KBank revamps phone app as ‘lifestyle platform’

BY THE NATION 

 

 

Kasikornbank (KBank) has “repositioned” its K Plus phone application, which now has 7.5 million users, as a “lifestyle platform” offering lifestyle solutions.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/kbank-revamps-phone-app-lifestyle-platform/27185/

Google to debut emails that automatically update

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Gmail is about to get dynamic. Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday plans to demonstrate a software programming system that would enable emails to feature continuously updating information and greater interactivity.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-debut-emails-automatically-update/27189/

EOD detonates a bike bomb in Pattani 

By Thai PBS

 

 

Explosive ordnance disposal police on Wednesday morning (Feb 14) detonated a homemade bomb attached to the water bottle holder of a mountain bike left unattended in front of a  mosque in Yarang district of Pattani.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025035-eod-detonates-a-bike-bomb-in-pattani /

 

Airport teamwork locates lost handbag in 15 minutes

By The Nation

 

Officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport managed to find and return a lost handbag with valuables worth almost Bt200,000 to two Vietnamese tourists in just 15 minutes, the airport boasted on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025037-airport-teamwork-locates-lost-handbag-in-15-minutes/

 

Valentine’s marriage registration at Phuket District Office  

“We expect at least 100 couples to sign their marriage registration documents today. "

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

The Phuket District Office welcomed couples that came to register their marriage during the ‘day of love’.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025039-valentine’s-marriage-registration-at-phuket-district-office- /

 

Phuket blood banks in need of O-negative blood

Shela Riva

 

A man makes a much-needed donation of blood during a Phuket blood-donation drive. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Center (PRBC) issued an appeal this morning (Feb 14) for donations of O-negative blood due to a shortage of supplies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025040-phuket-blood-banks-in-need-of-o-negative-blood/

 

Shinawatras' press conference expected in Hong Kong

 

Both siblings had been in Tokyo since Saturday.

 

Thailand’s two fugitive prime ministers, Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra, left Japan for Hong Kong on Tuesday, Japan News reported, quoting sources close to the pair.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025043-shinawatras-press-conference-expected-in-hong-kong/

 

Foreigner database to be ready in six months

By The Nation

 

file photo

 

The Immigration Bureau and the Interior Ministry were instructed on Wednesday to speed up the implementation of a single-platform online database of foreigners entering and leaving the kingdom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025048-foreigner-database-to-be-ready-in-six-months/

 

 

Transvestites arrested for stealing from Korean tourist

By The Nation

 

 

Three Thai transvestites have been arrested over the theft of cash and a mobile phone from a South Korean man at his condominium room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025049-transvestites-arrested-for-stealing-from-korean-tourist/

 

Pattaya bar fight: Key witness says Australian man beaten to death over “misunderstanding”

 

 

A key witness to a brutal bar fight in Pattaya has told police that the Australian victim died because of a misunderstanding.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025053-pattaya-bar-fight-key-witness-says-australian-man-beaten-to-death-over-“misunderstanding”/

 

 

Iron Man Cyclist Dies in Collision with Truck

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Iron Man Cyclist has been killed after a fatal crash with a truck on Doi Inthanon.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025067-iron-man-cyclist-dies-in-collision-with-truck/

 

Thailand bets on 'magic pills' to boost declining birth rate

By Panu Wongcha-um and Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

Public health officer gives a prenatal vitamins to a couple during a Valentine's Day celebration at the Laksi district in Bangkok, Thailand February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has tried cash bonuses and tax incentives to boost the country's birth rate, but on Valentine's Day today it adopted a new approach - handing out vitamin pills.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025068-thailand-bets-on-magic-pills-to-boost-declining-birth-rate/

 

Cambodian monks arrested for ‘inappropriate’ conduct

By Theerawat Thongma, 
Dethawee Theewarangkool 
The Nation

 

 

Chon Buri Immigration Police rounded up six Cambodian monks on Wednesday following public complaints that they allegedly asked some women to sell to construction workers the food they had obtained from alms collecting.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025069-cambodian-monks-arrested-for-‘inappropriate’-conduct/

 

Fire breaks out at ‘Phuket Detox’ clinic

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- Quick action by firefighters doused a blaze at the Phuket Detox Health Care and Beauty clinic in Samkong early this afternoon (Feb 14) before it could spread to other floors and adjacent buildings.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025070-fire-breaks-out-at-‘phuket-detox’-clinic/

 

Rainmaking fails to curb air pollution due to weather conditions

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

Photo from: Twitter @Khwuan

 

Artificial rainmaking efforts to reduce air pollution in Bangkok has failed, as cold air from the North prevented cloud formations and even intensified air pollution in the capital.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025071-rainmaking-fails-to-curb-air-pollution-due-to-weather-conditions/

 

Election delay not our decision, says junta

By The Nation

 

 

In response to a series of rallies against a possible delay of the general election, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered authorities to explain the situation to the public, Government spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025072-election-delay-not-our-decision-says-junta/

 

Millions of Android devices infected with crypto mining malware

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Security researchers have uncovered a scam by hackers who have managed to hijack mobile devices using the Android operating system.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/millions-android-devices-infected-crypto-mining-malware/27192/

Facebook launches new list feature so users can share more personal content

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

In their latest attempt to create meaningful conversations, Facebook is adding a new feature called Lists that will be available through the normal status update.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-launches-new-list-feature-users-can-share-personal-content/27194/

Phuket readies for Heroines Festival 2018

The Phuket News

 

The Heroines Festival is a festival celebrating a major part of Phuket's past. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong says the island is ready to host the upcoming Thao Thepkrassatri and Thao Srisoonthorn Festival to be held on March 3-17.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025073-phuket-readies-for-heroines-festival-2018/

 

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