Nobody told Pattaya Tuesday was World Environment Day

 

 

Manager reported that as activities were being held all over Chonburi province to mark World Environment Day on Tuesday, no one seem to have told Pattaya.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041523-nobody-told-pattaya-tuesday-was-world-environment-day/

Video: "Quick Somchai...flush!" - Ya Ba gang's toilet panic!

 

 

A video doing the rounds of Thai social media showed a Ya Ba gang in a desperate effort to get rid of the evidence.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041521-video-quick-somchaiflush-ya-ba-gangs-toilet-panic/

VIDEO: Foreigners attacked by ladyboys in Phuket

 

 

A video clip shared to social media appears to show a group of foreigners being attacked by a gang of ladyboys in Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041489-video-foreigners-attacked-by-ladyboys-in-phuket/

 

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Govt to reconsider banning paraquat, two other farm chemicals

By The Nation

 

Activists sport red body paint to signify the toxicity of farm chemicals yesterday during a rally at Government House following a decision to permit the use of paraquat and two other hazardous agri-chemicals, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.

 

PROTESTERS YESTERDAY welcomed an assurance by the government that it would reconsider banning farm chemicals paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041494-environmentalists-demand-govt-ban-weed-killer/?do=findComment&comment=13050087

 

Patience urged amid university confusion

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

 

BEST APPLICANTS KEEP OTHERS IN LIMBO BUT ALL PROBLEMS TO BE RESOLVED SOON COUNCIL
 

THE COUNCIL of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) has urged critics of its new central admission system to be patient as they anticipate that problems will significantly ease before the end of this week. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041539-patience-urged-amid-university-confusion/

 

Country shocked as rejected men resort to murder

By THE NATION

 

 

TWO SEPARATE cases in which young Thai men failed to get the reconciliations they desired, and then fatally shot their ex-girlfriends before turning the guns on themselves, have left Thai society perplexed and worried about youths’ response nowadays in the wake of rejection.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041540-country-shocked-as-rejected-men-resort-to-murder/

 

Germany declines to hand fugitive monk over to Thai police

By THE NATION

 

Phra Phrommedhi

 

GERMAN authorities are expected to make a decision in three days on whether to hand over a senior Buddhist monk wanted by Thai police in connection with a massive embezzlement scandal, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041541-germany-declines-to-hand-fugitive-monk-over-to-thai-police/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai industry declares war on plastic pollution with ‘unprecedented’ public-private effort

By RACHANON CHAROONSAK 
THE NATION

 

Central Group, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and other private and public associate partners displayed a sculpture that was made of plastic bags at Central World.

 

EVERY MINISTRY in Thailand has agreed to curb its use of plastic bags and foam packaging as part of the government’s pledge yesterday on World Environment Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041509-20-ministries-kick-off-campaign-to-reduce-use-of-plastic-bags/?do=findComment&comment=13050113

 

Rattanon relishing chance to defend Thailand Open title

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Indian Rahil Ganjeet , Rattanon Wannasrichan and John Catlin pose with the trophy at The Thai Country Club. 

 

Defending champion Rattanon Wannasrichan is determined to retain his crown as he spearheads the local challenge at the US$300,000 Thailand Open which kicks off tomorrow in Chachoengsao province near Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041543-rattanon-relishing-chance to-defend-thailand-open-title/

 

Let’s move beyond sadness over whale’s death

By The Nation

 

 

The time for action on plastic pollution arrived long ago, and yet so little has been done

 

A pilot whale was found struggling last week on the coast of Songkhla, trying hard to stay alive because it could barely breathe, much less swim. Rescuers using life buoys to keep it afloat as physicians tended to it failed to save the animal. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041544-let’s-move-beyond-sadness-over-whale’s-death/

 

UPDATE:

 

DPM Prawit expects an answer about Phra Prommethi’s return to Thailand in 3 days

By Thai PBS

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said he expected to know within three days whether Phra Prommethi, former assistant abbot of Wat Samphanthawong, could be extradited from Germany to Thailand to face charges related to temple fund embezzlement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041541-germany-declines-to-hand-fugitive-monk-over-to-thai-police/?do=findComment&comment=13050122

 

Somkid urges investors to make Thailand regional automobile hub

By Thai PBS

 

 

The government is urging auto-makers to take advantage of  the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) facilities  to set up production bases in its effort to make  Thailand  the regional hub for automobile production.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041545-somkid-urges-investors-to-make-thailand-regional-automobile-hub/

 

Kate Spade, designer who built handbag empire, found dead

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Kate Spade arrives at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in New York on June 2, 2003, at the New York Public Library. REUTERS/Chip East/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kate Spade, the designer who built a fashion empire on the popularity of her signature handbags before selling the brand, was found dead in her New York City apartment on Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041547-kate-spade-designer-who-built-handbag-empire-found-dead/

 

German rightist leader walks to police station after clothes stolen

 

Alexander Gauland of the Anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) attends the 2018 budget debate at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The co-leader of a German anti-immigrant party had to walk to a police station from the shores of a lake outside Berlin wearing only his underwear after his clothes were stolen while he was swimming, the Maerkische Allgemeine newspaper reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041548-german-rightist-leader-walks-to-police-station-after-clothes-stolen/

 

California, New Jersey voters set stage for U.S. congressional elections

By Sharon Bernstein and Joseph Ax

 

A woman wears a sticker in multiple languages after voting in the primary election at a polling station in Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif./PRINCETON, N.J. (Reuters) - Voters in eight U.S. states will select candidates for November's midterm elections on Tuesday, with Democrats eyeing more than a dozen Republican-controlled seats in California and New Jersey as crucial to the fight to control Congress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041549-california-new-jersey-voters-set-stage-for-us-congressional-elections/

 

Netanyahu to Macron: Nuclear deal will die, need to tackle Iran's 'aggression'

By John Irish and Marine Pennetier

 

French President Emmanuel Macron escorts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Israel's leader urged France on Tuesday to turn its attention to tackling Iran's "regional aggression", saying he no longer needed to convince Paris to quit world powers' 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran as economic pressure would kill it anyway.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041550-netanyahu-to-macron-nuclear-deal-will-die-need-to-tackle-irans-aggression/

 

Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptism

 

A crocodile has killed a Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in southern Ethiopia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041552-crocodile-kills-ethiopian-pastor-during-lake-baptism/

 

Expect disagreements over tariffs at G7 summit - Canada official

By Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Group of Seven leading industrial nations at its summit this week is poised to disagree over U.S. metals tariffs, which have infuriated Canada and European Union members of the bloc, a Canadian official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041553-expect-disagreements-over-tariffs-at-g7-summit-canada-official/

 

Facebook fan page operator has privacy responsibilities – EU court

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo

 

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The operator of a fan page on Facebook is also responsible for protecting visitors’ personal data and cannot hide behind the social network, the European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-fan-page-operator-privacy-responsibilities-eu-court/29068/

Security breach at MyHeritage website leaks details of over 92 million users

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/Files

 

(Reuters) – A security breach at family networking and genealogy website MyHeritage leaked the data of over 92 million users, the company said in a blog posted on Monday.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/security-breach-myheritage-website-leaks-details-92-million-users/29070/

Tourists exposed to harmful latex in Thailand
By Kim Jae-heun

A woman, identified only by her surname Kim, went to Phuket for her honeymoon about three years ago. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041556-tourists-exposed-to-harmful-latex-in-thailand/

 

Search underway in Thailand for Norwich man after concerns over Facebook video

Dominic Gilbert

 

Police are concerned for the safety of Steven Rickett on holiday in Thailand. Picture: Facebook

 

A search is underway in Thailand for Norwich man Steven Rickett after concerns for his safety have been raised by a video he posted online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041559-search-underway-in-thailand-for-british-man-after-concerns-over-facebook-video/

 

Microlender Boom That Minted Fortunes in Thailand Starts to Wane

By Anuchit Nguyen

 

>> Providers of small loans were once Thai stock market darlings

>> Slower earnings, regulatory concerns sparked a 2018 selloff

 

Amassing ever-larger profits by providing small loans is becoming more difficult in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041560-microlender-boom-that-minted-fortunes-in-thailand-starts-to-wane/

 

Last hurdle to Thai election cleared as parties law approved

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha insists again yesterday that voting would take place in February.

 

Activists sceptical over pledge of February poll, insist on vote this year

 

Thailand's first election in five years is set to be held next February after all legal hurdles were finally cleared yesterday with the approval by the Constitutional Court of the political party law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041562-last-hurdle-to-thai-election-cleared-as-parties-law-approved/

 

Video: Drugs arrest Thai style: Good for nothing son out of jail torments father

 

Picture: TNA

 

A video from Khon Kaen in Thailand's north east showed Thai cops take the best part of an hour to arrest a man high on Ya Ba.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041563-video-drugs-arrest-thai-style-good-for-nothing-son-out-of-jail-torments-father/

 

Putin praises 'brave' Trump over planned meeting with North Korea's Kim

 

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a joint news conference with Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna, Austria June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to set up a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was "brave and mature", and said that he was expecting a "positive outcome".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041564-putin-praises-brave-trump-over-planned-meeting-with-north-koreas-kim/

 

'Apprentice' contestant's lawsuit against Trump to proceed: NY judge

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO: Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice, leaves New York State Supreme Court with attorney Gloria Allred, after a hearing on the defamation case against U.S. President Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former contestant on Donald Trump's reality TV show "The Apprentice" may pursue her defamation lawsuit against the U.S. president, a New York state judge ruled on Tuesday, despite Trump's effort to have an appeals court put it on hold.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041565-apprentice-contestants-lawsuit-against-trump-to-proceed-ny-judge/

 

Trump-Kim summit set for Singapore's Sentosa Island - White House

By Steve Holland and Aradhana Aravindan

 

A view of Sentosa island and the skyline of the central business district in Singapore June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be on Singapore's southern island of Sentosa, the White House said on Tuesday as preparations accelerated for next week's event.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041566-trump-kim-summit-set-for-singapores-sentosa-island-white-house/

 

Italian hard-line overshadows EU migration reform talks

 

FILE PHOTO - European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos addresses a news conference on the European Agenda on Migration at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union ministers searched in vain on Tuesday for a compromise on immigration reform, overshadowed by a new hardline government in Rome which has declared Italy will no longer be the continent's "refugee camp".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041569-italian-hard-line-overshadows-eu-migration-reform-talks/

 

Six new ferry connections - many for cars - will be boon for Andaman tourism

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Harbor authorities are proposing six new routes to connect islands and ports in the Andaman area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041570-six-new-ferry-connections-many-for-cars-will-be-boon-for-andaman-tourism/