, White House officials said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021724-trump-to-meet-with-world-leaders-business-ceos-at-davos-forum/

 

Soapy massage investigation in Bangkok - police use environment laws to proceed with investigation

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

Police investigating the affairs of Victoria Secret Massage parlor and others in the same group are using environmental laws to go after the establishments as investigations continue into the possibility of involvement in human trafficking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021726-soapy-massage-investigation-in-bangkok-police-use-environment-laws-to-proceed-with-investigation/

 

Heavyweight in the On Nut street fight - mum says he's a lovely boy really!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The drama of the week - a fight in a Bangkok street between a man in a suit and another motorcyclist - took on some new twists yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021730-heavyweight-in-the-on-nut-street-fight-mum-says-hes-a-lovely-boy-really/

 

Father and son knocked off bike as pick-up flees scene and goes through red light

 

Source: Tnews

 

Dash cam footage doing the rounds of the internet showed a pick-up knock a father and his son off a motorcycle.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021733-father-and-son-knocked-off-bike-as-pick-up-flees-scene-and-goes-through-red-light/

 

Video: Pack of Ubon teens gang up on one man as elder sister 'wais' to stop the violence

 

Picture: Tnews

 

CCTV footage showed a large gang of young people attacking a solitary male at an outside restaurant in the grounds of an Ubon store.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021734-video-pack-of-ubon-teens-gang-up-on-one-man-as-elder-sister-wais-to-stop-the-violence/