UPDATE:

 

Phuket storm tears down trees and power poles

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

“This is the strongest wind he has ever seen.”

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043583-storm-lashes-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=13087645

 

New Colombia president may seek to revise rebel peace deal

By Helen Murphy and Steven Grattan

 

Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque greets supporters after he won Colombia's presidential election, beating leftist Gustavo Petro, in Bogota, Colombia, June 17, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

 

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election on Sunday, beating leftist Gustavo Petro in a victory that will reassure investors but raised the prospect of changes to a landmark peace accord with Marxist rebels.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043595-new-colombia-president-may-seek-to-revise-rebel-peace-deal/

 

Prawit's house was not burgled - but watches were stolen from one nearby, claims Thai media

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media has reported that a Colombian gang that targeted the home of deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwan moved on to another property after finding someone home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043596-prawits-house-was-not-burgled-but-watches-were-stolen-from-one-nearby-claims-thai-media/

 

Government says no early reports of damage after 5.9 quake hits western Japan

By Kaori Kaneko

 

Smoke arise from a house where a fire breaks out, in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS 

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit western Japan on Monday but the top government spokesman said there were no immediate signs of major damage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043597-government-says-no-early-reports-of-damage-after-59-quake-hits-western-japan/

 

38 more monkeys captured in Rassada, water tanks installed on Koh Tanan

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Water tanks are now being installed on Monkey Islands and 38 monkeys have been captured in Rassada for sterilisation in the ongoing Monkey move from Phuket to uninhabited outlying islands.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043599-38-more-monkeys-captured-in-rassada-water-tanks-installed-on-koh-tanan/

 

Argy-bargy as blood spilled during World Cup match

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Violence erupted between a group of Thai and Chinese men during the Argentina vs Iceland World Cup match on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043600-argy-bargy-as-blood-spilled-during-world-cup-match/

 

Jungceylon Patong issues urgent safety order following Phuket storm

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Jungceylon department store executives have issued a safety order after storms hit Phuket yesterday (June 17). The storm has damaged the front part of the shopping centre on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Road. No injuries were reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043603-jungceylon-patong-issues-urgent-safety-order-following-phuket-storm/

 

Thailand feels the heat of World Cup fever as travellers stay home

By Xinyi Liang-Pholsena

 

The 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicked off in Moscow last Thursday, may have brought a tourism boon to Russia, but this major sporting event is also having a ripple effect on longhaul summer bookings into Thailand half a world away.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043604-thailand-feels-the-heat-of-world-cup-fever-as-travellers-stay-home/

 

Grandmother takes discarded bag home, finds 40,000 meth pills

By The Nation

 

A grandmother had quite a shock after taking home a pink bag she found by the roadside in Buri Ram.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043605-buri-ram-grandmother-takes-discarded-bag-home-finds-40000-meth-pills/

 

Elderly man, nine-year-old girl killed as strong quake hits Japan

By Kaori Kaneko and Mari Saito

 

Bottled drinks are scattered on the floor of a shop after an earthquake hit Osaka, Japan June 18, 2018, in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. MANDATORY CREDIT. Twitter/@tw_hds/via REUTERS

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - An elderly man and a young girl were killed, with several other people also in "cardiopulmonary arrest", after walls collapsed in a magnitude-6.1 earthquake that hit Osaka in western Japan on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043607-elderly-man-nine-year-old-girl-killed-as-strong-quake-hits-japan/

 

Thirty sex offenders arrested at Thailand airports since the start of the year

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Immigration has reported that 30 sex offenders have been arrested at five Thai airports since the start of 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043609-thirty-sex-offenders-arrested-at-thailand-airports-since-the-start-of-the-year/

 

Video: Custody battle violence - "buffaloes who treat children as a commodity"

 

Pictures (2): video screenshots

 

A family at the center of a custody battle drew widespread criticism from online posters as violence erupted surrounding a car containing a child not even two years old.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043610-video-custody-battle-violence-buffaloes-who-treat-children-as-a-commodity/

 

British PM May's Brexit plans set for defeat, teeing up Wednesday showdown

By William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans face rejection by parliament's upper chamber on Monday, setting the stage for a high-stakes confrontation with rebel lawmakers later in the week which could rock her minority government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043611-british-pm-mays-brexit-plans-set-for-defeat-teeing-up-wednesday-showdown/

 

Video: Road rage one on one - but it's young guy (in a helmet) versus an old man

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Criticism abounded for a young man in a red helmet caught on a phone video fighting with an old man.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043613-video-road-rage-one-on-one-but-its-young-guy-in-a-helmet-versus-an-old-man/

 

All dead after Nakorn Pathom Hospital shooting

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that the man who shot his pregnant wife and father in law in a waiting room at the Nakorn Pathom hospital has died.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043620-all-dead-after-nakorn-pathom-hospital-shooting/

 

Siamese Tulips Bloom In Chaiyaphum

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

A Siam tulip in bloom at Pa Hin Ngam National Park in a photo posted Wednesday. Photo: Pahinngam National Park / Photo

 

CHAIYAPHUM — Fuschia fields of Siam tulips are standing proudly to greet visitors at a northeast national park for a short-lived summer bloom, a national park employee said Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043623-siamese-tulips-bloom-in-chaiyaphum/

 

Woman falls to death at Bangkok Bank's Silom building

By The Nation

 

A woman died when she fell at a Bangkok Bank building in central Bangkok on Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043624-woman-falls-to-death-at-bangkok-banks-silom-building/

 

Video: How some people live - apartment owner's shock at trash filled room in Khon Kaen

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A video showed the state of a downtown Khon Kaen apartment of a young Thai woman behind on the rent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043627-video-how-some-people-live-apartment-owners-shock-at-trash-filled-room-in-khon-kaen/

 

Video: Tourists have brush with death as boat capsizes off Chumpon

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Eleven tourists and two crew were plucked from the water after their boat hit rocks near Koh Talu in Chumporn.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043630-video-tourists-have-brush-with-death-as-boat-capsizes-off-chumpon/

 

Lifeguards warn of Portuguese man-o-war at Phuket beaches

The Phuket News

 

The Phuket Lifeguard Service put out its warning after Portuguese man-o-war were sighted at Nai Yang, Mai Khao and Patong beaches. Photo: Márcio Cabral de Moura / Flickr

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Lifeguards Service has today issued a warning for beachgoers after Portuguese man-o-war have been found at three of Phuket’s west coast beaches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043633-lifeguards-warn-of-portuguese-man-o-war-at-phuket-beaches/

 

Two months after Hua Hin shark attack there is still no safety net

 

Picture: New TV

 

Thai media reported that a full two months after a Norwegian tourist was bitten by a shark at Sai Noi beach near Hua Hin there is still no safety net in place.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043635-two-months-after-hua-hin-shark-attack-there-is-still-no-safety-net/

 

‘Suthep Party’ Floats Unity Govt With Archrivals

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Suthep Thaugsuban wipes his tear as he speaks June 3 at an Action Coalition Party assembly in northern Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A conservative party widely seen as a proxy for former firebrand activist Suthep Thaugsuban said it’s willing to join hands with the party he helped drive from power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043636-‘suthep-party’-floats-unity-govt-with-archrivals/

 

Key Silk Road figure extradited from Thailand to New York

 

Whether he goes by Roger Thomas Clark, Variety Jones, Plural of Mongoose or Cimon, one of the top players in the drug-dealing website Silk Road will face a judge. Clark has been extradited to New York from Thailand, some two and a half years after being arrested in that country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043637-key-silk-road-figure-extradited-from-thailand-to-new-york/

 

Video: Foreign tourist in hospital after fight in Pattaya lady boy bar

 

Picture: Rak Siam News

 

A video on the Rak Siam News site showed the aftermath of a fight between a foreign tourist and a group of lady boys at the Pook Bar in Soi Bua Khao, Pattaya on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043638-video-foreign-tourist-in-hospital-after-fight-in-pattaya-lady-boy-bar/

 

Phuket taxi driver dodges ‘flee the scene’, drunk driving charges

The Phuket News

 

The Phuket taxi driver of this Toyota Fortuner will not be charged for fleeing the scene of an accident. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub / file

 

The news follows Capt Eakkasak Kwanwan of the Thalang Police confirming to The Phuket News this morning (June 18) that the driver, who police have not named, will face only one charge: reckless driving causing damage to property.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043640-phuket-taxi-driver-dodges-‘flee-the-scene’-drunk-driving-charges/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thousands Of Foreigners Turned Away At Thai Airports

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

BANGKOK — More than 3,600 foreigners with criminal records have been arrested at or turned away from five major airports in the first six months of the year, immigration police said Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043609-thirty-sex-offenders-arrested-at-thailand-airports-since-the-start-of-the-year/?do=findComment&comment=13088446

 

Why the Grass always seems to be Greener

By Dan Cheeseman

 

 

It would have been all to easy for me to simply blog on travel in and around Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043641-why-the-grass-always-seems-to-be-greener/

 

Doi Suthep estate to be ringed with ‘No Man’s Land’ signs

By The Nation

 

 

The Doi Suthep Forest Reclamation Network said it would post “No Man’s Land” signs on the Chiang Mai mountain on Monday afternoon marking the perimeter of the controversial housing estate built for members of the Courts of Justice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043642-doi-suthep-estate-to-be-ringed-with-‘no-man’s-land’-signs/

 

Mukdahan Cop Turns Alien Hunter Into Hunted

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Issara Phaksanam / Facebook

 

MUKDAHAN — When an intergalactic trophy-hunter went gallivanting through rural Isaan on a hog decorated with the bones of his prey, it took one gutsy cop to pull him over.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043643-mukdahan-cop-turns-alien-hunter-into-hunted/

 

Man killed at own mother's funeral after pallbearers drop coffin down flight of stairs

The man died of severe head injuries after the coffin fell during the funeral on Friday

By Elaine McCahill

 

A large group of men were carrying the coffin to the lakkean where dead bodies are storied during a traditional funeral ceremony when it fell and hit Mr Kondorua (Image: YouTube)

 

A man has died after his mother's coffin fell on pallbearers during a funeral in Indonesia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043644-man-killed-at-own-mothers-funeral-after-pallbearers-drop-coffin-down-flight-of-stairs/