English teacher, 26, killed in Chiang Mai

 

 

A British man has been killed after the Yamaha motorcycle he was riding collided with a 10 wheel truck in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027163-english-teacher-26-killed-in-chiang-mai/

 

Video: Murder on paradise beach! Video shows dramatic attempts to save man's life after Samui shooting

 

 

A Facebook video showed the aftermath to a shooting on Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027164-video-murder-on-paradise-beach-video-shows-dramatic-attempts-to-save-mans-life-after-samui-shooting/

 

A Thai woman's love - Benz will stay with Nai Pho until the end

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a touching story about a couple's love despite tragic circumstances.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027165-a-thai-womans-love-benz-will-stay-with-nai-pho-until-the-end/

 

Video: Father says he'll fork out only 5,000 baht for spoiled brat's car outrage

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CCTV footage from Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani showed the son of a landlord seriously damaging a car belonging to a renter of one of his father's properties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027166-video-father-says-hell-fork-out-only-5000-baht-for-spoiled-brats-car-outrage/

 

Google launches Slack competitor Hangouts Chat

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Sergio Perez

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google released an update to its internet chat tool Hangouts on Wednesday, aiming to make it suitable in workplaces so the Alphabet Inc unit can compete with business software makers including Microsoft Corp and Slack Technologies Inc.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-launches-slack-competitor-hangouts-chat/27506/

Spotify plans to list shares, fend off Apple and Amazon

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday filed for a direct listing of its shares, laying out financial data for the first time that cheered some analysts but led others to question how it could turn a profit from its growing subscriber base.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/spotify-plans-list-shares-fend-off-apple-amazon/27509/

Facebook expands presence in jobs market

BY REUTERS 

 

Image:REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it was expanding the jobs section on its social network, as it looks to compete in a market dominated by Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-expands-presence-jobs-market/27511/

Tourists fined 5,000 baht each for climbing on ruins in Wat Mahathat

By Thai PBS

 

 

Five Thai tourists who climbed on the ruins at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya were on Wednesday fined 5,000 baht each by Ayutthaya District Court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027167-tourists-fined-5000-baht-each-for-climbing-on-ruins-in-wat-mahathat-ayutthaya/

 

GLO board to consider sale of lottery tickets in sets on March 21

By Thai PBS

 

 

The board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) will be asked to approve a proposal at a meeting on March 21 that the GLO should start introducing lottery tickets in sets for sale to solve the problem of overpricing of the sale of lottery in sets of two up to over 10 tickets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027171-glo-board-to-consider-sale-of-lottery-tickets-in-sets-on-march-21/

 

Two more people interviewed in Prawit watch scandal

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan covers his eyes, displaying a luxury watch and a ring, during a photo call with other members of a new Cabinet in Bangkok in December. / AFP

 

Two more people linked to luxury watches seen in possession of Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan have been asked to give information to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), secretary-general Worawit Sukboon said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027172-two-more-people-interviewed-in-prawit-watch-scandal/

 

Bangkok's seedy side - where sex with an 83 year old and a young boy is available on the street for 300 baht

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a seedy side to the business of paid sex that exists in increasingly large numbers on the streets of the nation's capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027175-bangkoks-seedy-side-where-sex-with-an-83-year-old-and-a-young-boy-is-available-on-the-street-for-300-baht/

 

UPDATE:

 

‘Gang of sinners’ fined Bt5,000 for temple photos

By The Nation

 

 

Five Thai tourists who dubbed themselves “gang of sinners 2018” in a hashtag linked to photos showing them standing on temples in Ayutthaya have been fined Bt5,000 each.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027167-tourists-fined-5000-baht-each-for-climbing-on-ruins-in-wat-mahathat-ayutthaya/

 

Junta Chides Protesters For Comparing Prayuth To Pinocchio

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Protesters put on “Yuth-nocchio” masks at Saturday protest

 

BANGKOK — A junta spokesman on Thursday urged pro-democracy activists to stop mocking regime leader Prayuth Chan-ocha with their Pinocchio masks.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027178-junta-chides-protesters-for-comparing-prayuth-to-pinocchio/

 

Thai media/social media says kick fake watch sellers out of Pattaya

 

Image: Sophon Cable

 

Sophon Cable TV reported on Facebook that Thai social media was demanding that the authorities act to rid Pattaya of people like traders selling fake watches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027179-thai-mediasocial-media-says-kick-fake-watch-sellers-out-of-pattaya/

 

Thai tourism body says it opposes 'sex tourism'

 

Tourists pray at Erawan Shrine, a Hindu shrine popular among tourists in central Bangkok, Thailand, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's tourism body has said in a statement that it "strongly opposes any form of sex tourism" as it hopes to welcome a record number of holiday-makers this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027186-thai-tourism-body-says-it-opposes-sex-tourism/

 

Surat Thani governor orders ban on new gun licenses on three tourist islands in wake of "terrible and shocking" double beach murder

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

The Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto has ordered a ban on new gun licences in Koh Samui, Koh Pangan and Koh Tao.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027187-surat-thani-governor-orders-ban-on-new-gun-licenses-on-three-tourist-islands-in-wake-of-terrible-and-shocking-double-beach-murder/

 

UPDATE:

 

Pinocchio protest draws warning from junta

By The Nation

 

A protester wears a paper “Yutnocchio” mask, a likeness of Prime Minister Prayut with an elongated Pinocchio nose, during a February 24 rally at Thammasat University Tha Prachan.

 

The junta has threatened to take action against pro-election protesters who last Saturday mocked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha by depicting him as Pinocchio.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027178-junta-chides-protesters-for-comparing-prayuth-to-pinocchio/?do=findComment&comment=12757208

 

Pregnant woman injured in Patong bus crash safe

Chutharat Plerin

 

In total seven vehicles were involved in the accident as the tour bus descended the steep slope into Patong. Photo: Patong Municipality Fire Department

 

PHUKET: The pregnant woman injured in the Patong bus crash on Sunday (Feb 25) is safe from harm and has been discharged from hospital, police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027188-pregnant-woman-injured-in-patong-bus-crash-safe/

 

UPDATE:

 

Pattaya Vendors Arrested For Brawl With U.S. Soldiers

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Arrested vendors are presented to media Wednesday at Pattaya City Police Station

 

PATTAYA — A group of watch sellers in the resort town of Pattaya were arrested Wednesday for allegedly starting a punching match with American soldiers, in town for a military exercise.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027079-us-soldiers-fined-for-fighting-with-thai-men-who-allegedly-tried-to-aggressively-sell-them-watches-at-pattaya-bar/?do=findComment&comment=12757278

 

Makha Puja Day merit dedicated to the King

By The Nation

 

 

Devout Buddhists across the country observed Makha Puja Day on Thursday by attending merit-making events, with much of the merit being earned on behalf of His Majesty the King.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027196-makha-puja-day-merit-dedicated-to-the-king/

 

Dead baby girl foetus found dumped in Patong garbage

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The foetus was found dumped in a bin at the entrance to Soi Khuanyang off Phra Baramee Rd, halfway over the hills between Patong and Kathu. Photo: Google Maps

 

PHUKET: Patong Police have launched a search for the person who dumped a dead female foetus in a garbage bin on the main road from Kathu into Patong last night (Feb 28).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027197-dead-baby-girl-foetus-found-dumped-in-patong-garbage/

 

Urgent Need for Blood Donation in Chiang Mai

 

An elderly patient HN0262789 requires A Rhesus negative blood (only 3 percent of the Thai population has it)

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027198-urgent-need-for-blood-donation-in-chiang-mai/

 

Yaba-inspired monk allegedly steals nurses’ underwear

By Seksanti Kalayanawisut 
The Nation

 

 

A 31-year-old monk was disrobed on Thursday morning before being arrested for possession of yaba pills and stealing nurses’ underwear from a residence for nurses and doctors behind Udon Thani’s Nong Han Hospital, said Nong Han superintendent Pol Colonel Kittitechit Bamrung.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027203-yaba-inspired-monk-allegedly-steals-nurses’-underwear-in-udon-thani/

 

School teacher Preecha insists he was real owner of the 5 first-prize winning lottery tickets

By Thai PBS

 

 

 

Despite of over six hours of questionings, school teacher Preecha Kraikruan remained firm on his earlier testimony given to the police that he was the real owner of the five winning first-prize lottery tickets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027204-school-teacher-preecha-insists-he-was-real-owner-of-the-5-first-prize-winning-lottery-tickets/

 

Bangkok security guard held over girlfriend’s strangling death

By Supachai Phetchthawee 
The Nation

 

 

A 23-year-old Bangkok security guard is in police custody over the murder of his girlfriend, after being talked out of committing suicide by his elder sister.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027205-bangkok-security-guard-held-over-girlfriend’s-strangling-death/

 

Second teen-torture suspect arrested

By Santiparp Ramasut 
The Nation

 

Police have arrested another alleged member of the “Kimsua Phukhaothong” criminal gang which is accused of abducting a 19-year-old man from Songkhla in and torturing him over a Bt4,000 narcotic debt before robbing him of valuables on January 28.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027206-second-teen-torture-suspect-arrested-in-songkhla/

 

Police suspect Russian sex course trainers may be members of a sex cult

By Thai PBS

 

 

Chon Buri immigration police are suspecting that a group of Russian men and women who were arrested by Pattaya police for providing sex training course may be members of a sex cult.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027207-chon-buri-immigration-suspect-russian-sex-course-trainers-may-be-members-of-a-sex-cult/

Reports of PM2.5 pollution vary widely as Chiang Mai under deep smog

By The Nation

 

 

Chiang Mai citizens were left in a pollution haze Thursday as sources released contradictory reports of particulate-based air pollution. One international source reported dangerous levels of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) while a Thai government report shared much lower, yet still very high, readings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027209-reports-of-pm25-pollution-vary-widely-as-chiang-mai-under-deep-smog/

 

Anti-Thaksin Yellowshirt Party To Be Revived With Anti-Corruption Mandate

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Members of the planned New Palangdharma Party at a Thursday launch event in Bangkok. The party vows to tackle corruption and push for national reforms. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — A defunct political party will be reconstituted to tackle corruption and push for reform, its leaders announced Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027215-anti-thaksin-yellowshirt-party-to-be-revived-with-anti-corruption-mandate/

 

Russians Offering US Election Secrets For American Protection Moved To Bangkok

By Todd Ruiz, Editor

 

Photo: Anastasia Vashukevich / Instagram

 

BANGKOK — Ten foreign nationals facing deportation for allegedly offering a paid “sex training” course in Pattaya have had their visas formally revoked and are being held Thursday at Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Center.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1027216-russians-offering-us-election-secrets-for-american-protection-moved-to-bangkok/