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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’/

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/

Thaivisa exclusive: Beware the "Black Widow" - Norwegian's wife on dating site prowl for another victim

 

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The Norwegian man who says he has been conned by his Thai wife out of 10 million baht has issued a warning to men going on dating sites after his wife went online to "find another victim".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022048-thaivisa-exclusive-beware-the-black-widow-norwegians-wife-on-dating-site-prowl-for-another-victim/

 

More than 100 arrests by Chonburi immigration in New Year and January sweep

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Chonburi immigration said yesterday that they had arrested 109 foreigners for illegal activity and overstaying between December 25th and January 25th.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022049-more-than-100-arrests-by-chonburi-immigration-in-new-year-and-january-sweep/

 

 

Spirit of murdered Italian appeared twice in my dreams appealing for action, claims police chief in latest twist

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that the police chief at Bung Na Rong station in Phichit said that the spirit of the man believed murdered by his Thai wife and her French lover appeared to him twice in dreams.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022050-spirit-of-murdered-italian-appeared-twice-in-my-dreams-appealing-for-action-claims-police-chief-in-latest-twist/

 

Pheu Thail MPs petition anti-graft body to drop probe

By The Nation

 

Former Pheu Thai MPs, including Vorachai Hema, on Thursday filed a petition asking the National Anti Corruption Commission to drop its probe against 40 MPs for supporting the enactment of an amnesty bill in 2013.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022051-pheu-thail-mps-petition-anti-graft-body-to-drop-probe/

 

Air pollution illnesses to be studied

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK OFFICIALS ADMIT THAT PM2.5 PROBLEM CAUGHT THEM UNAWARES AS HAZARDOUS POLLUTION IN CAPITAL BEGINS TO EBB
 

A MONITORING system for air pollution-related sicknesses will be set up in the Bangkok area after residents suffered poor air quality conditions, including hazardous levels of particles 2.5 microns (PM2.5) or less, during recent weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022052-air-pollution-illnesses-to-be-studied/

 

Panel finds evidence of school director’s ‘romantic’ relationship with schoolgirl

By PRASIT TANGPRASERT 
THE NATION 

 

A FACT-FINDING probe has found sufficient grounds substantiating that a 51-year-old school director in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Bua Yai district had an inappropriate romantic relationship with a 14-year-old Mathayom 2 schoolgirl.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022054-panel-finds-evidence-of-school-director’s-‘romantic’-relationship-with-schoolgirl/

 

Govt warned against cutting humanities at universities amid IT employability campaign

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

A PROMINENT educator yesterday cautioned the government against going ahead with a plan to cut support for lecturers engaged in fields seen as failing to respond to the country’s labour market.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022055-thai-govt-warned-against-cutting-humanities-at-universities-amid-it-employability-campaign/

 

Perjury suspects in Jomsap’s case to be arraigned on February 12

By KAWINTRA JAISEU 
THE NATION 

 

THE CRIMINAL Court has scheduled February 12 for the arraignment of suspects involved in the alleged plot to exonerate hit-and-run convict Jomsap Saenmuangkhot with fake evidence and witnesses.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022056-perjury-suspects-in-jomsap’s-case-to-be-arraigned-on-february-12/

 

Ratchanok remains Thai lone hope in Indonesia Masters singles

By The Nation

 

 

Ratchanok Intanon extended her winning streaks to 7-0 this year as she ousted Fitriani Fitriani of Indonesia 21-17 21-16 in the second round of the Daihatsu Indonesia Masters in Jakarta on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022057-ratchanok-remains-thai-lone-hope-in-indonesia-masters-singles/

Theerathon set for J-League stint

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

 

THAI NATIONAL team captain Theerathon Bunmathan is hoping for a successful spell with Japan’s Vissel Kobe after being loaned from SCG Muangthong United on a one-year contract.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022058-theerathon-set-for-j-league-stint/

 

Indian expertise wooed for digital projects

By The Nation 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, left, shakes hand with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi yesterday ahead of the Asean-India Summit.

 

THAILAND and India have reaffirmed their readiness to broaden economic cooperation in all areas, with the pledge coming as Thailand seeks to encourage Indians to lend their expertise in digital technology and help foster the development of so-called smart cities and other initiatives under the Thailand 4.0 vision.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022059-indian-expertise-wooed-for-digital-projects/

 

NACC chairman admits he is close to Gen Prawit

By Thai PBS

 

 

National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chairman Pol Gen Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit told reporters on Thursday (Jan 25) that he decided to stay away from the commission’s voting on Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon’s pricey wristwatch issue because he was close to him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022060-nacc-chairman-admits-he-is-close-to-gen-prawit/

 

Pheu Thai threatens to take legal action against Channel One

By Thai PBS

 

 

Pheu Thai Party has threatened to sue Channel One TV station and its management if they do not stop using a logo for a soap opera series which it said is similar to the party’s logo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022061-pheu-thai-threatens-to-take-legal-action-against-channel-one/

 

FM challenges HRW’s report of widespread labour abuses in Thai fishing industry

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday (Jan 25) rejected a report by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) that abuses and exploitation of migrant workers in the fisheries sector in Thailand remain widespread and that the Thai government has failed to address the problem effectively.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022062-fm-challenges-hrw’s-report-of-widespread-labour-abuses-in-thai-fishing-industry/

 

Transparency Thailand clarifies its decision to pull out of TI

By Thai PBS

 

 

A staff member of Transparency Thailand on Thursday (Jan 25) dismissed criticism that its decision to pull out of Transparency International’s (TI) memberships was to appease the National Council for Peace and Order.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022063-transparency-thailand-clarifies-its-decision-to-pull-out-of-ti/

 

Private sector pledges to maintain prices of goods

By Thai PBS

 

 

The private sector yesterday (Wednesday) pledged to cooperate with the government to maintain prices of their goods after the government has announced the increase of minimum wage from 5-22 baht a day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022064-private-sector-pledges-to-maintain-prices-of-goods/

 

'Doomsday Clock' closest to midnight since Cold War over nuclear threat

By Barbara Goldberg

 

FILE PHOTO: Lawrence Krauss (L), chairman of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" Board of Sponsors, and board member Thomas Pickering (R), a former U.S. Under Secretary of State as well as US Ambassador to the United Nations, Russia and other countries, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S. January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

(Reuters) - Scientists on Thursday moved ahead by half a minute the symbolic Doomsday Clock, saying the world was at its closest to annihilation since the height of the Cold War due to world leaders' poor response to threats of nuclear war.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022065-doomsday-clock-closest-to-midnight-since-cold-war-over-nuclear-threat/

 

A golden idea? Museum offered 18-karat toilet to Trump - Washington Post

By Alex Dobuzinskis

 

(Reuters) - New York's Guggenheim Museum offered to lend an 18-karat gold toilet to President Donald Trump after the White House asked to borrow a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022066-a-golden-idea-museum-offered-18-karat-toilet-to-trump-washington-post/

 

Trump rolls out plan for path to citizenship for 1.8 million 'Dreamers'

By Roberta Rampton and Susan Cornwell

 

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives in Zurich, Switzerland January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to sign on to a plan that would open a path to citizenship for as many as 1.8 million "Dreamers," young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children, senior White House officials said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022067-trump-rolls-out-plan-for-path-to-citizenship-for-18-million-dreamers/

 

Irishman missing for a week found in hospital in Thailand

Anthony O’Sullivan from Mitchelstown was last heard from on January 18th

Olivia Kelleher

 

Anthony O’Sullivan.

 

A 54-year-old Co Cork man who went missing in Thailand last week has been found in a hospital in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022069-irishman-missing-for-a-week-found-in-hospital-in-thailand/  
 

 

11 billion pieces of plastic bringing disease from Thailand to Great Barrier Reef

 

File photo

 

Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022070-11-billion-pieces-of-plastic-bringing-disease-from-thailand-to-great-barrier-reef/

 

Is water theft at Bangkok's 'soapy massage' parlours making the Thai capital sink?

Authorities say the illegal use of groundwater to dodge utility bills causes the tourist hotbed, built on a swamp, to fall further into the ground

 

Bangkok massage parlours are being raided amid concerns their famous “soapy massages” involve the illegal siphoning off of the city’s groundwater supply.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022071-is-water-theft-at-bangkoks-soapy-massage-parlours-making-the-thai-capital-sink/

 

U.S. panel deals blow to Philip Morris tobacco device

By Toni Clarke

 

A man uses an IQOS e-cigarette at an outlet in London, Britain, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philip Morris International Inc <PM.N> should not be allowed to claim its iQOS electronic tobacco product is less risky than cigarettes, U.S. health advisers said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the company as it seeks to strengthen its portfolio of alternative nicotine devices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022072-us-panel-deals-blow-to-philip-morris-tobacco-device/

 

Offering brighter future, UK's Davis tries to convince on EU transition

By Elizabeth Piper

 

Britain's Secretary of State for the European Union David Davis arrives in Downing Street in London, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will only replicate the "effects" of the EU's customs union during a transition to a future relationship when the government will sign its own trade deals for the first time in 40 years, Brexit minister David Davis will say on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022073-offering-brighter-future-uks-davis-tries-to-convince-on-eu-transition/

Villagers offer bounty for capture of French man and Thai woman in murder of Italian

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Villagers in Phichit have clubbed together to raise a bounty for the capture of the French man and Thai woman on the run in Thailand for the murder of 61 year old Giuseppe de Stefani.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022074-villagers-offer-bounty-for-capture-of-french-man-and-thai-woman-in-murder-of-italian/

 

Bangkok Airways swing into action after newsman reports theft of gold and cash from luggage

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Bangkok Airways say they are checking CCTV after a Thai Rath reporter said that gold and cash was stolen from luggage loaded on a flight from Koh Samui to Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022075-bangkok-airways-swing-into-action-after-newsman-reports-theft-of-gold-and-cash-from-luggage/

 

Video: Pick-up collides with motorcycle causing rider to somersault in the air on Bang Na - Trat

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CCTV footage showed a pick-up truck cross three lanes of traffic on the Bang Na - Trat highway yesterday and collide with a motorcycle.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022076-video-pick-up-collides-with-motorcycle-causing-rider-to-somersault-in-the-air-on-bang-na-trat/