Dead dolphin washed ashore at Surin Beach

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A dead dolphin, 1.26 meters long, has been found on Surin Beach this morning (June 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043968-dead-dolphin-washed-ashore-at-surin-beach/

 

WhatsApp to stop working on millions of smartphones – find out if you’re affected

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

WhatsApp has quietly announced that it will stop working on a number of iPhones and Android devices.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/whatsapp-stop-working-millions-smartphones-find-youre-affected/29236/

Using Facebook Messenger is about to get much more annoying

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Autoplaying video ads are set to interrupt your private chat on Facebook Messenger

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/using-facebook-messenger-get-much-annoying/29239/

Did Junta Deregulation Fuel The Foreign Trash Surge?

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Piles of garbage tower over a Pathum Thani facility accused of illegally importing waste.

 

BANGKOK — As more piles of illegally imported trash draw fresh police action, environmentalists believe it was a junta move to rewrite the rules two years ago that opened the door to the surge of foreign trash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043970-did-junta-deregulation-fuel-the-foreign-trash-surge/

 

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LCT decries police use of force with lawyer

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Lawyers Councill of Thailand is concerned about the arrest of a lawyer at Phahom Yothin police station on Tuesday (June 19), saying that the police might have unnecessarily resorted to violence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043917-video-thai-lawyer-forced-to-the-ground-and-cuffed-at-bangkok-police-station/?do=findComment&comment=13095973

 

Chai Nat father urges daughters to return to sick mother

By The Nation

 

A father in Chai Nat on Wednesday called on his two daughters to return home to see their paralysed mother one more time as he is not sure how long she will live.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043972-chai-nat-father-urges-daughters-to-return-to-sick-mother/

 

Busted with meth, woman begs husband to turn himself in

By The Nation

 

 

A Songkhla woman phoned her husband early Wednesday, begging him to surrender to police and face drug-peddling charges alongside her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043975-busted-with-meth-woman-begs-husband-to-turn-himself-in/

 

World’s 50 Best Restaurants places Bangkok's “Gaggan” at No.5

 

 

BANGKOK, 20 June 2018 (NNT) - Progressive Indian restaurant “Gaggan”, on Bangkok’s Langsuan Road, has been ranked fifth on this year’s World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards, with Thai restaurant “Nahm” in Bangkok’s Metropolitan Hotel coming in at 49th. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043976-world’s-50-best-restaurants-places-bangkoks-“gaggan”-at-no5/

 

NLA, DLT and DDD sign MOU to boost road safety

 

 

BANGKOK, 20 June 2018 (NNT) - Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Land Transport (DLT) and the Don't Drive Drunk (DDD) Foundation to promote road safety, launching a campaign seeking videos inspiring social awareness of the issue. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043977-nla-dlt-and-ddd-sign-mou-to-boost-road-safety/

 

PM eyes boosting investor confidence during UK visit

 

 

BANGKOK, 20th June 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit the United Kingdom this week, during which he intends to enhance bilateral relations and boost investor confidence in the Thai economy. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043979-pm-prayut-eyes-boosting-investor-confidence-during-uk-visit/

Most Germans doubt Merkel will get European immigration deal - poll

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she welcomes representatives of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) in Meseberg, Germany, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Germans do not believe Chancellor Angela Merkel will manage to secure a European solution to the immigration dispute that is plaguing her relationship with her Bavarian allies in government, a survey showed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043982-most-germans-doubt-merkel-will-get-european-immigration-deal-poll/

 

Turks abroad vote at record level in elections

 

FILE PHOTO: A garbage collector walks past election posters for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Turkey's main pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) jailed former leader and presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas in Istanbul, Turkey, June 19, 2018. Left poster reads, "Turkey requires a strong leader". Right poster reads, "It changes with you". REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The number of Turks voting abroad in this month's presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey rose to a record level of 1.49 million, the head of the High Election Board, Sadi Guven, said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043984-turks-abroad-vote-at-record-level-in-elections/

 

400 tonnes Water Hyacinth to be Cleared at Tha Wang Tan Watergate

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Authorities have begun clearing over 400 tonnes of water hyacinth at Tha Wang Tan Watergate.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044024-400-tonnes-water-hyacinth-to-be-cleared-at-tha-wang-tan-watergate/

 

Man Found Hung in Nong Pa Khrang

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – A man has hung himself in a Chiang Mai apartment.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044025-man-found-hung-in-nong-pa-khrang/

 

Vendors petition gov't to allow foreigners to work in shopfronts

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Retail shop owners protest as they deliver a petition to officials Wednesday morning at the Labor Ministry. Photo: Korpong Tansuwan

 

BANGKOK — Korpong Tansuwan has a clothing store to run. But he’s also got children to run back and forth from school and supplies to keep in stock. His sole Burmese employee is left to manage things alone during these errands – which is when undercover cops like to show up and cause trouble. Trouble that can end in paying a costly bribe.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044026-vendors-petition-govt-to-allow-foreigners-to-work-in-shopfronts/

 

Pearl Jam cancel O2 Arena show after Eddie Vedder loses voice

By Nick Reilly

 

Image: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Credit: Getty

 

They'll be rescheduling the show at a later date.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044029-pearl-jam-cancel-o2-arena-show-after-eddie-vedder-loses-voice/

 

World Refugee Day 2018: Thirteen famous people you may not know were refugees

 

Mila Kunis, Freddie Mercury and Rita Ora

 

Thousands of families are forced to flee for their lives every day because of violence in their countries, according to the United Nations.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044030-world-refugee-day-2018-thirteen-famous-people-you-may-not-know-were-refugees/

 

Kevin Spacey, the comeback: new film given August release date

By Telegraph Reporters

 

Kevin Spacey at the 2017 Tony Awards CREDIT: INVISION/AP

 

A new release date has been set for Billionaire Boys Club, Kevin Spacey's first film to hit cinemas since the actor was accused of committing sexual assault.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044031-kevin-spacey-the-comeback-new-film-given-august-release-date/

 

More arrests, more websites taken down as World Cup football betting crackdown continues

 

 

More arrests were made and more websites offering football betting were shut down on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044032-more-arrests-more-websites-taken-down-as-world-cup-football-betting-crackdown-continues/

 

2-cat snack proves too much for Bangkok python

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

 

PATHUM THANI — When your eyes are way too big for your stomach, sometimes everything comes back out the way it came in.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044040-2-cat-snack-proves-too-much-for-bangkok-python/

 

Video: Put him in charge! Popular cop catches python with his bare hands.

 

 

Thai social media widely shared a video and photographs that showed a popular Phitsanuloke police captain catching a three meter long python weighing 20 kilograms with his bare hands. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044041-video-put-him-in-charge-popular-cop-catches-python-with-his-bare-hands/

 

Red flag warnings as storms lash Thai south

By Punsita Ritthikarn, Intern

 

A resort in Krabi province was damaged Tuesday by large waves driven by a strong stormfront.

 

BANGKOK — Swimmers and boats are warned to stay out of the water in the south of Thailand where powerful storms are producing rough sea conditions and flooding.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044047-red-flag-warnings-as-storms-lash-thai-south/

 

Council slams police action against lawyer

By KESINEE TAENGKHIAO 
THE NATION

 

 

THE PRESIDENT of the Lawyers Council of Thailand, Thawal Ruyaporn, has slammed the police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) for forcing lawyer Sukit Phoonsrikasem to the ground and handcuffing him at Bangkok’s Phaholyothin Police Station on Tuesday afternoon.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044051-council-slams-police-action-against-lawyer/

 

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