Liverpool cry "FOUL!" as fake shirts in Thailand given a red card!

 

Image: Manager

 

A representative of English football giants Liverpool has said to fans: "If you love the club, buy real shirts".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023324-liverpool-cry-foul-as-fake-shirts-in-thailand-given-a-red-card/

Video: Coke truck piles into police checkpoint as driver claims "brake failure"

 

Image: Thai TV

 

Thai TV showed a dash cam video of a Coke truck slamming into a police checkpoint in Chumporn in Thailand's south yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023328-video-coke-truck-piles-into-police-checkpoint-as-driver-claims-brake-failure/

Parents going after Klong Toey administration after 3 year old electrocuted on fence

 

Image: TNA

 

Residents in Bangkok's Klong Toey district are furious with the local authority who they say were warned about a fence where many people got electric shocks last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023329-parents-going-after-klong-toey-administration-after-3-year-old-electrocuted-on-fence/

Bitcoin skids amid broad cryptocurrency sell-off

By Tommy Wilkes and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

 

FILE PHOTO: Broken representation of the Bitcoin virtual currency, placed on a monitor that displays stock graph and binary codes, are seen in this illustration picture, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies plunged on Friday, with bitcoin at one point sliding below $8,000 and headed for its biggest weekly loss since December 2013, amid worries about a regulatory clampdown globally.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023330-bitcoin-skids-amid-broad-cryptocurrency-sell-off/

 

Anonymous bitcoin philanthropist donates $5 million to medicine foundation

By Jemima Kelly

 

A Bitcoin logo is seen on a cryptocurrency ATM in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - An anonymous benefactor has donated $5 million in bitcoin to the California-based Open Medicine Foundation, the non-profit research organisation said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023331-anonymous-bitcoin-philanthropist-donates-5-million-to-medicine-foundation/

 

Hero6 black review: GoPro just got better

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng
THE NATION

 

 

With the Hero6 black, the sharp-eyed little camera becomes a better adventure companion than ever

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/hero6-black-review-gopro-just-got-better/26984/

Wireless chargers offer ease and style for hi-end smartphone users

BY THE NATION

 

 

RTB presents premium innovation for “Energea”, the latest wireless charger in three version for the high end smartphone market.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/wireless-chargers-offer-ease-style-hi-end-smartphone-users/26994/

Busting out: New Phuket Smart Bus service to serve entire west coast 

Shela Riva

 

Phuket City Development Co Ltd (PKCD) Executive Director Watchara Jaru-ariyanon stands beside a Smart Bus, one of a fleet of nine to start serving passengers from the airport all the way down the west coast. Photo: Shela Riva
 

PHUKET: The PKCD Smart Bus will begin its trial run in the coming week, ahead of its launch to provide a bus service along Phuket’s west coast at the end of this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023332-busting-out-new-phuket-smart-bus-service-to-serve-entire-west-coast/

 

Marriage to foreigners not all it's cracked up to be complains Isaan woman stuck in Farangland!

 

Image: Phenkhao

 

An Isaan country girl has gone on Facebook to moan about life with a foreign man abroad.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023334-marriage-to-foreigners-not-all-its-cracked-up-to-be-complains-isaan-woman-stuck-in-farangland/

Exclusive - North Korea earned $200 million from banned exports, sends arms to Syria, Myanmar: U.N. report

By Michelle Nichols

 

FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent U.N. monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023335-exclusive-north-korea-earned-200-million-from-banned-exports-sends-arms-to-syria-myanmar-un-report/

 

Poll: Bangkokians give junta six out of ten amid concerns over election date

 

Image: INN

 

A poll conducted in Bangkok this week gave the ruling military an average performance rating of 6.48 points out of ten.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023337-poll-bangkokians-give-junta-six-out-of-ten-amid-concerns-over-election-date/

Video: Find driver who killed my dad, says son

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A dead motorcyclist's son has appealed for help on Facebook after several days have passed since his dad was knocked off and a car fled the scene.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023338-video-find-driver-who-killed-my-dad-says-son/

Waiting for the next life! Pattaya beach shut off again

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

Sophon Cable TV reported that corrugated iron fencing had been erected yet again on a  300 meter stretch of North Pattaya beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023339-waiting-for-the-next-life-pattaya-beach-shut-off-again/

Drunk husband arrested for allegedly killing wife

By The Nation

 

 

The owner of a processed wood shop in Pathum Thani province was arrested late on Friday night for allegedly killing his wife with a pestle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023340-drunk-husband-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-wife/

 

Aged angler drowns in fishing pond

By The Nation

 

An angler, 70, drowned in a fishing pond in Nakhon Pathom province on Friday after he fell while to trying prevent his fishing rod from being pulled into the pond.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023341-aged-angler-drowns-in-fishing-pond/

 

Here’s a round up of new tech released in Thailand this week – 03 Feb 18

BY THE NATION

 

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-round-new-tech-released-thailand-week-03-feb-18/27004/

The new Dell Inspiron laptop is a powerful beast

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng
THE NATION

 

 

One flip, four modes

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/new-dell-inspiron-laptop-powerful-beast/26998/

Facebook uproar over nude coffee shop waitress in Sattahip

 

 

Photos posted to Facebook of an almost nude waitress at a coffee shop in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district trigged a storm of criticism from mostly women users of the site.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023349-facebook-uproar-over-nude-coffee-shop-waitress-in-sattahip/

 

Unidentified foreigner’s body found in Saen Saeb Canal

 

The body an unidentified foreigner was found floating on Saen Saeb Canal in Bangkok’s Vadhana district on Saturday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023351-unidentified-foreigner’s-body-found-in-saen-saeb-canal/

 

How to watch the Super Bowl 2018 in Thailand

 

 

Get the coffee ready – it’s going to be an early one.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/watch-super-bowl-2018-thailand/27012/

Foreigner mails back stolen pieces of ancient Ayutthaya temple

 

 

A foreigner has sent three small pieces from an ancient Ayutthaya temple back to Thailand from abroad, along with a note asking officials to put them back as the thief “could not live in peace”, an official said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023357-foreigner-mails-back-stolen-pieces-of-ancient-ayutthaya-temple/

 

King sends wreath to Victory Monument on War Veterans Day

By The Nation

 

 

A wreath was placed on behalf of His Majesty the King by Privy Councillor Surayud Chulanont at Victory Monument on War Veterans Day on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023369-king-sends-wreath-to-victory-monument-on-war-veterans-day/

 

Weathermen forecast further drop in temperatures until February 8

 

 

The Meteorological Department issued the latest weather forecast Saturday saying the country’s upper region will be colder with temperatures dropping 4-6 degrees Celsius until February 8.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023370-weathermen-forecast-further-drop-in-temperatures-until-february-8/

 

Three escape as pickup overturns, bursts into flames in Phuket 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: Three men luckily escaped without serious injuries when the pickup truck they were in slammed into a pole, flipped onto its side and caught ablaze south of the Heroines Monument last night (Feb 2).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023371-three-escape-as-pickup-overturns-bursts-into-flames-in-phuket/

 

An alternative to Patong tunnel presented to NLA in Phuket meeting 

The Phuket News

 

Patong tunnel is not worth it, Adm Amornchot believes. Photo: NLA
 

PHUKET: A meeting of the National Legislative Assembly's (NLA) members with Phuket officials and representatives of the people took an unexpected twist when a respected member of local community took the floor and presented an alternative to the decades-in-coming Patong Tunnel project.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023372-an-alternative-to-patong-tunnel-presented-to-nla-in-phuket-meeting/

 

Phuket Police hunt Chalong lobster thieves

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

It is still unclear why the suspects stole only six out of seven lobsters in the tank. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: Police are hunting for two suspects who stole six lobsters from a renowned seafood restaurant in Chalong before dawn today (Feb 3).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023375-phuket-police-hunt-chalong-lobster-thieves/

 

Duterte proposes hybrid system if proposed federalism failed

 

 

President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing for a hybrid system of government similar to China’s “one country, two systems” form of government if his proposed federal government setup is rejected by the people, according to The Manila Times Online on Saturday (Feb 3).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023376-duterte-proposes-hybrid-system-if-proposed-federalism-failed/

 

UK promises to crack down on assets of corrupt oligarchs - The Times

 

FILE PHOTO - Ben Wallace arrives for former Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron's first cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in Westminster, London, Britain, May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will use new powers to seize the assets of foreign criminals and corrupt politicians, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday quoting the security minister.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023378-uk-promises-to-crack-down-on-assets-of-corrupt-oligarchs-the-times/

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