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

 

Search resumes for missing Russian tourist on Samui

By The Nation

 

Inna Obukhova

 

Officials on Tuesday resumed the search for a female Russian tourist with dementia who had gone missing on Koh Samui in Surat Thani more than a month ago.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/for

BMA to select 150 sois for promotion as community parks

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will select 150 sois across all 50 districts in the capital for promoting as community parks, BMA Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040425-bma-to-select-150-sois-for-promotion-as-community-parks/

 

SPECIAL REPORT: Reform a failure, but junta’s grip still strong

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE 
THE NATION

 

 

WITH BOTH TROOPS AND POLITICIANS FIRMLY BEHIND HIM, PRAYUT FACES FEW CHALLENGES TO HIS LONG-TERM VISION FOR THAILAND

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040467-special-report-reform-a-failure-but-junta’s-grip-still-strong/

 

E-waste crackdown reaches Bangkok, as police sniff hazard in Laem Chabang Estate

By The Nation

 

Deputy National Police Commissioner Pol General Wirachai Songmetta displays discarded gaming machines found at a plant inside the Laem Chabang Industrial Estate in Chon Buri province.

 

A crackdown on illegal electronic waste dumping and imports expanded to Chon Buri yesterday when police searched Laem Chabang Industrial Estate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040468-e-waste-crackdown-reaches-bangkok-as-police-sniff-hazard-in-laem-chabang-estate/

 

Raid on forest encroachers finds land for sale

By The Nation

 

 

MANY OF those charged with encroaching on forest near Khao Yai National Park, a world heritage site, are defying the law by refusing to leave their seized plots and even putting the land up for sale.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040469-raid-on-forest-encroachers-finds-land-for-sale/

 

Caution urged to prevent outbreak of Nipah virus

national May 30, 2018 01:00

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

THAILAND is not safe from a Nipah virus outbreak, as fruit bats in Thailand are a natural host for the deadly infection that can cause encephalitis and has a mortality rate of up to 80 per cent, medical experts said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040470-caution-urged-to-prevent-outbreak-of-nipah-virus-in-thailand/

 

Students set to protest admission system

By THE NATION

 

 

Thousands ‘cheated’ out of university places expected to rally tomorrow.

 

THOUSANDS OF students are expected to rally in front of the Office of Higher Education Commission (Ohec) tomorrow against what they say are serious flaws in the new university admission system. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040471-students-set-to-protest-admission-system/

 

U-Tapao airport poised to lure investors

By The Nation

 

Uttama

 

THE government has expressed confidence that investors will be drawn to a massive project that will see U-Tapao International Airport redeveloped as part of an overall plan for an Eastern Airport City.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040472-u-tapao-airport-poised-to-lure-investors/ 

 

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Cooking up world’s kitchen strategy

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said he will assign the Commerce Ministry to allocate funds to rebrand Thailand as the world’s kitchen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040412-deputy-pm-somkit-speaks-of-thailands-potential-in-the-food-industry/

 

Boracay. Maya Bay. Phuket?

Could the Thai Government actually close down the resort island of Phuket?

By The Thaiger

 

  

Bangkok, July 30, 2018

 

Today the Thai Government has announced a six month closure of the island of Phuket. The shutdown will commence on May 1, 2019 and reopen on October 31, 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040473-boracay-maya-bay-phuket/

 

Be a part of the Paws Squad. Join Soi Dog’s Saturday opening.

The tour will be as heartwarming as it is fun, filled with puppies and friendly paws.

By Tanutam Thawan

 

  

This Saturday morning, Soi Dog Foundation will open as usual but is adding some freebies and fun activities for everyone this week.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040474-be-a-part-of-the-paws-squad-join-soi-dog’s-saturday-opening/

 

Prayut’s not just keeping his enemies close, he’s creating them

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

Just when we thought nothing could make the upcoming election, and its consequences, more unpredictable, they went ahead and defrocked Phra Buddha Isara.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040475-prayut’s-not-just-keeping-his-enemies-close-he’s-creating-them/

 

Prayut: shaken, defensive and easily riled

 

 

The premier fires a warning shot across the bows of the Future Forward Party

 

Those who are confident in their trade resist all temptation to defend it, lest doing so might indicate weakness

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040476-prayut-shaken-defensive-and-easily-riled/

 

Cultural centre can do without the BMA treatment, thanks

By SIRINYA WATTANASUKCHAI

 

 

A grumble from the  governor revealed how much we love this great art space
 

Two weeks after floating a test balloon to gauge opinion about City Hall taking over management of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Aswin Kwanmuang must be acutely aware how wrongheaded the idea was.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040478-cultural-centre-can-do-without-the-bma-treatment-thanks/

 

Prominent Russian journalist who criticised Kremlin shot dead in Kiev

By Natalia Zinets

 

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko attends an interview in Kiev, Ukraine November 14, 2017. Picture taken November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Vitalii Nosach

 

KIEV (Reuters) - A prominent Russian journalist and critic of President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in Ukraine where he had fled into exile following threats, police said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040479-prominent russian-journalist-who-criticised-kremlin-shot-dead-in-kiev/

 

Saudi Cabinet approves measure criminalising sexual harassment

 

Saudi Arabia women arrive to a rally to celebrate the 87th annual National Day of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 23, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a measure criminalising sexual harassment, the state news agency SPA reported, weeks before a decades-old ban on women driving is set to expire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040480-saudi-cabinet-approves-measure-criminalising-sexual-harassment/

 

Gaza militants launch barrages across border, Israel hits back with air strikes

By Amir Cohen and Nidal al-Mughrabi

 

A man holds shrapnel from mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip that landed near a kindergarten, in a Kibbutz on the Israeli side of the Israeli-Gaza border, May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER (Reuters) - Palestinian militants launched their heaviest barrages against Israel since the 2014 Gaza war on Tuesday and Israeli aircraft struck back, in a surge of fighting after weeks of border violence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040481-gaza-militants-launch-barrages-across-border-israel-hits-back-with-air-strikes/

 

Mattis says U.S. to continue operations in South China Sea

By Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis testifies before the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on funding for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to confront what Washington sees as China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, despite drawing condemnation from Beijing for an operation in the region over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040482-mattis-says-us-to-continue-operations-in-south-china-sea/

 

Trump administration will fingerprint child migrants' parents

By Yeganeh Torbati

 

FILE PHOTO - Children climb up the border fence between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, United States, during a bi-national Mass in support of migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will soon begin fingerprinting parents claiming custody of children who entered the United States illegally without an adult relative, officials said on Tuesday, prompting criticism that children may be abandoned by those who fear being identified and deported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040483-trump-administration-will-fingerprint-child-migrants-parents/

 

Former Australian deputy PM criticised for paid interview on love affair

 

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stands next to Barnaby Joyce, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, during an official signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia March 24, 2017. Picture taken March 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's scandal-hit former deputy prime minister was widely criticised on Tuesday for agreeing to a paid tell-all television interview about an extramarital affair, threatening further disharmony in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040484-former-australian-deputy-pm-criticised-for-paid-interview-on-love-affair/

 

German motorcyclist injured as ten power poles fall down in Samut Songkhram

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

A German motorcyclist suffered a fractured collarbone after ten power poles fell on a seaside road in Samut Songkhram about six kilometers from Rama 2 road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040489-german-motorcyclist-injured-as-ten-power-poles-fall-down-in-samut-songkhram/

 

Hua Hin taxi driver faces court after assault on hotel receptionist in Khao Takiap

 

Picture: Manager online

 

A taxi driver will appear in court after he attacked a Khao Takiap hotel receptionist at a rank on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040492-hua-hin-taxi-driver-faces-court-after-assault-on-hotel-receptionist-in-khao-takiap/

 

Video: Motorcycle taxi rider in hiding after "murderous attack" at Rayong condo

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Video footage from a condominium in Rayong showed a motorcycle taxi rider with a metal pole attack a fellow taxi rider.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040495-video-motorcycle-taxi-rider-in-hiding-after-murderous-attack-at-rayong-condo/

 

Only in Thailand? Road carnage gets a little help!

 

Pictures (2): Daily News

 

As if the road carnage in Thailand is not bad enough comes a story from Surat Thani of a power pole slap bang in the middle of the left lane on a country road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040496-only-in-thailand-road-carnage-gets-a-little-help/

 

"Nong Bee" says being apart from Phi Meemee won't affect their love!

 

Pictures (2): Daily News

 

The pretty 23 year old who is in a close relationship with a Thai man who has a severe facial disfiguration has taken new twists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040497-nong-bee-says-being-apart-from-phi-meemee-wont-affect-their-love/

 

Bangkok department store says they have removed "peeping tom camera"

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A department store in Bangkok have removed a surveillance camera after it was claimed online that it could be used to peer into a ladies' changing room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040498-bangkok-department-store-says-they-have-removed-peeping-tom-camera/

 

Thai cops ordered: No more Facebook while on duty - or else!

 

Picture: Manager online

 

Cops in the south of Thailand have been told that they are to stop using social media while they are on duty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040501-thai-cops-ordered-no-more-facebook-while-on-duty-or-else/

 

"I'm handicapped - by the economy" foul mouthed airport taxi driver gives excuse for illegal parking

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A foul mouthed taxi driver laid into a member of the public who said he should not park in the area reserved for the handicapped at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1040502-im-handicapped-by-the-economy-foul-mouthed-airport-taxi-driver-gives-excuse-for-illegal-parking/