Merkel presses over migration as 'European solution' fails

By Gabriela Baczynska and Robert-Jan Bartunek

 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an informal EU summit on migration at EU headquarters in Brussels, June 24, 2018. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Pool via Reuters

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she would seek direct deals with separate European Union states on migration, conceding the bloc had failed to find a joint solution to the issue threatening her government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044711-merkel-presses-over-migration-as-european-solution-fails/

 

Man found dead in Thalang bathroom

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A Thai man has been found dead inside the bathroom of his house in Thalang yesterday (June 24).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044717-man-found-dead-in-thalang-bathroom/

 

Thief steals heroine statue’s sword

By  Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A thief has stolen a sword which was located with the heroine statue in a temple in Thalang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044718-thief-steals-heroine-statue’s-sword/

 

Bids Sought for $5.5 Billion Thailand to China High-Speed Rail

By Natnicha Chuwiruch

 

>> Total cost for first phase of the project is 180 billion baht

>> Contract part of wider plan for rail line from Bangkok to Laos

 

Thailand will seek bids in the fourth-quarter for a 180 billion baht ($5.5 billion) high-speed rail project that’s part of a wider plan for a train network to China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044720-bids-sought-for-55-billion-thailand-to-china-high-speed-rail/

 

U.S. to give North Korea post-summit timeline with 'asks' soon - official

By Phil Stewart

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un meet in a one-on-one bilateral session at the start of their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, (Reuters) - The United States will soon present a timeline to North Korea with "specific asks" of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a senior U.S. defence official said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044725-us-to-give-north-korea-post-summit-timeline-with-asks-soon-official/

 

Trump adviser Kushner criticises Abbas, says U.S. peace plan near

By Stephen Farrell

 

Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner sits before the start of an Iftar dinner at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's senior adviser, said Washington would announce its Middle East peace plan soon, and press on with or without Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044727-trump-adviser-kushner-criticises-abbas-says-us-peace-plan-near/

 

Migrants 'knock at front door' for asylum after Trump crackdown

By Anthony Esposito and Lizbeth Diaz

 

Honduran migrant children are seen at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

 

TIJUANA/REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - More Mexicans and Central Americans are lining up to make asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border as word spreads of a U.S. crackdown on families crossing illegally and the threat of brutal gangs lying in wait if they go it alone.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044728-migrants-knock-at-front-door-for-asylum-after-trump-crackdown/

 

BTS stations crowded as signal system breaks down during rush-hour

By The Nation

 

People make long queues under the BTS Onnuj station Monday morning.//Photo by @watcharate

 

Passengers cried foul as Bangkok’s entire Skytrain network was hit by signal malfunctioning, causing overcrowding at the worst possible time of the week -- Monday morning rush-hour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044730-bts-stations-crowded-as-signal-system-breaks-down-during-rush-hour/

 

Thai woman falls to death from Pattaya apartment building

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai woman died after falling from her room on the fifth floor of a Pattaya apartment building early on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044732-thai-woman-falls-to-death-from-pattaya-apartment-building-australian-boyfriend-held-for-questioning/

 

Mother shot dead in Narathiwat, daughter weeps by her body

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A Muslim woman was shot dead in front of her house in Narathiwat's Muang district on Sunday night, leaving her three-year-old daughter crying and hiding under a blanket next to her body.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044733-mother-shot-dead-in-narathiwat-daughter-weeps-by-her-body/

 

Two arrested in Phuket drug crackdown

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The Phuket City Police have arrested two suspects found with kratom on Saturday (June 25). Police arrested 51 year old Watcharin ‘Gor’ Saeiw at a house in Phuket Town. He was found with many small bags of kratom weighing about 3 kilograms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044734-two-arrested-in-phuket-drug-crackdown/

 

Chatri Sophonpanich passes away at 85

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Bank chairman Chatri Sophonpanich has died of natural causes, his family has announced. He was 85.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044735-bangkok-bank-chairman-chatri-sophonpanich-passes-away-at-85/

 

PM: EU trip benefits Thailand

 

 

FRANCE, 25th June 2018, (NNT) - The Thai Prime Minister has reiterated that his ongoing EU trip benefits Thailand. He points out that several European nations are looking into the investment potential of the Kingdom. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044736-pm-prayut-eu-trip-benefits-thailand/

 

Troops thwart attempt to smuggle 40 Myanmar workers in Ranong

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

The army on Monday intercepted an attempt to smuggle 40 Myanmar workers from Ranong's border to Chumphon and arrested three truck drivers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044738-troops-thwart-attempt-to-smuggle-40-myanmar-workers-in-ranong/

 

PM: Relations with neighboring countries are strong

 

 

BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha says that Thailand’s relationships with its neighbors are strong, as evidenced by an increase in border trade. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044742-pm-prayut-relations-with-neighboring-countries-are-strong/

 

Krabi student killed outside school

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

VIDEO. A student in Krabi has died after driving on a motorbike and colliding with a parked SUV in front of  a school in Krabi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044743-krabi-student-killed-outside-school/

 

Half Thai-Japanese girl seeks help to locate Japanese father

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A 15-year-old girl in Nakhon Si Thammarat is trying to track down the Japanese father she has never met.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044747-half-thai-japanese-girl-seeks-help-to-locate-japanese-father/

 

Mother arrested while riding with son, 4, to deliver drugs in Chon Buri

By The Nation

 

 

Interior Ministry officials were saddened to see a four-year-old boy sobbing and begging his mother not to leave him after she was arrested for drugs offences in Chon Buri on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044750-mother-arrested-while-riding-with-son-4-to-deliver-drugs-in-chon-buri/

 

Lyn-brand couple charged with fatal negligence

By The Nation

 

 

The husband and wife behind Lyn-brand weight-loss products were on Sunday charged with colluding in the contamination of a food product with potentially harmful effects and negligence leading to death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044751-lyn-brand-couple-charged-with-fatal-negligence/

 

Prices of farm goods begin to rise

 

 

BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT) - The government has instructed related agencies to help farmers cope with the present situation where the prices of certain types of farm goods remain low, while prices of many others have begun to increase. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044752-prices-of-farm-goods-begin-to-rise/ 

 

Thai farm products to be showcased at international conferences

 

 

BANGKOK, 25th June 2018 (NNT)-The Department of Trade Negotiations will give manufacturers of locally made goods an opportunity to showcase their products at several international conferences in Thailand, due to be attended by foreign delegations in July. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044755-thai-farm-products-to-be-showcased-at-international-conferences/

 

OPINION

Change Thailand’s helmet culture

By Legacy Phuket Gazette

by Patrick Mattimore

 

 

On a recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, I was struck by an interesting phenomenon traveling from the airport to my hotel. I saw perhaps more than a thousand motorcycle riders and passengers, and only one person was not wearing a helmet. Yet, the entire two weeks I spent in that city, I didn’t see a single police officer giving out tickets enforcing a helmet law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044758-opinion-change-thailand’s-helmet-culture/

 

UPDATE:

 

Navy SEALs join effort to rescue youths trapped in Chiang Rai cave

By The Nation

 

 

Royal Thai Navy SEALs on Monday joined the search for 12 youths and their football coach missing after visiting a cave in Tham Luang-Khunnam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai on Saturday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044691-chiang-rai-search-continues-for-13-missing-youth/?do=findComment&comment=13110898

 

UPDATE:

 

Transport minister to summon BTS for explanation over frequent train delays

By Thai PBS

 

 

Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said he will summon executives of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc for an explanation over the frequent delays of it’s BTS SkyTrain services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044730-bts-stations-crowded-as-signal-system-breaks-down-during-rush-hour/?do=findComment&comment=13110977

 

Tourist Police reunite 99 year old Swiss man with Thai wife he hadn’t seen for 3 years

Pictures: Thai Tourist Police Bureau

 

 

Crimebuster Big Joke turns matchmaker for elderly Swiss man

 

Tourist Police have helped reunite a 99 year old Swiss man with his Thai wife who he hadn’t seen for more than 3 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044763-tourist-police-reunite-99-year-old-swiss-man-with-thai-wife-he-hadn’t-seen-for-3-years/

 

Keep guns away from kids, doctor pleads after playtime turns into horror

By Kritmet Loho 
The Nation

 

 

A Khon Kaen physician is begging parents to keep weapons out of children’s reach after a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot and seriously wounded a girl one year his junior on Sunday in the northeastern province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044857-keep-guns-away-from-kids-khon-kaen-doctor-pleads-after-playtime-turns-into-horror/

 

Chinese gang preying on plane passengers busted

By Thai PBS

 

 

An airborne Chinese gang stealing passengers’ baggages on a plane was smashed by Thai police as the gang was about to leave a Bangkok Airways flight at Suvarnabhumi International Airport last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044859-chinese-gang-preying-on-plane-passengers-busted/

 

UPDATE:

 

Soccer team trapped in flooded cave complex in Thailand

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Search and rescue teams in Thailand were looking on Monday for 13 members of an under-16 soccer team trapped in a flooded cave complex deep inside a mountain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044691-chiang-rai-search-continues-for-13-missing-youth/?do=findComment&comment=13111552

 

About 60 political parties meeting with Prawit

By Thai PBS

 

 

A meeting between representatives of political parties on one side and the government, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and Election Commission (EC) on the other side began at about 2 pm on Monday (June 25) at the army club on Vibhavadi Rangsit road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044870-about-60-political-parties-meeting-with-prawit/

 

Missing footballers and coach visited cave last December

 

 

The young footballers and their 25-year-old coach believed to be trapped inside a seven-kilometre-long cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district visited the cave in late December last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044691-chiang-rai-search-continues-for-13-missing-youth/?page=3&tab=comments#comment-13111922