Drivers in Thailand spend an average of 56 hours per year stuck in traffic: Study

 

Image: The Nation

 

Drivers in Thailand spent an average of 56 hours stuck in a traffic jam in 2017, a study has found.

 

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Thailand to keep VAT unchanged at 7 percent until September 2019

 

New baht banknotes featuring Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn are unveiled during a news conference at Bank of Thailand headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to keep the existing value-added tax rate unchanged at 7 percent until the end of the next fiscal year in September 2019 to support domestic activity, government officials said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040258-thailand-to-keep-vat-unchanged-at-7-percent-until-september-2019/

 

Diaries of late Harry Potter star Alan Rickman reveal how he REALLY felt about character Severus Snape

By Vicki Newman

 

Image: Getty

 

Alan Rickman made extensive notes on his Harry Potter character Severus Snape.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040260-diaries-of-late-harry-potter-star-alan-rickman-reveal-how-he-really-felt-about-character-severus-snape/

 

Morgan Freeman reiterates he "did not assault women" in new statement following sexual harassment allegations

BY MEGAN DAVIES

 

 

Note: The following article contains allegations of sexual misconduct that some readers may find distressing.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040261-morgan-freeman-reiterates-he-did-not-assault-women-in-new-statement-following-sexual-harassment-allegations/

 

Harvey Weinstein charged after handing himself in

BY EMMY GRIFFITHS

 

 

Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape and criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct involving two separate women, it has been confirmed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040262-harvey-weinstein-charged-after-handing-himself-in/

 

Construction worker in alleged attempted suicide from Phuket bridge

The Phuket News

 

Finacial worries are believed to be behind Mr Suthat's attempted suicide. Photo: Tha Chatchai Police

 

PHUKET:-- A construction worker was pulled from the water after an alleged suicide attempt from a bridge in the north of the island this afternoon (May 28).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040269-construction-worker-in-alleged-attempted-suicide-from-phuket-bridge/

 

Man recounts escape from car flattened by lorry

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Rescue workers at the site of the Sunday accident in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A man on Monday explained how he miraculously survived after a trailer truck driven by a drunk driver flattened his car to the ground in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040132-driver-cut-free-after-truck-carrying-soybeans-tips-over-on-to-his-car/?do=findComment&comment=13025468

 

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