Alcatraz escape: Fugitive John Anglin's name on letter to police

 

A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022077-alcatraz-escape-fugitive-john-anglins-name-on-letter-to-police/

 

Mum fears for safety of 7/11 daughter after she is dragged and abducted from store by a volunteer cop

 

Picture Thai Rath

 

A distraught mother has gone to the Lopburi cops with CCTV evidence that showed her 32 year old daughter being dragged from her place of work - a 7/11 store.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022079-mum-fears-for-safety-of-711-daughter-after-she-is-dragged-and-abducted-from-store-by-a-volunteer-cop/

 

Pretties set to be given red card after man gets a "Breast Sandwich"

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Pretties going the extra mile at football events are in the news after pictures of some raucous activities worried conservative Thais.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022081-pretties-set-to-be-given-red-card-after-man-gets-a-breast-sandwich/

 

South Korean hospital fire kills 19 people, around 50 injured - fire official, media

 

Smoke rises from a burning hospital in Miryang, South Korea, January 26, 2018. Kim Dong-min/Yonhap via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A fire in a hospital in the South Korean city of Miryang killed 19 people and injured around 50 others, a local fire official and media said on Friday, with the blaze suspected to have started in a first floor emergency room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022082-south-korean-hospital-fire-kills-19-people-around-50-injured-fire-official-media/

 

Election delay inevitable as NLA passes MPs bill

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

 

The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) late on Thursday passed the MPs election bill with a clause that delays it coming into effect for 90 days after its promulgation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022083-election-delay-inevitable-as-nla-passes-mps-bill/

 

Video: Minivan driver with a baseball bat threatens motorcyclist after collision leaves wife on the tarmac

 

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Thai television showed footage of an incident in the Bang Plee area east of Bangkok as a minivan driver threatened a motorcyclist with a baseball bat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022084-video-minivan-driver-with-a-baseball-bat-threatens-motorcyclist-after-collision-leaves-wife-on-the-tarmac/

 

Thai women's prison highlights need for reform, drug policy rethink

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

Women prisoners are seen during their lunch at Chiang Mai Women's Correctional Institute, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 24, 2018. Picture taken January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Reuters) - A visit by a Thai princess to a women's prison on Thursday spotlighted the need for reform in a country that houses some of the world's most crowded jails, partly because of its battle against the scourge of illicit drugs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022087-thai-womens-prison-highlights-need-for-reform-drug-policy-rethink/

 

Chumphon Police finally take action in case of six students who took younger schoolgirls to rape in a hotel

 

Picture: Thai News agency

 

Police in Chumphon have finally taken action after complaints stretching back to the beginning of December regarding an attempted gang rape by teenagers on younger pupils at a hotel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022088-chumphon police-finally-take-action-in-case-of-six-students-who-took-younger-schoolgirls-to-rape-in-a-hotel/

 

Bangkok soon to be a megacity

By THE NATION

 

 

Industry experts revealed at the recent Thailand Tourism Forum that Bangkok is on the cusp of emerging as the world’s next “megacity”. Within five years, the rapid expansion of Bangkok’s subway system will succeed in opening up unprecedented spaces and with it huge opportunities for the travel and tourism industry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022089-bangkok-soon-to-be-a-megacity/

 

Short-term bubble, long-term staying power predicted for cryptocurrencies

By The Nation

 

Attendees confer during the Crypto Funding Summit, which helps investors understand cryptocurrency, at the Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on January 24, 2018./AFP

 

Bitcoin’s price has increasde more than 12-fold in the past four years, and the combined market of crypto-assets is now valued at more than $500 billion (Bt15.69 trillion). Such valuations have caused many to think that the market is overheated.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022092-short-term-bubble-long-term-staying-power-predicted-for-cryptocurrencies/

 

Fire breaks out at Khon Kaen airport, flights cancelled

By The Nation

 

 

A fire broke out at the power control room of the Khon Kaen International Airport early on Friday, prompting all flights to be cancelled during the first half of the day.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022096-fire-breaks-out-at-khon-kaen-airport-flights-cancelled/

 

Trump ordered Mueller's firing, then backed off - New York Times

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a working session with mayors at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump last June ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired but backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than follow his directive, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing four people told of the matter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022098-trump-ordered-muellers-firing-then-backed-off-new-york-times/

 

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Blaze in South Korean hospital kills 31, injures dozens

By Christine Kim

 

Smoke rises from a burning hospital in Miryang, South Korea, January 26, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A fire in a South Korean hospital killed 31 people and injured more than 70, a fire station official said on Friday, with eight of those injured listed as being in critical condition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022082-south-korean-hospital-fire-kills-19-people-around-50-injured-fire-official-media/?do=findComment&comment=12653050

 

Exclusive - Despite sanctions, North Korea exported coal to South and Japan via Russia: intelligence sources

By Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul and Polina Nikolskaya

 

FILE PHOTO - Post stamps with images of North Korean leaders Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong-il are seen at the "Made In North Korea" exhibition held at the UMAM museum in Moscow, Russia January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

 

PARIS/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of U.N. sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022104-exclusive-despite-sanctions-north-korea-exported-coal-to-south-and-japan-via-russia-intelligence-sources/

 

No firm commitment to hold polls in Nov: Wissanu

politics January 26, 2018 09:47

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

Wissanu.

 

MOST NLA MEMBERS BACK DELAY IN ENFORCEMENT OF MPS ELECTION LAW, EFFECTIVELY DELAYING ELECTION; DEMOCRAT LEADER SEES ‘HIDDEN AGENDA’
 

THE DEPUTY premier in charge of the government’s legal affairs said yesterday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had not signed any treaty committing him to hold the next election in November this year.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022105-no-firm-commitment-to-hold-polls-in-nov-wissanu/

 

Facebook: Russian agents created 129 U.S. election events

By Dustin Volz and David Ingram

 

A Facebook logo is seen at the Facebook Gather conference in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said Russian agents created 129 events on the social media network during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, according to testimony to Congress, shedding more light on Russia's purported disinformation drive aimed at voters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022106-facebook-russian-agents-created-129-us-election-events/

 

Work to correct Phuket’s ‘improper’ temple erections hits halfway mark

The Phuket News

 

Work to correct the ‘improper’ temple structures is half complete. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The work to remove or remodel 17 statues and other structures at Phra Nag Sang Temple in Thalang that have been deemed to be “improper” is half complete, Winya Paladkhwa, Director of Phuket office of the National Office of Buddhism, has confirmed.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022108-work-to-correct-phuket’s-‘improper’-temple-erections-hits-halfway-mark/

 

New tool lets you check how much personal data Windows 10 collects

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Microsoft has produced an extremely useful new tool called Diagnostic Data Viewer designed to show users how much information Windows 10 has collected on them.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/see-much-personal-data-windows-10-collects/26841/

This is the future: Adult site offers virtual reality intercourse with sex robots

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Adult webcam streaming service CamSoda, is introducing love dolls, VR and sex toys allowing their clients to live out their “ultimate fantasies”.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/future-adult-site-offers-virtual-reality-intercourse-sex-robots/26843/

The Bitcoin app you just downloaded is probably laced with malware

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

As Bitcoin grows in popularity, not to mention value, more and more Bitcoin apps have appeared. Sadly, security experts have revealed that many are laced with malware and indeed over 600 Bitcoin apps have been blacklisted but still available.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/bitcoin-app-just-downloaded-probably-laced-malware/26846/

Korat school director suspended over alleged fling with teenage student

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

A 51-year-old Nakhon Ratchasima school director accused of having an inappropriate romantic relationship with a 14-year-old schoolgirl will be suspended from Monday pending an investigation expected to take 120 days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022115-korat-school-director-suspended-over-alleged-fling-with-teenage-student/

 

Student dies in horror mishap at Udon Thani railway crossing

By The Nation

 

A vocational-school student riding a motorcycle in Muang Udon Thani was killed on Friday morning when her neck was caught in the sling of a railway crossing barrier that had just been lowered.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022121-student-dies-in-horror-mishap-at-udon-thani-railway-crossing/

 

Nakhon Pathom Facebook users losing money to fake friends

By Somkid Phrommee 
The Nation

 

 

Fraudsters this week hacked the Facebook accounts of two Nakhon Pathom residents and tricked their online friends into sending almost Bt100,000 to unverified bank accounts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022122-nakhon-pathom-facebook-users-losing-money-to-fake-friends/

 

Bangkok's Chatuchak market to go cashless, get automated parking lots and air-con toilets as part of upgrades

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK: Tourists heading to one of Bangkok's most popular shopping destinations, the Chatuchak market, could do away with cash payments by June, as part of several upgrades that will be made available later this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022125-bangkoks-chatuchak-market-to-go-cashless-get-automated-parking-lots-and-air-con-toilets-as-part-of-upgrades/

 

Millions of PCs in Thailand infected with cryptocurrency mining malware

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Security experts have issued a warning to PC users in Thailand after a new strain of malware was discovered to have infected more than 3.5 million computers.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/millions-pcs-thailand-infected-cryptocurrency-mining-malware/26848/

China unveils vision for 'Polar Silk Road' across Arctic

 

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a joint press briefing with French President Emmanuel Macron, not shown, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbei/Pool

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday outlined its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022127-china-unveils-vision-for-polar-silk-road-across-arctic/

 

Coral reefs get sick from plastic waste - study

By Alister Doyle

 

FILE PHOTO: Divers swim above a bed of corals off Malaysia's Tioman island in the South China Sea May 4, 2008. REUTERS/David Loh/File Photo

 

OSLO (Reuters) - Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022070-11-billion-pieces-of-plastic-bringing-disease-from-thailand-to-great-barrier-reef/?do=findComment&comment=12653839

 

THAI flight from Hong Kong skids off Phuket runway, incident under investigation

The Phuket News

 

The incident, although under investigation, is not being treated as a critical failure, with no injuries reported. Photo: AoT / file

 

PHUKET: Thailand’s national air safety agency is investigating a Thai Airways flight from Hong Kong veering off the runway on landing at Phuket International Airport on Dec 28.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022130-thai-flight-from-hong-kong-skids-off-phuket-runway-incident-under-investigation/

 

With self-parking slippers, Nissan drives Japanese hospitality to a new level

BY REUTERS

 

Nissan Motor/Handout via REUTERS

 

TOKYO (Reuters) – In Japan, where old traditions are constantly being updated with new technology, one inn is making use of automated driving technology to offer the latest in hands-free hospitality — self-driving slippers.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/self-parking-slippers-nissan-drives-japanese-hospitality-new-level/26856/

UK PM May's lawmakers considering coup if local elections go badly - Guardian

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May addresses a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party are considering another attempt to oust her if the local elections go badly in May, the Guardian reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022134-uk-pm-mays-lawmakers-considering-coup-if-local-elections-go-badly-guardian/