Scary awakening for foreign man and Thai wife as burglars make off with 20,000 baht

 

Picture: TNews

 

A foreign man and his Thai wife in Thap Praya Soi 5 were woken by dogs barking unusually in the early hours of the morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029871-scary-awakening-for-foreign-man-and-thai-wife-as-burglars-make-off-with-20000-baht/

 

Student alleges teacher sought sex in exchange for passing grade

By The Nation

 

File photo //Google maps

 

A 20-year-old high-school student in Ayutthaya filed a complaint with police on Monday, alleging a teacher attempted to have sex with her in exchange for a passing grade so that she can graduate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029873-student-in-ayutthaya-alleges-teacher-sought-sex-in-exchange-for-passing-grade/

 

The Hope Fair Bangkok, Summer edition 2018
Bangkok, Thursday May 31st.

 

 

The Hope Fair is a socially responsible project established since 2014 organizing a few times a year a day of shopping extravaganza... For a good cause, with no entrance fee.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029874-the-hope-fair-bangkok-summer-edition-2018/

 

With "training" like this is it any wonder there is carnage on the Thai roads?

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

Motorists renewing their licenses at a Pattaya office had to sit for more than two hours watching a blank screen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029877-with-training-like-this-is-it-any-wonder-there-is-carnage-on-the-thai-roads/

 

BTS in the wars again - this time for the able bodied!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A woman has posted a nasty experience on Facebook after a section of an escalator fell away before her eyes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029882-bts-in-the-wars-again-this-time-for-the-able-bodied/

 

First Thai named chair of WTO’s dispute settlement body

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai permanent representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Ms Sunanta Kangvalkulkij has become the first Thai ever to be voted the new chair of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of WTO.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029884-first-thai-named-chair-of-wto’s-dispute-settlement-body/

 

Prayut to be invited to officially open new permanent border checkpoint in Sa Kaew

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will be invited to chair the opening ceremony of a new permanent border checkpoint in Sa Kaew's Klong Had district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029886-prayut-to-be-invited-to-officially-open-new-permanent-border-checkpoint-in-sa-kaew/

 

Thai, Laotian arrested for allegedly felling trees in national forest reserve

By The Nation

 

Two men, a Thai and a Laotian, were arrested early on Tuesday after they and three others allegedly felled two trees in a forest reserve in Ubon Ratchathani's Sirindhorn district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029887-thai-laotian-arrested-for-allegedly-felling-trees-in-national-forest-reserve-in-ubon/

 

Xi warns Taiwan will face 'punishment of history' for separatism

By Philip Wen

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping warned self-ruled Taiwan on Tuesday that it will face the "punishment of history" for any attempt at separatism, offering his strongest warning yet to the island claimed by China as its sacred territory.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029888-xi-warns-taiwan-will-face-punishment-of-history-for-separatism/

 

Tourist pinched my iPhone says guide as Chinese man, 58, is arrested

 

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Police in Pattaya have announced the arrest of a Chinese tourist charged with stealing an iPhone belonging to a Thai guide on another group tour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029891-tourist-pinched-my-iphone-says-guide-as-chinese-man-58-is-arrested/

 

Phuket Poll: How should Phuket’s lifeguards be provided?

The Phuket News

 

Tourists love Phuket's beaches, but without lifeguards patrolling the sands they stand at risk of the dangerous surf during the southwest monsoon from May through October each year. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot / file

 

PHUKET: The fiasco of Phuket’s authorities providing lifeguards at the island’s key beaches has dragged on from last year into 2018, with no end in sight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029892-phuket-poll-how-should-phuket’s-lifeguards-be-provided/

 

In New Year's greeting to Iranians, Trump slams Tehran government

 

U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House via Marine One in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sent greetings on Monday to Iranians celebrating the New Year's holiday known as Nowruz, but used the message to attack Iran's government, particularly its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029893-in-new-years-greeting-to-iranians-trump-slams-tehran-government/

 

Exclusive: U.S. advancing toward first Guantanamo repatriation under Trump

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

 

A detainee paces around a cell block while being held in Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp VI at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is advancing toward the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention center under U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. military told Reuters on Monday, a move that would repatriate the detainee to Saudi Arabia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029895-exclusive-us-advancing-toward-first-guantanamo-repatriation-under-trump/

 

Deputy Police Commander insists no special treatment being provided to Italian Thai CEO

 

BANGKOK, 20th March 2018 (NNT) – Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police Pol Gen Sriwara Rangsiphramnakul, who is leading investigations into Italian Thai Development Co Ltd CEO Premchai Karnasutra and other suspects accused of poaching offences, has assured the public that no special treatment or assistance is being provided to the business tycoon. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029897-deputy-police-commander-insists-no-special-treatment-being-provided-to-italian-thai-ceo/

 

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All BTS escalators to be checked after complaint of loose step

By The Nation

 

Photo from Anunya Rittichai's Facebook wall.

 

Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) on Tuesday ordered that escalators at all BTS Skytrain stations be inspected after a step on one escalator at Phaya Thai station slipped off, leaving a hazardous gap.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029882-bts-in-the-wars-again-this-time-for-the-able-bodied/?do=findComment&comment=12813152

 

Phuket grandmother’s head crushed under 10-wheeler juggernaut

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Witnesses said the truck was travelling at speed down the road when it struck the motorbike. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtun

 

PHUKET: A 64-year-old woman driving a motorbike with her 11-year-old granddaughter as passenger died this morning (Mar 20) when her head was crushed under a 10-wheeled truck in rush-hour traffic in Rassada, north of Phuket Town.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029900-phuket-grandmother’s-head-crushed-under-10-wheeler-juggernaut/

 

Microsoft plans Netflix type service for video games

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Xbox developer and tech industry giant Microsoft is planning a new Netflix type service with the goal of getting 2 billion global players on board.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-plans-netflix-type-service-video-games/27834/

Premchai and driver turn themselves in to police to face bribery charge

By Thai PBS

 

 

Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta and his driver turned themselves in to the police at the Central Investigation Bureau’s Counter Corruption Police Division (CCPD) on Tuesday morning (March 20) to acknowledge bribery charge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029901-premchai-and-driver-turn-themselves-in to-police-to-face-bribery-charge/

 

Karen village in Tak loses beloved teacher, community booster

By Somjit Rungjamrasrassamee 
The Nation

 

 

A hilltribe community in Tak province is in grief following the death on Sunday of Narumon “Khru Jeab” Kaewsamrit, the only teacher at the local school, who last year received royal honours.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029903-karen-village-in-tak-loses-beloved-teacher-community-booster/

 

Sakon Nakhon City Lowers Speed Limit To 60kph

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

The site of a fatal road accident March 12 in Sakon Nakhon.

 

SAKON NAKHON — Officials on Tuesday lowered the speed limit of a northeastern province to 60kph in an effort to lower road accidents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029904-sakon-nakhon-city-lowers-speed-limit-to-60kph/

 

Laotian Drug Lord Sentenced To Life In Prison

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

Xaysana Keopimpha on Tuesday at the Criminal Court

 

BANGKOK — A Laotian national dubbed the “biggest drug lord” in Thailand’s Isan region was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029905-laotian-drug-lord-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

 

New strategy called to counter Phuket drug epidemic

The Phuket News

 

A suspects points to ya bah pills that he was caught trying to smuggle into Phuket by public bus last month. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office Chief Administrative Officer (Palad) has again called for extra effort in the fight against drugs to stave off an epidemic of drug use across the island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029908-new-strategy-called-to-counter-phuket-drug-epidemic/

 

Google courts game developers with expanded services lineup

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Tomas Bravo/Files

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday unveiled new tools for game developers, days after opening Maps to create location-based online games, challenging technology rivals including Amazon.com Inc in the bid for a bigger slice of the lucrative industry.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-courts-game-developers-expanded-services-lineup/27840/

#DeleteFacebook: How to delete your Facebook account

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

The latest scandal to hit Facebook could be the social network’s undoing.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/deletefacebook-delete-facebook-account/27846/

Animal-rights groups urge Hua Hin expats to save dogs from possible slaughter

By The Nation

 

 

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Ten animal-rights groups issued an urgent plea on Monday for foreigners living in Hua Hin to claim “ownership” of stray dogs being rounded up there, lest the animals be put to death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029918-animal-rights-groups-urge-hua-hin-expats-to-save-dogs-from-possible-slaughter/

 

Driver, Chinese tourist dead, three tourists seriously injured in Phang Nga minivan crash

The Phuket News

 

The minivan, carrying eight Chinese tourists from a hotel in Patong and heading to Mu Ko Similan National Park in Phang Nga. Photo: Kitti Wongrattanawut

 

PHUKET: A minivan driver and a female Chinese tourist died while three Chinese tourists sustained serious injuries when a minivan heading from Phuket collided with an 18-wheeler truck in Phang Nga earlier today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029921-driver-chinese-tourist-dead-three-tourists-seriously-injured-in-phang-nga-minivan-crash/

 

Pressure maintained on Prawit over posh watches

By The Nation

 

 

Volunteer social worker Ticha Nanakorn plans to pressure the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to speed up its investigation into the luxury wristwatches sported by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029922-pressure-maintained-on-prawit-over-posh-watches/

 

Thai motorcyclist, tourist fight over use of pavement

By The Nation

 

video screenshot

 

An altercation between a western tourist, who insisted he had the right to walk on a Bangkok pavement and refused to give way to a Thai motorcyclist, turned into a fist-fight on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029925-thai-motorcyclist-tourist-fight-over-use-of-pavement/

 

Wear a mask, northerners warned

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

People in the North have been urged to take precautions regarding the haze blanketing several provinces, which carries unsafe amounts of particulate matter.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029927-wear-a-mask-northerners-warned/

 

Songkran banned for drunkenness!......in this part of Thailand at least!

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

The authorities have had enough of Songkran in a wide area to the west of Bangkok known as Thawi Watthana.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1029928-songkran-banned-for-drunkennessin-this-part-of-thailand-at-least/