Don: European nations preparing for Gen Prayut’s visit

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 May 2018 (NNT) – European countries are preparing for Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's planned visit in June. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040164-don-european-nations-preparing-for-gen-prayut’s-visit/

 

Thailand considers express visa issuance to lure foreign business

Junta to amend law to allow greater inflow of talent from overseas

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

 

BANGKOK -- The Thai government is planning to amend its foreign business law to boost inbound investment, as it tries to stimulate economic growth to catch up with its neighbors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040167-thailand-considers-express-visa-issuance-to-lure-foreign-business/

 

Umbrellas ready? Rainy season has arrived

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The 2018 rainy season has officially started, Meteorological Department director general Wanchai Sakudomchai said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040169-umbrellas-ready-rainy-season-has-arrived/

 

Hunt on for Prachin Buri boy accused of molesting toddler cousin

By The Nation

 

FILE photo: Google maps

 

An 11-year-old Prachin Buri boy accused of sexually molesting his female cousin, a toddler, is in hiding with his mother as police begin investigating a complaint filed by the alleged victim’s parents.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040175-hunt-on-for-11-year-old-prachin-buri-boy-accused-of-molesting-toddler-cousin/

 

China to host Iran to avoid project disruption amid nuclear deal doubt

 

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks during an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018. Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Pool via Reuters

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani next month at a regional summit aimed at avoiding disruption of joint projects, its foreign ministry said on Monday, as major powers scramble to save Iran's nuclear deal after the United States pulled out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040177-china-to-host-iran-to-avoid-project-disruption-amid-nuclear-deal-doubt/

 

Sony Xperia XZ2 review: Making like a movie director

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng
The Nation

 

 

You can now shoot in 4K HDR with the new Sony flagship smartphone

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/sony-xperia-xz2-review-making-like-a-movie-director/28939/

UPDATE:

 

Malaysian accused in burglary of foreigners’ Bangkok house

By The Nation

 

 

A Malaysian man is in custody in Bangkok in relation to a burglary in Bang Kapi district in which valuables belonging to three Marshall Islands businessmen were stolen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040133-twelve-million-baht-theft-from-foreigner-leads-to-china/?do=findComment&comment=13024071

 

BMA to teach students to save lives

 

 

BANGKOK, 28 May 2018 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is to provide first aid training to students in the capital city, teaching them to save lives in emergency situations. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040186-bma-to-teach-students-to-save-lives/

 

Distributors Demand Deadly Pill Owners’ Arrest

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Piyarot Intharapol, a former Lyn distributor, talks to reporters Monday in front of police headquarters.

 

BANGKOK — Distributors of a deadly diet pill and a man who lost his sister after ingesting them pressured police to accelerate the investigation Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040187-distributors-demand-deadly-pill-owners’-arrest/

 

British man beaten by 10 Chinese in Cambodia for having 'Taiwan' tattooed on his forehead

British man with 'Taiwan' tattoo on forehead beaten by 10 Chinese in Cambodia

By Keoni Everington,Taiwan News, Staff Writer

 

Paul after brutal attack. (By Taiwan News)

 

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A British man was savagely beaten by nearly a dozen Chinese men in a small city in Cambodia when they discovered he had "Taiwan" tattooed on his forehead and he refused to recognize their claim that the country is part of China. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040190-british-man-beaten-by-10-chinese-in-cambodia-for-having-taiwan-tattooed-on-his-forehead/

 

Nigerians arrested in Pattaya after Romance Scam investigation

 

Picture: Sophon CAbel

 

Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch and the tourist police announced the arrest of two Nigerians involved in a Romance Scam that defrauded Thai women of one million baht.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040197-nigerians-arrested-in-pattaya-after-romance-scam-investigation/

 

Video: Lovely Thai teacher sees the value of English to start the school day

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A homeroom teacher in Prachinburi starts every day at the classroom door with greetings in English and a very popular hug and cuddle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040201-video-lovely-thai-teacher-sees-the-value-of-english-to-start-the-school-day/

 

Burglars stealing everything from Thai house - but the police prove useless

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A man in southern Thailand told the media that his house had been broken into 12 times.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040202-burglars-stealing-everything-from-thai-house-but-the-police-prove-useless/

 

Angered by Facebook post over house bills, man stabs, kills landlord’s relative

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Wachara Plekpon 25, from Trang, surrendered himself at Cherng Talay Police Station at 9pm on Saturday night, some five hours after the murder. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Outraged by a Facebook post calling him out to pay utility bills, a man on Saturday (May 26) stabbed and killed a relative of the landlord of the property the man had lived in for years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040203-angered-by-facebook-post-over-house-bills-man-stabs-kills-landlord’s-relative/ 

 

Landlords petition Prayut to kill new tenant protections

By The Nation

 

Business operators on Monday urged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to cancel a Consumer Protection Board measure implemented on May 1 to protect customers from being overcharged on utility fees by hostels, apartments or rented rooms in residential buildings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040204-landlords-petition-prayut-to-kill-new-tenant-protections/

 

Alcohol ban from midnight tonight for 24 hours - lawbreakers to be jailed and/or fined

 

 

The alcohol ban for the Visakhabucha Buddhist holiday will last for 24 hours from midnight tonight until midnight on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040207-alcohol-ban-from-midnight-tonight-for-24-hours-lawbreakers-to-be-jailed-andor-fined/

 

Two men arrested for Phuket Town gang street stabbing

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Itthichai ‘Sand’ Kietbuathong and Sarayuth ‘Mag’ Saengnin, both 23 and from Thung Song District in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, were later arrested for the stabbing. Photos: Phuket City Police

 

PHUKET: Two men have been arrested for the street stabbing of another man in Phuket Town in the early hours of Saturday (May 26) in what appears to be a gang-related retaliation attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040210-two-men-arrested-for-phuket-town-gang-street-stabbing/

 

‘Buddha Issara’ Suffers Back Pain In Prison: Official

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Police escort Buddha Issara to a court on Thursday

 

BANGKOK — A disgraced activist monk arrested on suspicion of royal forgery is suffering from a back pain caused by a herniated disc, a prison warden said Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040212-‘buddha-issara’-suffers-back-pain-in-prison-official/

 

Four celebrities visit police, insist they tried products before endorsing

By The Nation

 

 

Four more celebrities linked to controversial Magic Skin products reported to police on Monday after being summoned, and insisted they had tried the products before giving “product reviews” used in advertising.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040214-four-celebrities-visit-police-insist-they-tried-products-before-endorsing/

 

Avoid these cheap Android smartphones, security experts warn

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Thousands of cheap Android smartphones are being sold to customers with malware already installed, a new report has claimed.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/avoid-cheap-android-smartphones-security-experts-warn/28956/

New piracy crackdown sees Pirate Bay blocked to millions of users in Southeast Asia

BY STAFF

 

 

A new piracy crackdown has seen millions of people in Southeast Asia and around the world unable to access the popular torrent portal the Pirate Bay.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/new-piracy-crackdown-sees-pirate-bay-blocked-millions-users-southeast-asia/28958/

Malaysians make record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Myanmar

 

Malaysian Customs display 1187kg of Methamphetamine worth 71 million ringgit ($17.8 million) seized during a news conference in Nilai, Malaysia May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Angie Teo

 

NILAI, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040220-malaysians-make-record-bust-of-crystal-meth-shipped-from-myanmar/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thailand to expect 1-2 storms this rainy season

 

 

BANGKOK, 28th May 2018 (NNT) - Thailand has officially entered the rainy season and expects 1-2 tropical storms to hit the Kingdom this year, while dry spells in June and July may have a damaging effect on crops. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040169-umbrellas-ready-rainy-season-has-arrived/?do=findComment&comment=13024785

 

UPDATE:

 

Italy's president calls in former IMF official amid political turmoil

By Steve Scherer and Crispian Balmer

 

FILE PHOTO - Italian President Sergio Mattarella speaks to media after a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, May 27, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president is expected to ask a former International Monetary Fund official on Monday to head a stopgap government amidst political and constitutional turmoil, with early elections looking inevitable.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040157-italys-efforts-to-form-government-fail-as-president-defends-euro/?do=findComment&comment=13024867

 

Balloon Festival Staff and Vendors File Case Against Organiser for Dodging Bills

by CityNews

 

 

 

CityNews – Vendors and staff at the Chiang Mai International Balloon Festival 2018 have filed a case with local Police claiming that the organiser has been dodging bills and not paying them what they are owed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040250-balloon-festival-staff-and-vendors-file-case-against-organiser-for-dodging-bills/

 

Call-centre scammers stealing again in Thailand, say police

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

While call-centre scammers returned to their crimes after lying low for the past few months, five unnamed victims of call-centre scams divided Bt467,359 retrieved from scammers in a presentation by National police advisor Pol General Thanitsak Thirasawat on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040251-call-centre-scammers-stealing-again-in-thailand-say-police/

 

Two defrocked monks diagnosed with illness at Bangkok prison

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Two former monks have shown signs of illness during their detention at the Bangkok Remand Prison.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040252-two-defrocked-monks-diagnosed-with-illness-at-bangkok-prison/

 

Tailing of drug suspect nets half a million meth pills in Bangkok

By Supachai Phetchthewee 
The Nation

 

 

A drug bust netted a suspected dealer along with 554,000 methamphetamine pills and 1.4 kilograms of crystal meth (“ice) in Bangkok’s Phra Khanong district on Saturday night, said police on Monday as they announced two successful drug busts.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040253-tailing-of-drug-suspect-nets-half-a-million-meth-pills-in-bangkok/

 

Welcome to Phuket: The rainy season officially arrives

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- The rainy season has officially arrived and people should beware heavy downpours and what they bring, Thailand Meteorological Department (TMD) Director-General Wanchai Sakudomchai announced in a statement issued today (May 28).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040254-welcome-to-phuket-the-rainy-season-officially-arrives/

 

Child-support subsidy rises to Bt600 monthly per child

By Khanittha Thepphajorn 
The Nation

 



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Parents can claim a larger child-support subsidy from the Social Security Office (SSO) under the new guideline approved by the Cabinet on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040257-child-support-subsidy-rises-to-bt600-monthly-per-child/