New round of cold spell to hit Bangkok next week

By Thai PBS

 

 

People in Bangkok will feel another round of cold spell next week as a strong high pressure wave from China will be moving down to blanket Thailand from the northern part down to lower parts, including Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021980-new-round-of-cold-spell-to-hit-bangkok-next-week/

 

Train derails near Milan, at least two dead - TV citing emergency services

 

Fire fighters and police officers work around derailed trains in Pioltello, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

 

MILAN (Reuters) - A train derailed near Milan on Thursday killing at least two people and seriously injuring 10 others, TV channels RaiNews24 and SkyTG24 reported, citing emergency services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021981-train-derails-near-milan-at-least-two-dead-tv-citing-emergency-services/

 

Chatchai orders increase in ATM machines to meet needs of migrant fishing workers

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya on Thursday instructed the Labour Welfare and Protection Department to survey how many more ATM machines are needed in 22 provinces to meet the needs of migrant workers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021985-chatchai-orders-increase-in-atm-machines-to-meet-needs-of-migrant-fishing-workers/

 

Child locked in car by auto-locking system

By The Nation

 

Rescuers had to break a car’s window after its doors automatically locked with both a toddler and the car key inside in Phuket’s Mueang district on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021987-phuket-child-locked-in-car-by-auto-locking-system/

 

Filipino and Thai killed in Karon crash

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

A Fillipino man, 35 year old Arthur Mina, and a Thai woman have died following a crash earlier this morning (January 25) on Patak Road, Karon.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021988-filipino-and-thai-killed-in-karon-crash/

 

Twelve Bangkok pubs face possible 5-year closure, local precincts being investigated

By Supachai Phetchthewee 
The Nation

 

File photo

 

Twelve Bangkok pubs may be closed for up to five years, depending on decisions now before the national police chief's or an authorised deputy chief’s consideration, said deputy city police commissioner Maj-General Panurat Lakboon on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021989-twelve-bangkok-pubs-face-possible-5-year-closure-local-precincts-being-investigated/

 

Korean tourist dies during island trip off Phuket

The Phuket News

 

Police interview a witness at Chalong Police Station: Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: A 53-year-old Korean tourist drowned while swimming on a day trip to Coral Island, the popular day-trip island southeast of Phuket, yesterday afternoon (Jan 24).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021991-korean-tourist-dies-during-island-trip-off-phuket/

 

Thailand to ban commercial fishing of seahorses

By The Nation

 

File photo source: Wikipedia

 

Commercial fishing of seahorses will be banned within a month, said the Department of Fisheries’ deputy chief Umaporn Pimolbutr after the issue went viral on social media.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021993-thailand-to-ban-commercial-fishing-of-seahorses/

 

Facebook is addictive and should be regulated like tobacco industry, says tech CEO

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

Facebook and other addictive technology should be regulated like the cigarette industry, the CEO of a leading tech company has said.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/26832-2/26832/

Dangerous pollution levels reduced by recent rainfall: air quality director

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

Air pollution in Bangkok was reduced somewhat after Wednesday’s heavy rains helped clear the air after the capital suffered for more than a week from dangerously high levels of particulate pollution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1021998-dangerous-bangkok-pollution-levels-reduced-by-recent-rainfall-air-quality-director/

 

Phuket Police await autopsy results for Finnish air hostess

Shela Riva

 

Sirja Ida Sofia Konttila, 27, was found dead at a hotel near Phuket Airport last Wednesday (Jan 17). 

 

PHUKET: Sakoo Police have today confirmed that the body of a Thomas Cook airlines air hostess who was found dead at a hotel near Phuket Airport last Wednesday (Jan 17) has been retrieved by her relatives following an autopsy at Songkhlanakarind Hospital in Ko Hong, Hat Yai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022000-phuket-police-await-autopsy-results-for-finnish-air-hostess/

 

Southeast Asian states launch intelligence pact to counter Islamist threat
By Tom Allard

 

 

JAKARTA/NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Six Southeast Asian nations launched an intelligence pact on Thursday aimed at combating Islamist militants and improving co-operation on security threats, overcoming what analysts described as a high level of distrust.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022007-thailand-and-other-southeast-asian-states-launch-intelligence-pact-to-counter-islamist-threat/

 

 

Two trainer jets purchased from S Korea delivered to Royal Thai Air Force

 

 

Two South Korean trainer and light-combat aircraft landed in Thailand yesterday as part of a procurement deal between their manufacturer and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022008-two-trainer-jets-purchased-from-s-korea-delivered-to-royal-thai-air-force/

 

Police arrest Chinese man after finding illegal timber worth Bt30m

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

More than Bt30-million worth of protected timber was seized at a warehouse in Samut Prakan, which was reportedly pending export to China, and a Chinese national was arrested on suspicion of illegal trading.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022009-police-arrest-chinese-man-after-finding-illegal-timber-worth-bt30m/

 

Foreign talents encouraged to apply for newly-launched SMART Visa

 

 

SMART Visa, a new type of visa designed to encourage foreign talents to work in the S-Curve industries, will come into effect on Feb 1 with an aim to enhance knowledge transfer and Thailand’s competitiveness in the global economy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022011-foreign-talents-encouraged-to-apply-for-newly-launched-smart-visa/

 

Narcotics bureau announces seven busts and 17 arrests over seven days

By SUPACHAI PHETCHTHEWEE 
THE NATION

 

 

THE NARCOTICS Suppression Bureau (NSB) yesterday announced that over the past seven days it had arrested 17 suspects in seven drugs cases and seizing 510 kilograms of marijuana, 500 kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”, 288,000 “yaba” pills and 10.41kg of cocaine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022027-narcotics-bureau-announces-seven-busts-and-17-arrests-over-seven-days/

 

From Prayuth’s Lips to National Crusade, Just What is ‘Thai-ism?’

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha gives an "I love you" handsign to reporters Dec. 13 in Kalasin province

 

BANGKOK — After proclaiming himself a politician with his soldiering days behind him, junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha is now mobilizing state agencies to pursue a new mission: teaching people about democracy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022028-from-prayuth’s-lips-to-national-crusade-just-what-is-‘thai-ism’/

 

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