Expat Grocery Survey: Tell us about your grocery shopping habits in Thailand

 

 

Thaivisa wants to be able to better understand our user's grocery habits so we can negotiate group deals, discounts and exclusive special offers with some of Thailand's leading retailers.

Tell us about your grocery shopping habits in Thailand by completing the survey here: https://kwiksurveys.com/s/vNlbqnQr

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

 

Yingluck granted 10-year UK visa, says BBC Thai website

 

London

 

The United Kingdom is reported to have granted a ten-year visa to former Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has been ruled in absentia to a five-year prison term back home for her role in her government’s rice-pledging scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040312-yingluck-granted-10-year-uk-visa-says-bbc-thai-website/

 

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/

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.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040248-drivers-in-thailand-spend-an-average-of-56-hours-per-year-stuck-in-traffic-study/

Jittery junta issues threat over plan to scrap charter

By THE NATION

 

 

PM PRAYUT AND DEPUTY WARN FUTURE FORWARD PARTY, SAY LAW MUST BE OBEYED WASAMON AUDJARINT

 

JUNTA leaders yesterday warned the Future Forward Party to think twice about its plan to scrap the 2017 Constitution and said there would be consequences if it disobeyed the law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040314-jittery-junta-issues-threat-over-plan-to-scrap-charter/

 

SPECIAL REPORT: Junta grapples with reborn student movement

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

File Photo

 

ATTEMPTS TO SNUFF DISSENT HAVE FUELLED NEW GENERATION OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS

 

THE MILITARY’S return to power with the 2014 coup has also seen the reawakening of a political force that had lain dormant during more than a decade of colour-coded political conflict.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040315-special-report-junta-grapples-with-reborn-student-movement/

 

Drugged’ Thai student rescued from clutches of Poi Pet casino loan-sharks

By THE NATION

 

 

A 20-YEAR-OLD Thai student has been rescued from a group alleged to have lured her to gamble at a casino in the Cambodian border town of Poi Pet early this month before detaining her over a high-interest gambling debt.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040316-drugged’-thai-student-rescued-from-clutches-of-poi-pet-casino-loan-sharks/

 

Five former senior monks have second bail request rejected

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Five former senior monks have lost another chance to secure their temporary freedom pending an ongoing investigation into allegations that they embezzled state funds for temples.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040317-five-former-senior-monks-have-second-bail-request-rejected/

 

Buddha Isara ‘sought permission to use initials’

By PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

A FORMER monk currently in prison for unauthorised use of the royal initials has partially retracted his confession and is now planning to fight the charge.
 

Buddha Isara, formerly the abbot of Onoi Temple, was arrested and defrocked last Thursday over two charges, of alleged unauthorised use of the royal initials in amulet making and of actions while he was a leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee protests in 2014.

 

Following his defrocking, the man now known as Suwit Thongprasert initially confessed to unauthorised use of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej and HM Queen Sirikit’s|initials in amulet making. 

 

Yesterday, however, his lawyer claimed that his client had indeed sought permission from a top Palace official, albeit without asking for that permission in writing. 

 

“We are going to gather evidence,” said Thirayut Suwankesorn. 

 

 “But legally speaking, his confession was just a partial confession. He did seek verbal permission.” 

 

Thirayut was unable to meet Suwit yesterday because the former monk was seeing a doctor over a back problem. 

“So, we plan to seek a meeting with him to discuss our plan to fight the charges against him on May 30,” Thirayut said. 

 

Doctors from the Corrections Department’s hospital have diagnosed Suwit as having a herniated disc. 

 

Bangkok Remand Prison chief Krit Krasaetip said Suwit had told him he did not want to be treated outside the prison.

 

“He says he can still bear the pain. He is afraid if he seeks treatment outside, he will be targeted for criticism,” Krit said. 

 

Another sick former monk, previously known as Phra Attakij Sophon and the secretary to Bangkok’s monastic chief, has been found to have arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat. Now known as Somsong, he was also defrocked and detained last Thursday for allegedly embezzling state funds for temples. 

 

“Because both monks do not have life-threatening conditions, we have sent them back to the Bangkok Remand Prison,” said the Corrections Department’s|director general Pol Colonel Naras Savestanan. 

 

Six monks were defrocked and sent to the Bangkok Remand Prison last week. 

 

They are still declining to eat dinner each day because they are still abiding by monastic rules that monks shall not eat after midday. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30346462

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-29

Jailed teacher sues after bomb charges dropped

By KESINEE TANGKHIEO 
THE NATION

 

 

A RED-SHIRT demonstrator has filed a lawsuit against 12 police officers, including Deputy National Police Commissioner Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, for throwing her in jail without justification.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040318-jailed-teacher-sues-after-bomb-charges-dropped/

 

A sad farewell to an old friend

By PARINYAPORN PAJEE 
THE NATION

 

Lido Multiplex will close for good on Thursday after serving as the “cinema paradiso” for Thai moviegoers for 50 years./Nation photo Chalinee Thirasupa

 

Lido cinema in Siam Square says goodbye with two Japanese films showing tomorrow

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040319-lido-multiplex-bangkok-a-sad-farewell-to-an-old-friend/

 

Your mission … is to progress further than ever before: Somyot tells players

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Thai football chief Somyot Poompanmoung, 2nd from left, during a meeting with players.

 

Thai football chief Somyot Poompanmoung has set the national team a goal of progressing further at this year’s Asian Cup than ever before.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040320-your-mission-…-is-to-progress-further than-ever-before-somyot-tells-players/

 

EDITORIAL

Monks have friends in high places

By The Nation

 

Accused of serious crimes the former Phra Buddha Isara nevertheless gets an apology
 

It was dismaying to see Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his deputy, Prawit Wongsuwan, rush to apologise for an “impolite” temple raid in Nakhon Pathom in which a well-known Buddhist monk was arrested.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040321-monks-have-friends-in-high-places/

 

Nationwide inspections over e-waste disposal fears

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

Environmentalists blame govt for causing toxic problem by undermining international agreement.

 

A NATIONWIDE INSPECTION of electronic waste recycling plants has been launched to battle the smuggling of hazardous e-waste into the country and ensure proper disposal operations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040322-nationwide-inspections-over-e-waste-disposal-fears/

 

CUP THAI DRAMA 

Chris Smalling stays fit on holiday with Muay Thai boxing – so is he still hoping for England call for World Cup?

Man Utd ace just missed out on a spot in Gareth Southgate's squad but seems to be keeping himself in shape just in case

By Ian Tuckey

 

Sam Smalling posted pictures and a video of her with husband Chris//INSTAGRAM @SAMSMALLINGINSTA

 

Smalling, 28, missed out on Gareth Southgate's 23-man squad for Russia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040323-chris-smalling-stays-fit-on-holiday-with-muay-thai-boxing-–-so-is-he-still-hoping-for-england-call-for-world-cup/

 

Police to introduce traffic offences points system

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 29 May 2018 (NNT) - The Royal Thai Police plans to introduce a penalty point system to deal with traffic offences in an effort to improve road safety in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040324-police-to-introduce-traffic-offences-points-system/

 

PM Prayut to decide on calls for removal of national police chief

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 29th May 2018 (NNT) - The Prime Minister has responded to calls for the removal of the national police chief for what many consider to have been excessive use of force in the arrest of a former activist Buddhist monk. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040325-pm-prayut-to-decide-on-calls-for-removal-of-national-police-chief/

 

France offers citizenship to Malian immigrant who scaled building to save child

 

 

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with Mamoudou Gassama, 22, from Mali, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 28, 2018. Mamoudou Gassama living illegally in France is being honored by Macron for scaling an apartment building over the weekend to save a 4-year-old child dangling from a fifth-floor balcony. Thibault Camus/Pool via Reuters

 

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Monday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040327-france-offers-citizenship-to-malian-immigrant-who-scaled-building-to-save-child/

 

South Korea calls for more impromptu talks with North Korea as U.S. seeks to revive summit

By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith

 

FILE PHOTO - South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2018.?REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday there could be more impromptu talks and summits with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, as U.S. officials sought to revive what would be a historic meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040328-south-korea-calls-for-more-impromptu-talks-with-north-korea-as-us-seeks-to-revive-summit/

 

Girl dens blaze fresh trail into Boy Scouts of America

By Katharine Jackson

 

Girls from Cub Scout Den 13, a suburban Virginia Cub Scout unit made up of girls who are on their way to next year becoming the first female Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America as part of the the newly named "Scouts BSA" program, participate in a hike in this still image from video shot in McLean, Virginia, U.S. May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Greg Savoy

 

MCLEAN, Va. (Reuters) - On a frontline of the gender equality battle in the United States is Den 13, a suburban Virginia Cub Scout unit made up of girls on their way to next year becoming the first female Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040329-girl-dens-blaze-fresh-trail-into-boy-scouts-of-america/

 

French industrialist Serge Dassault dies at 93

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Serge Dassault, head of Dassault Aviation, waves in front of a French made Rafale at Le Bourget, France, June 11, 1999. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose group builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper, died in Paris on Monday aged 93, a spokesman for Dassault Group said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040330-french-industrialist-serge-dassault-dies-at-93/

 

Lava flow stalls, sparing Hawaii geothermal plant from more damage

By Jolyn Rosa

 

Lava approaches the Puna Geothermal Venture in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii, U.S., May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Garcia

 

HONOLULU (Reuters) - A lava flow from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano that damaged a geothermal power station has stalled, as have lava fountains gushing 100 feet (30 meters) into the air, offering momentary relief to an area under siege for 25 days, officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040331-lava-flow-stalls-sparing-hawaii-geothermal-plant-from-more-damage/

 

Premonitions, magic jewelry and training! Why foreman survived being crushed

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Thai man who miraculously survived being crushed by a container truck that overturned outside Bangkok has been talking to reporters from the hospital where he is recovering.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040336-premonitions-magic-jewelry-and-training-why-foreman-survived-being-crushed/

 

Video: Round the bend in more ways than one - driver in lucky escape!

 

PIcture: Thai Rath

 

Dash cam footage widely viewed on Thai social media showed yet another appalling example of driving.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040344-video-round-the-bend-in-more-ways-than-one-driver-in-lucky-escape/

 

Video: Truck ablaze - driver escapes but security guard is killed

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Motorists watched in horror in Chonburi as a 60 year old motorcyclist trapped under the wheels of an 18 wheel truck was burnt alive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040353-video-truck-ablaze-driver-escapes-but-security-guard-is-killed/

 

President readies Italy for snap polls to be fought on EU, euro

By Steve Scherer and Alberto Sisto

 

Former senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official Carlo Cottarelli arrives for a meeting with the Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, May 28, 2018. Italian Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president set the country on a path to fresh elections on Monday, appointing a former International Monetary Fund official as interim prime minister with the task of planning for snap polls and passing the next budget.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040354-president-readies-italy-for-snap-polls-to-be-fought-on-eu-euro/

 

Paratrooper injured as he is blown off course into trees

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

An army paratrooper from a camp in Lopburi was severely injured as he completed a parachute jump in Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040355-paratrooper-injured-as-he-is-blown-off-course-into-trees/

 

Midnight drama as four people stuck in Jomtien condo lift

 

Pictures (2): Sanook

 

Four people including a seven year old boy and a foreigner were stuck in a Na Jomtien condo lift for an hour just after midnight Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040358-midnight-drama-as-four-people-stuck-in-jomtien-condo-lift/

 

Video: Water as black as ink coming out of the taps in Khon Kaen

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A resident went on Facebook to complain about the water coming out of their taps - it was as black as ink and certainly couldn't be used for consumption.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040360-video-water-as-black-as-ink-coming-out-of-the-taps-in-khon-kaen/