NGO to junta: Stop prosecuting people for peaceful assembly

By The Nation

 

"MBK 39" activists gather to call for an election, at the skywalk near the MBK shopping centre on on January 27.

 

The NGO Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) on Tuesday called for an end to prosecutions against people involved in peaceful assemblies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023765-ngo-to-junta-stop-prosecuting-people-for-peaceful-assembly/ 

 

Anti-rabies campaign sweeps Buri Ram after dog attack

By Surachai Piraksa 
The Nation

 

 

Buri Ram livestock officials and municipality workers on Tuesday conducted an operation to capture stray dogs to sterilise and vaccinate them against rabies after a female dog bit seven people in a Muang Buri Ram market on Monday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023768-anti-rabies-campaign-sweeps-buri-ram-after-dog-attack/

 

JSCCIB: Too soon to say if exports affected by stronger baht

 

BANGKOK, 6 February 2018 (NNT) - The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has yet to conclude whether the stronger baht will have any impact on the export sector. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023769-jsccib-too-soon-to-say-if-exports-affected-by-stronger-baht/

 

UPDATE:

 

Ital-Thai president snared in raid on hunting camp

 

Premchai (R)

 

Officials on patrol may have thought it would be a routine inspection when they were alerted about a campsite in a prohibited area in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023722-italthai-president-arrested-for-alleged-poaching-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12686182

 

Chinese New Year celebrations next week to generate 20 billion baht 

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand says this year’s Chinese New Year celebration will generate no less than 20 billion baht from local and foreign tourists visiting the country to celebrate the events held in 12 old Chinese communities in Bangkok and the provinces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023773-chinese-new-year-celebrations-next-week-to-generate-20-billion-baht/

 

Pence heads to Olympics with stern message for North Korea

By Jeff Mason and Hyonhee Shin

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mandel Ngan/Pool

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was en route to Asia on Tuesday on a trip that takes him to the Winter Olympics in South Korea where his itinerary underlines Washington's stance that North Korea is trying to use the Games for crude propaganda.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023776-pence-heads-to-olympics-with-stern-message-for-north-korea/

 

Campaign launched to demand justice over 200 pet dogs, cats culled in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

Eight animal rights groups have launched a campaign on the Change.org website to demand justice in regard to the more than 200 pet dogs and cats recently culled in two villages by livestock officials in Chiang Rai province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023777-campaign-launched-to-demand-justice-over-200-pet-dogs-cats-culled-in-chiang-rai/

 

We are 95 percent of the way to a coalition deal, German SPD says

By Paul Carrel

 

Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz arrives for coalition talks at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are around 95 percent of the way to reaching a coalition deal, an SPD negotiator said on Tuesday, adding, however, the deal would not be a "masterpiece".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023779-we-are-95-percent-of-the-way-to-a-coalition-deal-german-spd-says/

 

UPDATE:

 

‘No One Left Behind’ cycling trip raises Bt26m for disabled

By The Nation

 

 

A charity cycling trip called “No One Left Behind” raised over Bt26 million for disabled people in just nine days, with the cyclists reaching their final destination in Chiang Mai yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023634-no-one-left-behind-charity-bike-ride-reaches-chiang-mai/?do=findComment&comment=12686360

 

 

Dusty Developers Lead to Village Protests

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A village in San Pu Loei filed a complaint to the authorities as their road has been used for the passing through of the trailers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023793-dusty-developers-lead-to-village-protests/

 

Bangkok Airways to Launch Direct flight between Chiang Mai and Hanoi

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Bangkok Airways will begin its direct flights between Chiang Mai and Hanoi (Vietnam) starting from 25 March 2018 onwards.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023795-bangkok-airways-to-launch-direct-flight-between-chiang-mai-and-hanoi/

 

Authorities Deny Early February Smoke Is Hazardous

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai Authorities have claimed that the levels of dust and smog pollution in the city has yet to reach harmful levels, despite many devices recording Air Quality Index (AQI) levels of over 150.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023796-authorities-deny-early-february-smoke-is-hazardous/

 

Thai people spend NINE hours per day online, new study finds

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

New data has revealed the staggering amount of time people in Thailand spend online.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/thai-people-spend-nine-hours-per-day-online-new-study-finds/27033/

Facebook will soon be able to tell how rich or poor you are

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

 

Every Facebook user uploads massive amounts of information on themselves and it’s easy to forget how much the Social Media behemoth knows about us…

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-will-soon-able-tell-rich-poor/27057/

Police probe alleged Thai links to Islamic State websites

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Fifty websites linked to the Islamic State (IS) militant group have alleged connections to Thailand’s three southern border provinces and the Royal Thai Police’s Special Branch Division and other would investigate them further, deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023797-police-probe-alleged-thai-links-to-islamic-state-websites/

 

Free caps given to government Facebook ‘followers’

By The Nation

 

 

The Prime Minister’s Office caps were given to Chanthaburi residents yesterday who became followers of the Government House fanpage on Facebook.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023799-free-caps-given-to-government-facebook-‘followers’/

 

Two charged with murder after death at detention center

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The case of a 17-year-old juvenile found strangled to death in a Surat Thani juvenile detention centre on Tuesday stemmed from a pre-existing dispute with two rivals, according to Sahakan Phetnarin, director general of the Juvenile Observation and Protection Department.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023800-two-charged-with-murder-after-death-at-detention-centre/

 

This app will help you cut back on the booze and make you a smarter drinker

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

It’s February which means you have probably already given up on your new year’s not drinking resolution.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/app-will-help-cut-back-booze-make-smarter-drinker/27061/

Thai police finally get their claws into trouble-making Brit Damon Wait

 

Damon Wait pictured during during a police raid in Pattaya in 2017

 

It looks as though the Thai police have finally managed to find an excuse to deport British hoodlum Damon Wait.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023812-thai-police-finally-get-their-claws-into-trouble-making-brit-damon-wait/

 

All in a day's work as Thai cops praised for looking after drunk foreign tourist

 

Image: Thairath

 

The much maligned Thai police force came in for some much needed praise in the Thai media for their handling of a situation at a bus stop in Sattahip, Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023813-all-in-a-days-work-as-thai-cops-praised-for-looking-after-drunk-foreign-tourist/

 

Ital-Thai president arrested for poaching at wildlife sanctuary granted bail

 

Premchai

 

A prominent businessman and three others were yesterday granted bail after being charged with poaching at a wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023722-italthai-president-arrested-for-alleged-poaching-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12687317

 

Krabi granny still going strong at 111

By Phuket Gazette

 

 

Krabi Governor, Pol Lt-Colonel ML Kitibodhi Prawit, along with Krabi authorities and Krabi Red Cross representatives, visited a local resident, Pliew Petchpuang, who is 111 years old, to greet her and grant her New Year gifts on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023816-krabi-granny-still-going-strong-at-111/

 

Scale and complexity of terror threat to Southeast Asia growing: ASEAN

 

Foreign ministers meet at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting retreat in Singapore February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Calvin Wong

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia is growing as foreign fighters return to the region, Southeast Asian defence ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday in which they pledged to improve cooperation to tackle militancy.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023817-scale-and-complexity-of-terror-threat-to-southeast-asia-growing-asean/

 

Phuket airport GM addresses hours-long queues

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket International Airport General Manager Petch Chancharoen told The Phuket News today (Feb 6) that Airports of Thailand (AoT) are in the process of resolving long departure queues, which they say have been brought on due to a shortage of immigration officials, after claims from some passengers that they waited over three hours in queues yesterday (Feb 5).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023818-phuket-airport-gm-addresses-hours-long-queues/

 

Limiting tourists on the most popular islands

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

The DNP will also create an E-ticket to enter the islands, which will possibly starts with the Similan, Phi Phi and Phang Nga Bay, to solve the transparency problem of national park management.

 

Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) held a meeting today (February 6) to discuss the excessive numbers of tourists visiting famous islands at the Pearl Hotel.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1023819-limiting-tourists-on-the-most-popular-islands/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 7 Feb 2018 
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