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Foreign tourists commended for CPR rescue of teenager

By Sitthichai Sikhawat 
The Nation

 

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Social media users have praised foreign tourists for saving a 15-year-old Thai boy’s life using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Sunday at Wat Tham Sua in Krabi province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026729-foreign-tourists-commended-for-cpr-rescue-of-teenager/

 

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Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket forest

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The distinguishing sun tattoo the man had surrounding his right nipple. Photo: Eakkapop Thontub

 

PHUKET: An unidentified foreign man was found hanged in a forest near the Phanason housing estate in Kathu today.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026730-unidentified-foreigner-found-hanged-in-phuket-forest/

 

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Rescuers continue search off Phuket for drowned Chinese tourist

Shela Riva

 

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Rescuers are today (Feb 26) continuing their search for the body of missing 27-year-old Yang Juan. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The head of Phang Nga Provincial Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Sayan Kitmano confirmed this morning that rescuers are still searching for the body of a Chinese woman who went missing in the waters of a local beach in Phang Nga.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026732-rescuers-continue-search-off-phuket-for-drowned-chinese-tourist/

 

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Phuket land access row ends in gunfight

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Police arrived to find two men with gunshot wounds and the windscreen a pickup truck shot out. Photo: Thalang Police

 

PHUKET: Two men were injured in a shootout in central Phuket yesterday (Feb 25) after tempers flared over allowing access across an 800-rai plot of land.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026733-phuket-land-access-row-ends-in-gunfight/

 

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Dead cadet’s family hires experienced law firm to look after legal case in military court

By Thai PBS

 

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The family of the dead cadet Pakapong Tanyakan has now officially hired a law firm, Barista International, to look after the handling of the case by the military prosecution after it has indicted senior cadets in the military court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026734-dead-cadet’s-family-hires-experienced-law-firm-to-look-after-legal-case-in-military-court/

 

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Watchdog Thailand files complaint against ‘serial street cat killer’

By The Nation

 

Phra Kanong police on Monday issued a summons for a man to turn himself in to face charges of animal cruelty after he was seen on security camera footage killing a street cat.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026735-watchdog-thailand-files-complaint-against-‘serial-street-cat-killer’/

 

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Bus crash leaves one killed, 16 injured on Friendship Highway

By Thai PBS

 

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One bus hostess was killed and 16 others were injured after the bus skidded, crashing a traffic island and colliding head-on with a truck on the Friendship highway in Soong Nern district of Nakhon Ratchasima province on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026719-korat-one-killed-16-injured-as-careening-bus-slams-into-eight-trucks/?do=findComment&comment=12747893

 

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WATCH: Terrifying moment a power bank catches fire in airplane’s overhead bin

BY STAFF WRITER

 

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A China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai was delayed by three hours after power bank ignited and started a fire in one of the overhead luggage compartments.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-watch-moment/27441/

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Junta says protesters will ‘face restrictions’

By The Nation

 

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Panitan Wattanayagorn

 

Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Wattanayagorn, said on Monday that any political moves right now would face restrictions.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026738-junta-says-protesters-will-‘face-restrictions’/

 

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New laws provide greater protection for people who rent property in Thailand

 

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People who rent property in Thailand will be given greater protection from unscrupulous landlords, under new plans announced by the Thai government.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026739-new-laws-provide-greater-protection-for-people-who-rent-property-in-thailand/

 

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Gambia’s Tourism Minister tells sex tourists to go to Thailand, not his country

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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Photo of Hamat Bah (left), Youtube, and photo from Pattaya girly bar previously published on Coconuts (right).

 

In a brazen statement that will undoubtedly offend Thais, the Tourism and Culture Minister of African nation Gambia, Hamat Bah, addressed foreign tourists hoping to travel to the poor African country to engage in sex tourism. He told them to go to Thailand to get their jollies instead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026743-gambia’s-tourism-minister-tells-sex-tourists-to-go-to-thailand-not-his-country/

 

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'Court not angered by NLA's decision to reject its EC choices'

By The Nation

 

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Court of Justice spokesman Suriyan Hongwilai

 

The Court of Justice has denied having a conflict with the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) after the latter last week turned down all election commissioner candidates, including the court’s two picks. The court maintained that it had properly fulfilled its task to choose two candidates in line with the law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026745-court-not-angered-by-nlas-decision-to-reject-its-ec-choices/

 

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Thai carrier Bangkok Airways to invest in new routes - president

Reuters Staff

 

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BANGKOK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Bangkok Airways Pcl plans to invest in new routes, aircraft and airport improvements on the back of rising tourist arrivals to Thailand, a top executive said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026748-thai-carrier-bangkok-airways-to-invest-in-new-routes-president/

 

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Australian town crowns most impressive hairstyle at inaugural 'Mulletfest'

By James Redmayne

 

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Mullet enthusiasts from all over Australia came together for a showdown of the greatest mullets. No reporter narration.

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A small Australian town that claims to have created the mullet, the "short on top and sides but long at the back" hairstyle favoured by '70s rock stars, picked the best of more than 150 specimens at the weekend.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026749-australian-town-crowns-most-impressive-hairstyle-at-inaugural-mulletfest/

 

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‘Gang of sinners’ face complaint for climbing on Ayutthaya temples

By The Nation

 

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The director of the Ayutthaya Historical Park, Sukanya Bua-nerd, filed a police complaint on Monday morning against a group of Thai visitors who climbed on to temple platforms to pose for souvenir photos.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026750-‘gang-of-sinners’-face-complaint-for-climbing-on-ayutthaya-temples/

 

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Parking Spot Murder Revealed to be Affair Driven Life Insurance Murder

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – New evidence has emerged that suggest the murder last week was not over a disputed parking spot as first suggested by investigators, but because the murderer and the victim’s wife were having an affair and they were seeking to make financial gains off his death.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026765-parking-spot-murder-revealed-to-be-affair-driven-life-insurance-murder/

 

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Bike 2 Bangkok for Tomato Village

by CityNews

 

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Bike 2 Bangkok is a project initiated by Stig Vinck and Simon Bradshaw who came up with the idea of cycling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (750 km) to raise funds to support Philatropy Connections.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026767-bike-2-bangkok-for-tomato-village/

 

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Woman cleared after her ID used in ‘romance scams’

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

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A 25-year-old woman whose Thai ID card was stolen and allegedly used by a “romance scam” network to open bank accounts was officially declared innocent on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026768-woman-cleared-after-her-id-used-in-‘romance-scams’/

 

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‘We Walk’ case postponed because prosecutors not ready

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

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Public prosecutors have postponed consideration of a case against eight prominent members of the People Go Network until Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026769-‘we-walk’-case-postponed-because-prosecutors-not-ready/

 

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Dad will welcome champ Srisaket with a taste of home

By The Nation

 

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The father of the 31-year-old Thai boxer Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, who successfully defended his super flyweight title in Los Angeles on Sunday, is preparing Isaan delicacies to welcome his son back home on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026770-dad-will-welcome-champ-srisaket-with-a-taste-of-home/

 

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Ex-intelligence officer arrested in Chiang Rai with 114,000 meth pills, kilogram of ‘ice’

By The Nation

 

A former intelligence officer was arrested early Monday morning together with a woman while allegedly smuggling 114,000 methamphetamine pills and a kilogram of crystal meth in Chiang Rai province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026772-ex-intelligence-officer-arrested-in-chiang-rai-with-114000-meth-pills-kilogram-of-‘ice’/

 

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Rescuers free pet dog from iron gate 

By Mongkonchaowarat Tangmangmee 
The Nation

 

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A rescue team came to the aid of a two-year-old dog whose head got stuck in an iron gate in Phitsanulok’s Wang Thong district on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026773-rescuers-free-pet-dog-from-iron-gate/

 

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WATCH: Terrifying moment a power bank catches fire in airplane’s overhead bin

BY STAFF WRITER

 

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A China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai was delayed by three hours after power bank ignited and started a fire in one of the overhead luggage compartments.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-watch-moment/27441/

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Thailand arrests 10 Russians who ran sex training course in Pattaya

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Monday arrested a group of 10 Russians who were running a sex training class for their compatriots in the seaside town of Pattaya, and have charged them with working in Thailand without permission.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026697-10-russian-‘sex-instructors’-rounded-up-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=12748626

 

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Crypto 'noobs' learn to cope with wild swings in digital coins

By Anna Irrera

 

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Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After researching digital currencies for work last year, personal finance writer J.R. Duren hopped on his own crypto-rollercoaster.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1026783-crypto-noobs-learn-to-cope-with-wild-swings-in-digital-coins/

 

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