Nakhon Ratchasima speeds up rabies vaccination following outbreaks

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Nakhon Ratchasima province has declared nine districts rabies-control zones and speeded up vaccinations in all 32 districts, a senior official said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028056-nakhon-ratchasima-speeds-up-rabies-vaccination-following-outbreaks/

 

Manhunt for 15-year-old teen who allegedly killed grandmother

By The Nation

 

 

Police have launched a manhunt for a 15-year-old boy who allegedly killed his 80-year-old grandma with a stick in Ubon Ratchathani on Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028060-manhunt-for-15-year-old-teen-who-allegedly-killed-grandmother-in-ubon/

 

Bangkok to participate in Earth Hour, increase energy savings by 10%

 

BANGKOK, 7 March 2018 (NNT) - Bangkok is inviting people to turn off their lights for Earth Hour 2018 on Saturday, March 24th, as part of its campaign to save energy by another 10 percent from last year. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028061-bangkok-to-participate-in-earth-hour-increase-energy-savings-by-10/

 

Maps: 12 Ways to Divide Thailand

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Kornkit Disthan/ Facebook

 

From dialects, choices of booze, and what types of rice Thais prefer, a sarcastic set of politically incorrect maps “12 Ways to Divide Thailand” went viral on Facebook this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028062-maps-12-ways-to-divide-thailand/

 

First royal portrait stamps of King Maha Vajiralongkorn to be officially launched on July 28

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thailand Post yesterday (Feb 6) debuted the first portrait stamps of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun at the 46th National Book Fair & 16th Bangkok International Book Fair 2018 held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028063-first-royal-portrait-stamps-of-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-to-be-officially-launched-on-july-28/

 

Australia reveals first gay marriage ended in heartbreak after just 48 days

 

Jill Kindt holds a photo of her with her late wife Jo Grant, joined by Jo's mother Sandra Kelly and her husband Paul at Parliament House in Brisbane, Australia, March 7, 2018. AAP/Dan Peled/via REUTERS

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's first gay marriage lasted just 48 days and ended in heartbreak with the death of a terminally ill woman, Queensland state parliament heard on Wednesday after the family gave permission for details to be released.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028065-australia-reveals-first-gay-marriage-ended-in-heartbreak-after-just-48-days/

 

Berlusconi says will support League leader as Italy prime minister

 

Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a meeting in Rome, Italy, March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi will support the leader of Italy's eurosceptic partner the League in attempts to form a government, the former prime minister said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028067-berlusconi-says-will-support-league-leader-as-italy-prime-minister/

 

Possibility of North Korea detente stirs diplomatic angst in Japan

By Linda Sieg

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets members of the special delegation of South Korea's President in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 6, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - An agreement between North and South Korea to hold a summit and signals about possible talks between North Korea and the United States are stirring concern in Japan about its diplomatic nightmare - being left out in the cold.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028070-possibility-of-north-korea-detente-stirs-diplomatic-angst-in-japan/

 

Final ruling pending on official’s appeal in Rohingya trafficking case

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Songkhla Provincial Court has scheduled for Thursday a reading of the Supreme Court decision on a case involving a Rohingya trafficking victim.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028071-final-ruling-pending-on-official’s-appeal-in-rohingya-trafficking-case/?do=edit

 

Audi releases flagship model in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

Audi has again expanded its portfolio in the Thai market with the launch of its A8 L flagship model in Pattaya on Monday night.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028072-audi-releases-flagship-model-in-thailand/

 

Strong demand for new Swift

By The Nation

 

 

More than 3,000 orders have been placed for the new Suzuki Swift during the first month of public launch, the company announced.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028073-strong-demand-for-new-swift/

 

Romcom Fever Triples Ayutthaya Tourism: Officials

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Left: Wat Chaiwatthanararam in Ayutthaya. Right: Ranee Campen and Tanawat Wattanaputi in “Bupphesaniwat.”

 

AYUTTHAYA — Thais have been dressing up in traditional garb and taking road trips to Wat Chaiwatthanaram for photo ops, and a recent historical romcom that’s taken the nation by storm is taking the credit.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028074-romcom-fever-triples-ayutthaya-tourism-officials/

 

WHO: Protecting public health is a key factor to consider whether Paraquat should be banned

By Thai PBS

 

 

Paraquat has been grouped as “Moderately hazardous” by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s classification of pesticides by hazardous.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028076-who-protecting-public-health-is-a-key-factor-to-consider-whether-paraquat-should-be-banned/

 

Warning over Facebook’s new free VPN service that tracks your every move

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

A security expert has warned that Facebook’s new free VPN service may be collecting even more user data for the social network.

 

Full story:   https://tech.thaivisa.com/27614-2/27614/

 

Live RPG Ballistic Grenade Found on Ping Riverbank

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A live RPG grenade was found in the Ping River after a fisherman almost stepped on it.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028084-live-rpg-ballistic-grenade-found-on-ping-riverbank/

 

PPAO rushes to repair Chalong Pier jetty suspected of being ‘damaged by boat’

The Phuket News

 

It is suspected that a fishing boat hit the jetty causing it to break and sink. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation (PPAO or OrBorJor) have confirmed that they are responsible for restoring a damaged jetty at Ao Chalong Pier, which officials suspect may have been hit by a fishing boat on Sunday (Mar 4).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028085-ppao-rushes-to-repair-chalong-pier-jetty-suspected-of-being-‘damaged-by-boat’/

 

Chinese tourist assaulted in Krabi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A Facebook user, Jay Boonruang (in Thai language), posted a long story about a Chinese client at her hostel being assaulted by men on the street yesterday (March 6).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028087-chinese-tourist-assaulted-in-krabi/

 

Russians Claiming Dirt On Trump In Legal Limbo

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Aleksandr Kirillov and Anastasia Vashukevich in a March 25, 2017 photo. Image: Anastasia Vashukevich / Instagram

 

BANGKOK — No court date has been set for a Russian sex guru and Belarusian escort claiming to have compromising information about the US presidential election, police said Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028089-russians-claiming-dirt-on-trump-in-legal-limbo/

 

Bt285m worth of assets, 2m meth pills seized in four drug operations

By The Nation

 

 

Police have arrested alleged drug kingpins and major financiers as well as seized 2.1 million methamphetamine pills, 1,590 kilograms of marijuana and 2.5kg of cocaine in drug operations nationwide.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028091-bt285m-worth-of-assets-2m-meth-pills-seized-in-four-drug-operations/

 

Peek Into The New IKEA Bang Yai

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Grab a yellow shopping bag and get lost among Songesand, Kramig and Duktig later this month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028092-peek-into-the-new-ikea-bang-yai/

 

Locals mass at Phuket Provincial Hall, demand address of community issues

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- More than 100 local residents from poor communities in Phuket massed in front of Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Mar 6) to file a letter to Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong asking him to urgently resolve problems across 23 Phuket communities.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028096-locals-mass-at-phuket-provincial-hall-demand-address-of-community-issues/

 

7 French people arrested over kidnapping of a French woman

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Chalong Police and Kamala Police have arrested 7 French men and women, including 25 year old Idriss Sulliman, 25 year old Yann Kimulina, 21 year old Brahim Saifdine, 23 year old Mouhcin Wizkrane, 32 year old Yacine Maatoug, 21 year old Lydia Kouang Nlend and 19 year old Sahra Zerari, for kidnapping and physically abusing a 21 year old French woman.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028099-7-french-people-arrested-over-kidnapping-of-a-french-woman/

 

Freak storm wrecks havoc in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani

 

 

Four people sustained minor injuries, five cars were damaged by 11 power poles which were pulled down by a freak storm which hit Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani on Wednesday afternoon (March 7).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028100-freak-storm-wrecks-havoc-in-thanyaburi-district-of-pathum-thani/

 

Pol Gen Srivara unperturbed by hashtag campaign against him

 

 

The deputy national police chief overseeing the illegal hunting case against Italian-Thai Development Plc boss Premchai Karnasuta said Wednesday (March 7) that he was not perturbed by the criticism and hashtag campaign against him.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028101-pol-gen-srivara-unperturbed-by-hashtag-campaign-against-him/

 

Junta keeps an eye on young political movement

By The Nation

 

Thanathorn.

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Wednesday that the junta is keeping any eye on moves made by “a young generation” group posed to emerge as the third option in Thai politics.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028102-junta-keeps-an-eye-on-young-political-movement/

 

New Parliament building well underway

By Prapasri Osathanon 
The Nation

 

 

Over 50 per cent of construction work on the new Parliament has been completed, and the new compound could possibly be in use by the time the new MPs and Senators arrive next year, said Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president while inspecting the site on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028103-new-parliament-building-well-underway/

 

Myanmar workers kill king cobra in Kamala

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rescue workers were unsure whether the snake was the same one as escaped capture yesterday (Mar 6). Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Myanmar workers in Kamala killed a king cobra today (Mar 7) after local residents became afraid that if one king cobra was caught, another might be searching for it.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028105-myanmar-workers-kill-king-cobra-in-kamala/

 

This flying superyacht is the ultimate way to travel on water

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Foiler

 

A new video shows an incredible flying superyacht that can carry up to 8 passengers and travel at speeds of 40 knots (74km/h).

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/video-new-flying-superyacht-ultimate-way-travel-water/27616/

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