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British man in need of major heart surgery highlights dangers for expats living in Thailand without health insurance

 

 

The plight of a British man has highlighted the risks for foreigners living in Thailand without health or medical insurance.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022730-british-man-in-need-of-major-heart-surgery-highlights-dangers-for-expats-living-in-thailand-without-health-insurance/

Locals hurl insults as French and Thai murder suspects taken on reenactment at three places

 

 

Villagers in Phichit who heard that a reenactment was to take place watched as Beung Na Rong police took a French man and his Thai girlfriend on a three location reenactment of their crime.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022743-locals-hurl-insults-as-french-and-thai-murder-suspects-taken-on-reenactment-at-three-places/

Thai women complain of harassment from online sex pest

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Three Thai women went to police yesterday to lodge a complaint about sexual harassment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022768-thai-women-complain-of-harassment-from-online-sex-pest/

 

Lottery fever grips Thais as buffalo gives birth to stillborn calf weighing 900 grams

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Lottery hopefuls rushed to Ang Thong's "Cowboy Farm" yesterday after a 5 year old buffalo called Thong Kwai gave birth to a stillborn calf.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022769-lottery-fever-grips-thais-as-buffalo-gives-birth-to-stillborn-calf-weighing-900-grams/

 

Mama Mia! Muscle making monk misses morning meditation!

 

Picture: Tnews

 

Thais were wondering about the appropriateness of a holy father going to the gym rather than seeking spiritual enlightenment yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022771-mama-mia-muscle-making-monk-misses-morning-meditation/

 

Cabinet agrees to comply with UN sanctions on North Korea

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

THE CABINET yesterday agreed to comply with a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to sanction North Korea over its missile test in November last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022773-cabinet-agrees-to-comply-with-un-sanctions-on-north-korea/

 

Police seek alleged backers behind anti-junta protests

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

AUTHORITIES WARN ABOUT ‘FOREIGN INSTIGATORS’ AS SEVEN ACTIVISTS TARGETED

 

POLICE ARE ATTEMPTING to determine whether anyone financed recent protests by anti-junta activists, a deputy national police chief said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022774-police-seek-alleged-backers-behind-anti-junta-protests/

 

UPDATE:

 

Veteran politicians form Citizens’ Power Party

By The Nation

 

Veteran politicians from major and mid-sized parties have got together to set up a new party called the Citizens’ Power Party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022733-new-political-party-pegged-as-possible-pm-proxy/?do=findComment&comment=12666282

 

Lawyer urges PM to revoke ban on Chaturon’s financial activity

By The Nation

 

Chaturon.

 

The lawyer of Pheu Thai Party key figure Chaturon Chaisang on Tuesday petitioned Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha via the public services centre, asking him to lift the ban on his client’s financial business.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022775-lawyer-urges-pm-to-revoke-ban-on-chaturon’s-financial-activity/

 

TJA panel finds ‘close relationship, trust’ led to ‘misunderstanding’ in case of alleged sexual harassment at media org

By The Nation

 

 

A close relationship and trust in the workplace were the key factors that had led to “misunderstanding” and a “sexual harassment-prone situation”, the Thai Journalists Association has concluded in regard to a case of alleged sexual harassment at a media organisation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022776-tja-panel-finds-‘close-relationship-trust’-led-to-‘misunderstanding’-in-case-of-alleged-sexual-harassment-at-media-org/

 

AMLO orders that cryptocurrency deals must be reported to curb criminals’ money laundering

By THE NATION

 

File photo: Israelis walk past the cryptocurrency "Bitcoin Change" shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on January 17, 2018. // AFP PHOTO

 

THE GOVERNMENT will step up surveillance of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by requiring digital currency exchangers to report their transactions to the country's anti-money laundering agency.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022777-amlo-orders-that-cryptocurrency-deals-must-be-reported-to-curb-criminals’-money-laundering/

 

Scepticism greets govt plan to shelve Thepha plant

By The Nation

 

About 10 protesters sit on the footpath opposite Government House in Bangkok yesterday in prayer vigil urging the government to permanently scrap the coalfired Thepha power plant.

 

THE GOVERNMENT plans to shelve the proposed project to build the coal-fired Thepha power plant in Songkhla province, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022778-scepticism-greets-govt-plan-to-shelve-thepha-plant/

 

UPDATE:

 

Frenchman confesses to murdering Italian love rival followed by attempt to burn body

By SAYAN CHUCHAM 
THE NATION

 

 

THE MUCH-PUBLICISED murder of an Italian man, in which his Thai ex-wife and her French boyfriend have been implicated, apparently has been solved after police said the Frenchman had confessed to the killing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022743-locals-hurl-insults-as-french-and-thai-murder-suspects-taken-on-reenactment-at-three-places/?do=findComment&comment=12666305

 

Acquittal of fishing boat captain angers human rights campaigners

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

 

THE HUMAN Rights and Development Foundation has pledged to appeal against a court decision to acquit fishing trawler captain Prawit Kimsai over the enslavement of 15 migrants from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022779-acquittal-of-fishing-boat-captain-angers-human-rights-campaigners/  
 

 

Thai honours for top US health researchers

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Recipients of the Prince Mahidol Award in public health and medicine visit Siriraj Hospital yesterday. Prince Mahidol is considered the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand.

 

Prince Mahidal awards recognise pioneers of human genome project and Hib vaccine.
 

AMERICAN RESEARCH teams won both the medicine and public health prizes in the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award for their outstanding studies into the human genome and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine respectively.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022780-thai-honours-for-top-us-health-researchers/  
 

 

Net idol ‘sword master’ accused of molesting 10-year-old girls in bloody ‘orientation ceremony’

By THE NATION

 

Wetsuwanlaksana “Ne Hofatura” Meekhajannatthakard

 

TEN GIRLS are believed to have been abused by the self-proclaimed “sword master” Wetsuwanlaksana “Ne Hofatura” Meekhajannatthakard, after examinations looking for signs of physical abuse or psychological trauma were performed on three girls under the age of 15.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022781-net-idol-‘sword-master’-accused-of-molesting-10-year-old-girls-in-bloody-‘orientation-ceremony’/  
 

 

OPINION

Less talk, more action needed to avoid silent superbug tsunami

By Busakorn Lerswatanasivalee,  
Thomas Cueni 
Special to The Nation

 

On a TripAdvisor Bangkok forum Gary asks “Can I purchase antibiotics [in Thailand] without a prescription if I run out?” 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022782-less-talk-more-action-needed-to-avoid-silent-superbug-tsunami/

 

EDITORIAL

Junta is running out of time

By The Nation

 

The watch scandal and hidden survey results are darkening Prayut’s political future
 

The National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) has been compromised by its rector’s decision to not release the results of a recent public opinion survey regarding Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan’s possession of two dozen luxury watches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022783-junta-is-running-out-of-time/

 

UPDATE:

 

PM admits his government’s declining popularity

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday (Jan 30) admitted the decline in the popularity of his government and the National Council for Peace and Order, but argued that it was the same with any governments in their final year in the office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022731-thailands-pm-says-needs-a-little-more-time-in-office-to-prepare-for-vote/?do=findComment&comment=12666343  

 

South Africans are obsessed with Thailand

TRAVEL WRITER

 

The number of South African holidaymakers to Thailand increased 17,8% last year. Picture: Pexels.

 

Stats reveal that more South Africans are travelling to Thailand.

 

According to the marketing representative for the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Lesley Simpson, the number of South African holidaymakers to Thailand increased 17,8% last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022784-south-africans-are-obsessed-with-thailand/

 

Thailand's tourism boom damages corals to critical level

 

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The famous Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi will be closed for the first time. Coral damage at Thailand's popular holiday destination has reached a critical level due to the booming tourism industry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022785-thailands-tourism-boom-damages-corals-to-critical-level/

 

CIA director expects Russia will try to target U.S. mid-term elections

 

FILE PHOTO: CIA Director Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at "Intelligence Beyond 2018," a forum hosted by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Russia will target U.S. mid-term elections later this year as part of the Kremlin's attempt to influence domestic politics across the West, and warned the world had to do more to push back against Chinese meddling.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022786-cia-director-expects-russia-will-try-to-target-us-mid-term-elections/

 

Russia's elite dismiss U.S. list as 'telephone book' of the wealthy

By Polina Devitt and Katya Golubkova

 

German Gref, chief executive of Russia's Sberbank, speaks during a session of the Gaidar Forum 2018 "Russia and the World: values and virtues" in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's elite on Tuesday shrugged off U.S. publication of a sweeping list of oligarchs close to the Kremlin as simply a "telephone directory" of the rich, though a Kremlin spokesman said it could even harm the image of Russia's political leaders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022787-russias-elite-dismiss-us-list-as-telephone-book-of-the-wealthy/

 

Glee actor Mark Salling found dead aged 35

Salling, who played Puck on the hit series, was facing up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child abuse images

Jake Nevins

 

Mark Salling, the actor best known for his role in Glee, has died at the age of 35.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022788-glee-actor-mark-salling-found-dead-aged-35/

 

After turbulent year, Trump to tout strong economy in speech to Congress

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before a luncheon for ambassadors to the United Nations Security Council at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, battling a probe into his campaign's alleged ties with Russia and struggling to sell Americans on his leadership abilities, will take credit for U.S. economic gains in the past year in an address to Congress on Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022789-after-turbulent-year-trump-to-tout-strong-economy-in-speech-to-congress/

 

May starts China visit with warning over steel, intellectual rights

By William James

 

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hand with British Prime Minister Theresa May before their meeting at the West Lake State House on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Etienne Oliveau/Pool/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May was starting a crucial trade visit to China on Wednesday as she admitted the two countries will not always see eye-to-eye in sensitive areas like steel over-capacity and intellectual property rights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022790-may-starts-china-visit-with-warning-over-steel-intellectual-rights/

 

Bannon will not testify before U.S. House intel panel on Wednesday

 

FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a campaign event for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore in Fairhope, Alabama, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon's return to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee will not take place on Wednesday as expected, Representative Adam Schiff, the panel's top Democrat said on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022791-bannon-will-not-testify-before-us-house-intel-panel-on-wednesday/

 

Murder hunt on after slaying of wealthy and influential couple at their home in Sa Kaew

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A murder hunt is underway after a wealthy and well known husband and wife were stabbed to death at their home in the east of Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022798-murder-hunt-on-after-slaying-of-wealthy-and-influential-couple-at-their-home-in-sa-kaew/

 

Suvarnabhumi baggage handler arrested for theft from Thai reporter

 

Picture: INN

 

Police in Bangkok have arrested a 26 year old baggage handler after a theft from the loaded luggage of a Thai reporter flying back from Samui last week.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022799-suvarnabhumi-baggage-handler-arrested-for-theft-from-thai-reporter/