Nearly 7,000 killed in Thai road accidents since the start of the year

 

 

More than 1,000 people are dying on the Thai roads every month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042881-nearly-7000-killed-in-thai-road-accidents-since-the-start-of-the-year/

How To Start Using Less Plastic In Bangkok Right Now

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

Grabbing just a cup of bubble milk tea can produce a hefty load of plastic. There’s the cup, its lid, the straw, a bag and that disposable handle-bag thing. After a few happy moments of sipping, it all goes off to the landfill for the next 500 years. Take home some dish soap from the supermarket in a new bottle – the old, perfectly good one is already pushing up daisies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042901-how-to-start-using-less-plastic-in-bangkok-right-now/

Key state bodies to meet on legal hurdles to election

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

 

A KEY meeting today to discuss legal problems on the path to the next election may not lead to concrete resolutions, as the participants are not decision-makers, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042950-key-state-bodies-to-meet-on-legal-hurdles-to-election/

 

Customs gets tough over toxic imports

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
KORNKAMON AKSORNDEJ 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

More stringent checks planned to reduce rising trend of plastic and e-waste influx.

 

CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES have tightened cargo inspection at Thailand’s seaports in a bid to control illegal imports of plastic and electronic waste.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042952-thai-customs-gets-tough-over-toxic-imports/

 

Network vows protests if court staff don’t vacate houses

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DOI Suthep Forest Reclamation Network yesterday called for the Courts of Justice to return 45 houses and nine flats in the controversial housing project built on the forested slopes of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep to the Treasury Department. The request also entails eviction of 30 families who have recently moved into the properties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042953-network-vows-protests-if-court-staff-don’t-vacate-houses-on-doi-suthep/

 

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Bt88m seized from ex-officials of destitute fund

By The Nation

 

 

AMLO Investigators say corrupt civil servants got 30 per cent of the embezzled money in cash

 

THE ANTI-MONEY Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized 41 assets worth Bt88 million from three former senior officials at the Social Development and Human Security Ministry and nine alleged accomplices as part of the probe into the misappropriation of allowances and related irregularities at protection centres for the destitute.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042882-88-million-baht-worth-of-assets-of-3-officials-and-accomplices-to-be-seized-over-corruption/?do=findComment&comment=13075784

 

London university accused of accepting smuggled sculpture

By Phatarawadee Phatatanawik 
The Nation 

 

A 13th century Buddha torso of Thai origin stands inside the Brunei Gallery building of the School of Oriental and African Studies on March 22. Photo courtesy of Angela Chiu

 

The Culture and Foreign ministries are following up an accusation made by London University’s prominent School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), that it accepted as a gift a 13th-century sculpture possibly smuggled from Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042954-london-university-accused-of-accepting-smuggled-sculpture/

 

TCAS: A practical lesson in flawed implementation

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

 

USED FOR the first time this year, the Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS) is proving great in theory but flawed in practice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042955-tcas-a-practical-lesson-in-flawed-implementation/

 

How to prevent Thailand becoming the world’s dump

By The Nation

 

 

Laws concerning e-waste imports must be strictly enforced, and offenders held to account.
 

The discovery that massive quantities of electronic waste are being illegally imported into Thailand has triggered concern that the country is becoming a new dumping ground for the world’s e-waste.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042956-how-to-prevent-thailand-becoming-the-world’s-dump/

 

PM praises four Good Samaritan for rescuing victims from a burning car

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Nakhon Ratchasima provincial administration has issued an announcement looking for four “Good Samaritan” individuals who risked their lives to rescue victims from a burning car following a road accident in Si Khieu district on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042957-pm-prayut-praises-four-good-samaritan-for-rescuing-victims-from-a-burning-car/

 

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Calls for review of Thailand’s importation of electronic trash

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Pollution Control Department will propose a review of Thailand’s importation of hazardous wastes and electronic trash under the Basel Convention on Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042952-thai-customs-gets-tough-over-toxic-imports/?do=findComment&comment=13075809

 

5 property checks buyers mysteriously overlook in Thailand

By The Thaiger

 

 

by Desmond Hughes

 

In many countries, once a decision to purchase a property has been made, a deposit paid, the parties should be able to sit back and handover legal matters to their lawyers, and concentrate on admittedly stressful practical matters

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042958-5-property-checks-buyers-mysteriously-overlook-in-thailand/

 

Laguna to host Phuket Real Estate Charity Golf event on June 23

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The Phuket Real Estate Association (P-REA) is holding a charity golf tournament on Saturday June 23 at Laguna Golf Phuket to raise money to support Thalang Hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042960-laguna-to-host-phuket-real-estate-charity-golf-event-on-june-23/

 

Gen Prawit says mobile cabinet meetings are beneficial to Thai people

 

 

BANGKOK, 14 June 2018 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan insisted that each mobile cabinet meeting aims to benefit Thai people. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042961-gen-prawit-says-mobile-cabinet-meetings-are-beneficial-to-thai-people/

 

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Dept of Industrial Works cracks down on unauthorized importation of electronic waste

 

 

CHACHOENGSAO, 14th June 2018 (NNT) - The Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has visited Chachoengsao province to inspect factories that have been processing imported electronic waste without the proper permits. Authorities will check whether the hazardous waste has been returned to the original licensed factories and collect groundwater samples for contamination testing. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042952-thai-customs-gets-tough-over-toxic-imports/?do=findComment&comment=13075827

 

UPDATE:

 

More preparations as general election nears realization

 

 

BANGKOK, 14th June 2018 (NNT) – The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has forwarded legislation concerning the origin of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Prime Minister to seek royal approval, while the Deputy Prime Minister for legal affairs has called for a meeting with both the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) and Election Commission (EC). 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042950-key-state-bodies-to-meet-on-legal-hurdles-to-election/?do=findComment&comment=13075831

 

United Nations condemns excessive Israeli force against Palestinians

By Michelle Nichols

 

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses a United Nations General Assembly meeting ahead of a vote on a draft resolution that would deplore the use of excessive force by Israeli troops against Palestinian civilians at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned Israel on Wednesday for excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians and asked U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to recommend an "international protection mechanism" for occupied Palestinian territory.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042962-united-nations-condemns-excessive-israeli-force-against-palestinians/

 

Trump says summit removed North Korean nuclear threat; Democrats doubtful

By David Brunnstrom

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un hold a signing ceremony at the conclusion of their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat and his top diplomat offered a hopeful timeline for a "major disarmament," despite scepticism at home that Pyongyang will abandon its nuclear weapons following this week's summit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042963-trump says-summit-removed-north-korean-nuclear-threat-democrats-doubtful/

 

'It's Trump's party now' and U.S. Republicans could pay in November

By John Whitesides

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) questions U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on President Obama's executive action on immigration as Johnson testifies at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Mark Sanford is the latest Republican to learn a tough lesson - challenging President Donald Trump can be political suicide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042964-its-trumps-party-now-and-us-republicans-could-pay-in-november/

 

Italy summons French envoy as migration dispute escalates

By Steve Scherer and Philip Pullella

 

Migrants takes rest on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres on their way to Spain, June 13, 2018. Karpov / SOS Mediterranee/handout via REUTERS

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy summoned France's envoy on Wednesday and angrily rejected French criticism of its immigration policies, escalating a diplomatic standoff that is widening one of Europe's main political fault lines.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042965-italy-summons-french-envoy-as-migration-dispute-escalates/

 

Russian women should avoid sex with foreign men during World Cup - lawmaker

By Tom Balmforth

 

FILE PHOTO: A presenter holds the official match ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia during an event to announce the new 2018 FIFA Fan Fest Ambassadors in Moscow, Russia November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian women should avoid sex with non-white foreign men during the soccer World Cup because they could become single mothers to mixed race children, a senior lawmaker in Moscow said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042966-russian-women-should-avoid-sex-with-foreign-men-during-world-cup-lawmaker/

 

Massive Martian dust storm threatens plucky NASA rover

By Will Dunham

 

FILE PHOTO: NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is shown in this handout photo released to Reuters July 29, 2014. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State University/Handout

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An immense dust storm that may soon encircle Mars is threatening one of NASA's rovers on the planet's surface, with the vehicle becoming dormant and unresponsive at a site called Perseverance Valley, U.S. space agency officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042968-massive-martian-dust-storm-threatens-plucky-nasa-rover/

 

Antarctic thaw quickens, trillions of tonnes of ice raise sea levels

By Alister Doyle Environment Correspondent

 

FILE PHOTO: A glacier is seen in Half Moon Bay, Antarctica, February 18, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

 

OSLO (Reuters) - An accelerating thaw of Antarctica has pushed up world sea levels by almost a centimetre since the early 1990s in a risk for coasts from Pacific islands to Florida, an international team of scientists said on Thursday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042969-antarctic-thaw-quickens-trillions-of-tonnes-of-ice-raise-sea-levels/

 

Silent vigil, prayers mark one year since London's deadly Grenfell fire

 

Grenfell Tower is seen shrouded by scaffolding and covers one year after the tower fire in London, Britain June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A round-the-clock vigil at a London church where people sought refuge on the night of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 71 people, will mark the first anniversary of a tragedy that still haunts Britain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042970-silent-vigil-prayers-mark-one-year-since-londons-deadly-grenfell-fire/

 

What Does Thailand’s 2019 Defense Budget Mean?

The government’s announced figure constitutes a modest increase but masks ongoing challenges and issues.

By Prashanth Parameswaran

 

Last week, the Thai government announced new defense budget figures for the 2019 fiscal year. Though the headlines following the announcement indicated that another major increase had occurred, that hike in fact obscures the significant challenges and issues still confronting the Thai military and government with respect to its broader defense modernization plans.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042971-what-does-thailand’s-2019-defense-budget-mean/

 

In Thai tourist spots, a hidden world of male sex slavery

Rina Chandran

 

FILE photo

 

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Young boys walk in pairs late in the evening at Chiang Mai’s popular Tha Phae Gate, sauntering past tourists taking photos of the fort as locals hawk souvenirs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042972-in-thai-tourist-spots-a-hidden-world-of-male-sex-slavery/

 

Thais copying foreigners went on naked 7/11 spree as a dare!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Three Thai men have been fined 5,000 baht each after going on a foreign inspired naked 7/11 dare.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042974-thais-copying-foreigners-went-on-naked-711-spree-as-a-dare/

 

Video: Six car pile up in smoke cause by burning in roadside fields

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on a six car pile up caused by smoke from fires in fields in Khon Kaen in Thailand's north east.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042976-video-six-car-pile-up-in-smoke-cause-by-burning-in-roadside-fields-in-khon-kaen/

 

Human remains found washed up on Sattahip rocks

 

Picture: INN news

 

Sattahip police went to some rocks near the Chumpon Navy School after a teacher's assistant found human remains yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042977-human-remains-found-washed-up-on-sattahip-rocks/

 

Japan eying Abe-Kim summit with possible Pyongyang visit: paper

 

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to media after the news conference by the U.S. President Donald Trump, after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea in Singapore, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is working on arranging a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with one possibility including the premier's visit to Pyongyang around August, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042980-japan-eying-abe-kim-summit-with-possible-pyongyang-visit-paper/