UK experts arriving to help rescue mission

By The Nation

 

 

Three foreign experts have flown in from Britain to boost the operations to rescue 12 teenage football players and their assistant coach who are believed to have been stranded inside a partially flooded cave in Chiang Rai province since Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045185-uk-experts-arriving-to-help-rescue-mission-in-chiang-rai/

 

Bt25.55m of 'gambling payments' frozen

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The Anti-Money Laundering Office's (Amlo) transaction committee says it has frozen 77 accounts worth Bt25.55 million linked to 64 alleged online bets, deputy secretary general Pol Maj Gen Romsit Wiriyasan said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045186-bt2555m-of-gambling-payments-frozen/

 

Chinese tourists caught climbing crabs in Krabi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Chinese tourists have been caught climbing all over a Krabi landmark – the Mud Crabs Sculpture. Krabi Tourist Police are tracking down the tour company that were in control of the tourists that were filmed climbing on the sculpture.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045188-chinese-tourists-caught-climbing-crabs-in-krabi/

 

Army chief upbeat on mission to rescue youth missing in Chiang Rai cave

By The Nation

 

 

Hopes remain high in the search for 12 young football players and their deputy coach who went missing in the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province since Saturday, Army CommanderinChief General Chalermchai Sitthisart said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045189-army-chief-upbeat-on-mission-to-rescue-youth-missing-in-chiang-rai-cave/

 

Rainmaking aims to save jasmine rice

By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department has stepped up efforts to save some 2.1 million rai of jasmine rice on a plain straddling 13 districts in five northeastern provinces from drought.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045190-rainmaking-aims-to-save-jasmine-rice/

 

Officials visit ‘monkey island’. Signs placed for new monkey feeding zone on Khao Rang.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Yesterday (June 26) officials headed out to Koh Payu where 80 monkeys have been recently released to check on their welfare.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045192-officials-visit-‘monkey-island’-signs-placed-for-new-monkey-feeding-zone-on-khao-rang/

 

Elevated Ratchaprasong walkway construction continues

By The Nation

 

 

The Ratchaprasong Square Trade Association (RSTA) says its proposed 1,150-metre skywalk that will connect 18 buildings will enable the creation of a smart district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045206-elevated-ratchaprasong-walkway-construction-continues/

 

50 Cent mocks Terry Crews for being sexually assaulted

 

Image: GETTY IMAGES

 

50 Cent is facing a backlash after mocking a Brooklyn Nine-Nine star for speaking out about sexual assault.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045207-50-cent-mocks-terry-crews-for-being-sexually-assaulted/

 

Michael Jackson: On the Wall exhibition explores images of the star

By Vincent Dowd

 

The king of pop meets the king of pop art: Andy Warhol's 1984 painting of Michael Jackson

Image: ANDY WARHOL/NPG

 

It's nine years since Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles yet his fame remains undiminished and his records still sell in huge numbers.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045208-michael-jackson-on-the-wall-exhibition-explores-images-of-the-star/

 

The Predator Trailer Gives a More Shane Black Look at the Sequel

By Ben Travis

 

 

Teaming the Predator (known for its sharp aim and lethal weapons) up with Shane Black (known for his sharp dialogue and Lethal Weapon) is the stuff that dreams are made of — and yet, the first trailer for Black’s new film The Predator didn’t show off much of the writer-director’s distinctive voice.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045209-the-predator-trailer-gives-a-more-shane-black-look-at-the-sequel/

 

Royally sponsored food aids rescue mission

By The Nation

 

 

HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn has had a kitchen set up at a forest park in Chiang Rai province to serve free food to officials trying to rescue 12 teenage football players and their assistant coach, who are missing since last Saturday after visiting the park’s Tham Luang Cave.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045098-rising-water-hamper-efforts-to-rescue-boys-missing-in-chiang-rai-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13119056

 

Labour tells Thai employers to register migrant workers by June 30

 

 

The Ministry of Labour warned Thai employers who employ  migrant workers to register their employments and have their workers’ nationalities varified by authorities by the end of this month as there would be no more extension of time for them.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045210-labour-tells-thai-employers-to-register-migrant-workers-by-june-30/

 

Two beached bottlenose dolphins rescued

 

 

Officials of the Marine and Coastal Resources Department and residents of Ko Yao Yai in the southern coastal province of Pha-ngan have rescued two wounded bottlenose dolphins which beached ashore at Aao Klong Son beach.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045215-two-beached-bottlenose-dolphins-rescued/

 

Army special force deployed to look for tunnel or crack on mountain top to get into cave

 

 

A 90-member army special force was today (Wednesday) flown to the northern province of Chiang Rai to help in the survey and search for tunnel or opening atop the Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Non which may lead rescue team into the cave to look for the 13 missing footballers and coach.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045098-rising-water-hamper-efforts-to-rescue-boys-missing-in-chiang-rai-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13119280

 

Maradona 'fine' after scare, chided for obscene gesture

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Nigeria vs Argentina - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 26, 2018 Diego Maradona in the stands REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

 

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Argentina great Diego Maradona said on Wednesday he was fine after appearing to take ill during the South Americans’ roller-coaster World Cup win over Nigeria on Tuesday, but found himself in hot water again after making an obscene gesture at the game.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045218-maradona-fine-after-scare-chided-for-obscene-gesture/

 

Asean pools knowledge to fight cybercrime

By THE NATION

 

THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) on Wednesday hosted a Bangkok seminar for representatives of 10 Asean countries to discuss and exchange ideas on ways to suppress cybercrime.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045219-asean-pools-knowledge-to-fight-cybercrime/

 

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