An audience with former Arsenal and England legend Paul Merson in Bangkok!

 

The week that was in Thailand news: Jobs for the boys

 

 

The sight of a bunch of Sakon Nakhon hairdressers complaining that their profession should be one reserved for Thai people sent me into an almost uncontrollable reverie of nostalgia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039987-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-jobs-for-the-boys/

 

How the junta misused culture to boost ‘Thai-ism’

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Sunday Nation

 

“Thai Niyom” films is a cinematic variation of Gen Prayut's efforts to foster a national identity.

 

Academics say all the flagwaving songs, films and period costumes are mere state propaganda

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040020-how-the-junta-misused-culture-to-boost-‘thai-ism’/

 

Junta has failed to prepare country for challenges of the future, says Sudarat

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE SUNDAY NATION 

 

 

THE MILITARY junta has failed to prepare the country to cope with the era of technological disruption, as it wasted its time mostly consolidating and perpetuating power and trying to weaken opponents, said prominent politician Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040021-junta-has-failed-to-prepare-country-for-challenges-of-the-future-says-sudarat/

 

Handle monk cases with caution, says Prayut

By The Sunday Nation

 

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked law enforcement officials to be more careful in handling the arrest of controversial persons, while issuing an apology for Suvit Thongprasert or the former Phra Buddha Isara who was disrobed and arrested on charges of illegal association and lese majeste last Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040022-handle-monk-cases-with-caution-says-prayut/

 

EU delegates informed about Thai fisheries sector efforts

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha visits the Samut Sakhon Fishery Organisation in March to make an inspection of method of iris scanning to verity migrant workers' identity.

 

DELEGATES from the European parliament were given a presentation on effective law enforcement and the impressive progress on labour rights protection in Thailand’s fisheries sector, as evidence of the Thai government’s true intention to achieve sustainability in the region’s fisheries sector.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040023-eu-delegates-informed-about-thai-fisheries-sector-efforts/

 

Experts calm Thai consumer fears over rising petrol prices

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE SUNDAY NATION /AFP 

 

OIL EXPERTS say Thai consumers should not overreact to higher retail oil prices as they are expected to fall soon when the prices for crude drop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040024-experts-calm-thai-consumer-fears-over-rising-petrol-prices/

 

Five steps proposed to end illegal land ownership

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has proposed drastic measures to tackle the growing number of illegal land ownership cases, especially those concerning forest reserves, public land and undocumented land plots.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040025-five-steps-proposed-to-end-illegal-land-ownership/

 

Thais trip up at the final hurdle

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

 

Ruthless Japan dish out whitewash in maiden final letdown

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040026-thais-trip-up-at-the-final-hurdle/

 

SPECIAL REPORT: Whale sharks threatened with extinction

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

Courtesy of Dusadee Chuaychian

 

BY-CATCHING WHILE FISHING POSES CRITICAL THREAT TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040030-special-report-whale-sharks-threatened-with-extinction/

 

Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country

By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries

 

Women celebrate the result of yesterday's referendum on liberalizing abortion law, in Dublin, Ireland, May 26, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister on Saturday hailed the culmination of "a quiet revolution" in what was once one of Europe's most socially conservative countries after a landslide referendum vote to liberalise highly restrictive laws on abortion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040031-ireland-ends-abortion-ban-as-quiet-revolution-transforms-country/

 

Venezuela frees U.S. missionary Josh Holt after two years

By Jonathan Landay and Angus Berwick

 

FILE PHOTO: Joshua Holt, a U.S. citizen and Mormon missionary, is pictured in this still image taken from a selfie video which he posted on Facebook during a riot at the Helicoide detention center in Caracas, Venezuela, obtained by Reuters May 16, 2018. MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY FACEBOOK JOSHUA HOLT/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - American missionary Josh Holt, held by Venezuela without trial on weapons charges since 2016, was heading home with his wife on Saturday after the South American country's socialist government unexpectedly released him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040032-venezuela-frees-us-missionary-josh-holt-after-two-years/

 

Bale's brilliance, Karius errors give Real third straight European triumph

By Simon Evans

 

Soccer Football - Champions League Final - Real Madrid v Liverpool - NSC Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine - May 26, 2018 Real Madrid's Gareth Bale celebrates winning the Champions League REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

KIEV (Reuters) - A sensational overhead strike from Real Madrid substitute Gareth Bale and two calamitous errors by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius gave the Spanish side a third straight Champions League title with a 3-1 win in an incident-packed final on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040034-bales-brilliance-karius-errors-give-real-third-straight-european-triumph/

 

Fulham back in Premier League with playoff win over Villa

 

Soccer Football - Championship Play-Off Final - Fulham vs Aston Villa - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - May 26, 2018 Fulham's Tom Cairney celebrates promotion to the Premier League Action Images via Reuters/Tony O'Brien

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Fulham returned to the Premier League after a four-year absence as Tom Cairney scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Saturday, the richest game in world football.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040035-fulham-back-in-premier-league-with-playoff-win-over-villa/

Alan Bean, moon-walking U.S. astronaut turned painter, dies in Houston

By Will Dunham

 

FILE PHOTO: Retired Astronaut Alan Bean, 66, poses for a portrait in his spacesuit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., in this undated photo. Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon in 1969, left NASA in 1981 and made a successful transition from spaceman to a full-time professional artist. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - American astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission and commanded a crew on the Skylab space station in 1973 before giving up his career to become a full-time painter, died in Houston on Saturday, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040036-alan-bean-moon-walking-us-astronaut-turned-painter-dies-in-houston/

 

Famous Russian painting damaged in vodka-fuelled attack

By Andrew Osborn

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of Russia's most famous paintings, which depicts Tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, has been badly damaged after a man attacked it with a metal pole after drinking vodka.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040037-famous-russian-painting-damaged-in-vodka-fuelled-attack/

 

'Sesame Street' creators sue backer of raunchy puppet film

 

A man dressed as the Sesame Street character Big Bird sits on a bench waiting to take pictures with people walking through Central Park in New York U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The creators of "Sesame Street" have filed a lawsuit against the distributor of an upcoming raunchy Hollywood film "The Happytime Murders" to halt an advertising tagline that it claims falsely associates itself with the children's television show.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040038-sesame-street-creators-sue-backer-of-raunchy-puppet-film/

It's 'Love, Actually' as bachelor Hugh Grant marries at 57

 

FILE PHOTO - Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein arrive for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain, February 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

(Reuters) - Hugh Grant, best known for playing bumbling Britons in romantic comedies like "Four Weddings and a Funeral," has married for the first time, British media reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040039-its-love-actually-as-bachelor-hugh-grant-marries-at-57/

Two people dead, three missing in Oman after cyclone

 

General view from the Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara during Cyclone Mekunu, in Salalah, Oman May 26 2018, in this still image obtained from a video by social media. James Hewitson/Twitter/@Anantara Salalah /via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Two people, including a child, were killed and three others went missing in the Omani province of Dhofar after Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern region of the Gulf Arab country, Omani police and state news media said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040042-two-people-dead-three-missing-in-oman-after-cyclone/

Classy cuisine in a colonial setting

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Sunday Nation

 

Housed in a century-old mansion in the heart of Bangkok, Brasserie 9 serves classic French cuisine in a relaxing ambience.

 

La Brasserie relocates from Asiatique to a century-old villa off Sathorn

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040043-classy-cuisine-in-a-colonial-setting/

 

BMW unveils investment plan for plug-in Hybrid cars

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 26 May 2018 (NNT) – BMW has unveiled its investment plan for plug-in Hybrid cars in Thailand as a booming market boosts the manufacturing of environmentally friendly automobiles. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040046-bmw-unveils-investment-plan-for-plug-in-hybrid-cars/

 

Thai Gov’t monitoring online information

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 26th May 2018 (NNT) – Security agencies are monitoring false, distorted, and fabricated reports online in a bid to maintain national security.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040047-thai-gov’t-monitoring-online-information/

 

Pizzas become popular among Muslims during fasting month

supawadee wangsri

 

 

YALA, 26 May 2018 (NNT) – Pizzas have become popular among Muslims during the fasting Ramadan month. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040048-pizzas-become-popular-among-muslims-during-fasting-month/

 

Gov’t monitoring consumer products, keen to turn ‘Blue Flag’ retailers into discount stores

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 26th May 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce is keeping a close watch on consumer products amid fuel price rises, expressing a keen interest in turning stores enrolled in the Blue Flag campaign into discount shops.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040049-gov’t-monitoring-consumer-products-keen-to-turn-‘blue-flag’-retailers-into-discount-stores/

 

Southern emergency decree to be extended for another three months

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 26th May 2018 (NNT) – The enforcement of the Executive Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations will be extended for another three months in the restive south of Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040052-southern-emergency-decree-to-be-extended-for-another-three-months/

 

Warning against rabies in Yala after discovery of infected dogs

Vipaporn Pooritanasarn

 

 

YALA, 26th May 2018 (NNT) – The Yala Provincial Public Health Office has again warned the population against rabies after infected dogs were found in Yala Province. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040054-warning-against-rabies-in-yala-after-discovery-of-infected-dogs/

 

Fusion of local and contemporary music at Thailand Cultural Music Festival

Vipaporn Pooritanasarn

 

 

CHONBURI, 26th May 2018 (NNT) – On Friday evening, TAT, together with Chonburi Province and Pattaya City, opened the Thailand Cultural Music Festival at Bali Hai pier.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040055-fusion-of-local-and-contemporary-music-at-thailand-cultural-music-festival/

 

Hua Hin taxi wars: Angry taxi driver makes online threats against all Grab drivers, woman assaulted

 

 

A taxi driver assaulted a female hotel employee just hours after posting online threats against all Grab taxi drivers working in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040057-hua-hin-taxi-wars-angry-taxi-driver-makes-online-threats-against-all-grab-drivers-woman-assaulted/

 

End 'hide and seek' Brexit approach, Barnier tells UK

By Alastair Macdonald

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's Brexit negotiator urged the British government on Saturday to stop playing "hide and seek" over its aims for trade ties and warned that delays in agreeing on judicial oversight risk wrecking any Brexit deal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040061-end-hide-and-seek-brexit-approach-barnier-tells-uk/