Hong Kong drowning in waste as China rubbish ban takes toll

By Farah Master

 

Tonnes of waste paper to be shipped to mainland China are piled up at a dock in Hong Kong, China September 15, 2017. Picture taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong boasts glittering skyscrapers, seamless transportation and billion dollar infrastructure projects, but it is struggling with a much more mundane problem: disposing of its trash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022868-hong-kong-drowning-in-waste-as-china-rubbish-ban-takes-toll/

 

Stockholm truck attacker wanted to punish Sweden for IS fight: prosecutors

By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson

 

Rakhmat Akilov is seen being apprehended in Marsta, North of Stockholm after the lorry attack in Central Stockholm that killed five on April 7, 2017 in this handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden on April 7, 2017 and released by Swedish Police on January 30, 2018. TT NEWS AGENCY/Swedish police/Handout via REUTERS

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The man who mowed down pedestrians with a truck, killing five people, in Stockholm last April wanted to punish Sweden for its part in the global fight against radical group Islamic State, prosecutors said in charges filed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022869-stockholm-truck-attacker-wanted-to-punish-sweden-for-is-fight-prosecutors/

 

Couple nabbed in Pathum Thani with drugs, guns

By The Nation

 

 

A couple have been arrested in Pathum Thani with 401,800 methamphetamine pills, 22 kilograms of crystal meth and three rifles, police said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022871-couple-nabbed-in-pathum-thani-with-drugs-guns/

 

Amnesty International demands junta end crackdown on peaceful protests

By The Nation

 

 

The Thai military government must end its far-reaching crackdown on peaceful demonstrations, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, as nine activists are facing criminal proceedings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022872-amnesty-international-demands-junta-end-crackdown-on-peaceful-protests/

 

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Thailand to live-stream super blue blood moon today

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

File photo of a blood moon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

 

While Bangkokians have missed many lunar phenomenons because of our cloudy sky, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) will live-stream the super blue blood moon tonight, which is a lunar event that hasn’t been seen in 152 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022860-here-is-what-time-you-should-be-able-to-see-tonights-super-moon-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=12667899

 

Academics, diplomat show support for ‘We Walk’ members

By The Nation

 

 

Academics walked from the Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus to Klong Luang Police Station in Pathum Thani province on Wednesday to express moral support for eight prominent members of the People Go Network who have been summoned to answer charges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022875-academics-diplomat-show-support-for-‘we-walk’-members/

 

Thailand’s Amazing Tourism An Amazing Mess: New Minister

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Sports and Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat tours a forest Jan. 19 in Ubon Ratchathani province. Photo: Weerasak Kowsurat / Courtesy

 

BANGKOK — Thailand’s tourism boom is causing serious problems and the bureaucracy is ill-equipped to fix them.

 

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Toon Bodyslam’s charity run donations to be handed over to 11 hospitals Feb 25

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Phramongkutklao Hospital Foundation will hand over the first amount of donations from rocker Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai’s Kaokonlakao (Step by Step) charity run to 11 public hospitals on Feb 25.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022879-toon-bodyslam’s-charity-run-donations-to-be-handed-over-to-11-hospitals-feb-25/

 

Teacher prevails in Bt30m lottery dispute, ex-cop to be charged

By The Nation

 

Charoon

 

Police on Wednesday concluded that the real winner of a Bt30-million lottery prize is a teacher in Kanchanaburi province and will charge a retired police officer with embezzlement and accepting stolen items.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022880-teacher-prevails-in-bt30m-lottery-dispute-ex-cop-to-be-charged/

 

 

Prawit pledges to resign ‘if people don’t want him’

By The Nation

 

 

The defiant Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has promised to quit if people do not want him to stay.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022881-prawit-pledges-to-resign-‘if-people-don’t-want-him’/

 

Singer Yingyong jailed for 20 years over fraud

By The Nation

 

File photo: Thai folk singer Prayong “Yingyong Yodbuangam” Buangam

 

Bangkok’s Min Buri Provincial Court on Wednesday sentenced Thai folk singer Prayong “Yingyong Yodbuangam” Buangam and two others to 20 years in jail each without suspension over a fraud case linked to farm products.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022884-singer-yingyong-jailed-for-20-years-over-fraud/

 

Cash-strapped Foreign Office puts Bangkok embassy up for sale

 

Image: Holger Bauer via Google Maps

 

Foreign Office hopes to raise £420m from building’s sale to reinvest in other projects

 

The scale of financial pressure on the British diplomatic service was underlined today when the Foreign Office announced it was raising £420m by selling its embassy in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022889-cash-strapped-foreign-office-puts-bangkok-embassy-up-for-sale/

 

 

Did You Miss One of the Merit Making Events of the Year?

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai people gathered for a big merit making event on Peng Pud day.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022894-did-you-miss-one-of-the-merit-making-events-of-the-year/

 

Bringing Migrant Workers into the Fold

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Minister of Labour followed up on the one-stop service centre (OSS) for Myanmar migrant workers in Chiang Mai.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022895-bringing-migrant-workers-into-the-fold/

 

‘Last kiss’ for Thai woman, French boyfriend in murder case

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

A Thai woman and her French boyfriend, both of whom have been implicated in the much-publicised murder of the woman's Italian ex-husband in Phichit's Bung Narang district, exchanged their “last kiss” on Wednesday before they were separated and police applied for their detention orders.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022897-‘last-kiss’-for-thai-woman-french-boyfriend-in-murder-case/

 

Thai junta charges activists for protesting at election delay

By AFP

 

Photo: Start Up People Thailand/ Facebook

 

The Thai junta has filed charges against seven pro-democracy activists who led a 100-strong rally calling for elections, authorities said Tuesday, as the regime seeks to smother dissent over its latest poll postponement.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022899-thai-junta-charges-activists-for-protesting-at-election-delay/

 

Student crowned Mr. Gay World Thailand

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: @sirenx/ Instagram

 

University Student Pakkarapong “Toy” Khuaikhoen, won Mr. Gay World Thailand on Saturday, a contest for gay Thai men that considers more than just beauty.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022900-student-crowned-mr-gay-world-thailand/

 

Ex-rector of Thammasat surrenders to acknowledge charges

 

 

Former Thammasat University rector Charnwit Kasetsiri turned himself in to police at the Technology CrimeSuppression Division to acknowledge charges related to Computer Crime Act for allegedly sharing an image in the social media purported to be a brandname handbag of Mrs Naraporn, the wife of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022906-ex-rector-of-thammasat-surrenders-to-acknowledge-charges/

 

Phuket officials issue last warning over Patong Beach smoking ban

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

 

PHUKET:-- Officers from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) today reminded people – and especially tourists – that the ban on smoking on Patong Beach will be enforced from tomorrow (Feb 1).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022908-phuket-officials-issue-last-warning-over-patong-beach-smoking-ban/

 

Two men arrested in connection to child pornography ring involving at least 1,500 boys

By Kornkamon Aksorndech, 
Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation

 

 

Two men have been arrested for allegedly luring at least 31 boys aged between 13 and 18 to perform lewd acts on social media, which were recorded as video and sold or exchanged in a secret chat group, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) chief Pol Maj-General Kornchai Klayklueng announced at a Bangkok press conference on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022911-two-men-arrested-in-connection-to-child-pornography-ring-involving-at-least-1500-boys/

 

Crime Of Passion: Thai-French Murder Couple Bid Farewell

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Amaury Rigaud and Rujira Iemlamai kiss Wednesday at Bueng Na Rang Police Station in Phichit Province.

 

PHICHIT — A French-Thai couple bid a poignant farewell Wednesday before being led away to await trial for the murder of an Italian man.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022897-‘last-kiss’-for-thai-woman-french-boyfriend-in-murder-case/?do=findComment&comment=12668886

 

Super blue blood moon in Bangkok

By Prasert Thepsri 
The Nation

 

Photo: Prasert Thepsri

 

Residents of Bangkok and nationwide enjoy the rare sight of a super blue blood moon rising in the sky on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022919-super-blue-blood-moon-in-bangkok/

 

Video: Twenty five beach hookers rounded up by Pattaya police in "action against the sex trade"

 

 

Siam Chon News said that a police action in arresting a couple of dozen prostitutes on Pattaya Beach Road was done to take action against the sex trade and improve the image of Pattaya.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022920-video-twenty-five-beach-hookers-rounded-up-by-pattaya-police-in-action-against-the-sex-trade/

 

No Thai shareholders in blacklisted Laos casino operation, say Thai drugs' authorities

 

 

Thai drugs and money laundering authorities have told the US that no Thais are involved in the ownership of the King's Roman Casino that is run in the golden triangle area of Laos.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1022921-no-thai-shareholders-in-blacklisted-laos-casino-operation-say-thai-drugs-authorities/

 

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