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Phuket condo mogul Sawit posts bail on fraud charges

The Phuket News

 

Emerald Group CEO Sawit Ketroj during questioning by police last Wednesday (May 2). Photo: Suthicha Sirirat

 

PHUKET:-- Sawit Ketroj, the prominent Phuket condo developer arrested last week on a fraud charge, has posted bail, police have confirmed to The Phuket News.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037460-phuket-condo-mogul-sawit-posts-bail-on-fraud-charges/

 

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No Mama Drama: Hangry Man Rages At Empty Noodles, Stomach

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — It’s sad when three cups of Mama spell dinner, but sadder when all three lack noodles.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037461-no-mama-drama-hangry-man-rages-at-empty-noodles-stomach/

 

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'Gender Illumination' Lights Thai LGBT Diversity

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

A mural showing a gay couple inside Wat Phumin in Nan province.

 

BANGKOK — Lipstick, high heels, Barbie dolls, cabaret costumes and a letter approving a transgender man to wear pants to an exam are among the Thai LGBT artifacts to be show at a museum.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037462-gender-illumination-lights-thai-lgbt-diversity/

 

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Japanese tourist held at Don Mueang on weapons charges

 

 

A Japanese man was arrested at Don Mueang airport on Wednesday after a large amount of expired rifle magazines and other weapons were discovered in his luggage.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037464-japanese-tourist-held-at-don-mueang-on-weapons-charges/

 

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Terry Gilliam suffers stroke ahead of Don Quixote's Cannes premiere

By Catherine Shoard

 

Terry Gilliam. Photograph: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

 

Terry Gilliam, the former Monty Python member and director of films such as Brazil and Time Bandits, has suffered a minor stroke.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037466-terry-gilliam-suffers-stroke-ahead-of-don-quixotes-cannes-premiere/

 

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21 facts about Disney's Mickey Mouse - things you might not know about the popular rodent on the 90th anniversary

By Jo-Anne Rowney

 

Mickey Mouse through the ages (Image: Walt Disney)

 

Mickey Mouse is recognised the world over as the defining character of Disney - summing up what the magic is all about.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037467-21-facts-about-disneys-mickey-mouse-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-popular-rodent-on-the-90th-anniversary/

 

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Are the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 teaming up for a new streaming service to combat Netflix?

BY SAM WARNER

 

 

The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 may be teaming up to take on the increasing dominance of giants such as Netflix with their own service.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037468-are-the-bbc-itv-and-channel-4-teaming-up-for-a-new-streaming-service-to-combat-netflix/

 

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Google to launch new News app, announces major changes to its news plaform

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: (Reuters/Stephen Lam)

 

Google has announced it is making major changes to its news platform Google News.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-launch-new-news-app-announces-major-changes-news-plaform/28646/

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Ticket Cams To Bust Bangkok's Lane Cutters

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — It’s Friday evening and the commute home is more exhausting than the actual work week. Slogging toward an overpass, a random car creeps from behind and swoops in up ahead, extending the traffic infinity war even longer.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037478-ticket-cams-to-bust-bangkoks-lane-cutters/

 

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Man killed by tamarind branch in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

A man, 64, climbed a giant tamarind tree to trim branches but he was crushed to death by a cut-off branch at his house in Samut Prakan's Phra Pradaeng district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037479-man-killed-by-tamarind-branch-in-samut-prakan/

 

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Assets worth Bt463m seized in massage parlour case

By The Nation

 

CONFISCATION FOR 90 DAYS AS POLICE CONTINUE HUNT FOR 19 WANTED SUSPECTS

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037481-assets-worth-bt463m-seized-in-massage-parlour-case/

 

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Pattaya police get tough on licences: Fines for tourists AND rental companies AND confiscation of vehicle

 

 

Pattaya police have said that from now on if tourists are driving rental vehicles without licences they will be fined up to 1000 baht.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037485-pattaya-police-get-tough-on-licences-fines-for-tourists-and-rental-companies-and-confiscation-of-vehicle/

 

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No evidence of murder says Thai media in case of four children who fell off the balcony

 

 

Thai media Sanook has said that there is no evidence that suggests murder in the death of a five year old boy who fell with his three siblings from a platform connected to a fourth floor balcony. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1037487-no-evidence-of-murder-says-thai-media-in-case-of-four-children-who-fell-off-the-balcony/

 

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