26 Chinese among suspects arrested in joint bust of call-centre and online gambling gangs

By The Nation

 

 

Thai and Chinese police last week joined forces to bust call-centre and online gambling gangs in four major provinces, netting 34 suspects, including 26 Chinese nationals.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049752-26-chinese-among-suspects-arrested-in-joint-bust-of-call-centre-and-online-gambling-gangs/

Indian arrested over theft of bag from Korean tourist in Pattaya

By The Nation

 

 

An Indian man was arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing a bag containing Bt9,100 and 6,000 won (Bt175) from a South Korean tourist in Pattaya.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049750-indian-arrested-over-theft-of-bag-from-korean-tourist-in-pattaya/

4 Northeast provinces seek Bt10 bn for projects

By THE NATION

 

Prayut during the mobile Cabinet excursion in Amnat Charoen Province

 

TIGHT SECURITY FOR MOBILE CABINET MEETING

 

FOUR LOWER northeastern provinces are planning to push the Cabinet to approve Bt10 billion for development projects – part of a plan to turn the area into a trade hub for Indochina – when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha visits the area today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049769-4-northeast-provinces-seek-bt10-bn-for-projects/

 

Nan woman still missing after being washed away in floods

By The Nation

 

Members of a search party yesterday continue to look for a local Nan woman swept away on Saturday in a torrential creek in the province’s Pua district.

 

WITH FLOODS expected in many provinces from downpours triggered by tropical storm Son-Tinh, the search continued yesterday for a 55-year-old woman who went missing in floodwaters on Saturday in Nan province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049770-nan-woman-still-missing-after-being-washed-away-in-floods/

 

Satellite technology key to sustaining water resources

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

 

SATELLITE technology and comprehensive water management concepts are essential to ensure the sustainability of the country’s water resources, an academic says.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049771-satellite-technology-key-to-sustaining-water-resources-in-thailand/

 

Thai-made film on Mu Pa rescue on agenda of mobile Cabinet

By The Nation

 

 

SPECIAL PANEL set up to oversee production of films by foreign companies about the rescue of the Mu Pa football team from a cave in Chiang Rai, will also study the possibility of Thailand producing the film, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049772-thai-made-film-on-mu-pa-rescue-on-agenda-of-mobile-cabinet/

 

Indebted teachers appeal to government for solution

By The Nation

 

 

A GROUP of debt-ridden teachers staged a rally in Nakhon Ratchasima province yesterday to press the government for practical solutions for their plight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049773-indebted-teachers-appeal-to-thai-government-for-solution/

 

UPDATE:

 

Tangled web exposed as groom a no-show for his wedding

By THE NATION

 

 

SUNDAY WAS supposed to be the happiest day in the life of a 26-year-old bride but it turned into one of her saddest days when her husband-to-be failed to show up for their wedding ceremony in Ratchaburi province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049647-video-red-plate-thai-bride-left-standing-at-the-altar-36-million-netizens-show-their-support/?do=findComment&comment=13201329

 

Thai 20-year strategy 'at risk of being outdated'

By KAS CHANWANPEN, 
SUPALAK GANJANAKHUNDEE

THE NATION

 

File Photo

 

THAILAND’S 20-year strategy will become obsolete once the US implements its new Indo-Pacific strategy and expands its role across the two oceans, notably on security matters, two prominent Thai scholars on security and military affairs said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049775-thai-20-year-strategy-at-risk-of-being-outdated/

 

Thai woman rescued before she could jump from hotel balcony

By The Nation

 

 

Pattaya police and rescuers from a local foundation stopped a Thai woman from jumping off the balcony of a Pattaya hotel early on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049776-thai-woman-rescued-before-she-could-jump-from-hotel-balcony/

 

PM advises detractors to stop reading newspapers for 5 days

By Thai PBS

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has an advice for people who dislike him. “Stop reading newspapers for five days,” he said, adding that they would start loving him after that.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049777-pm-prayut-advises-detractors-to-stop-reading-newspapers-for-5-days/

 

3 major dams are now over 80 percent full

By Thai PBS

 

 

Three major dams on the southwestern part of the country are now more than 80 percent full although the end of the rainy season is about three months away.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049778-3-major-dams-are-now-over-80-percent-full/

 

Video: Behind-the-scenes details of Thailand cave rescue

 

 

video: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049779-video-behind-the-scenes-details-of-thailand-cave-rescue/

 

Michelin Guide Set to Reveal More Dining Highlights in Thailand

By Natnicha Chuwiruch

 

FILE photo

 

>> Guide to go beyond Bangkok to Phuket, Phang Nga by November

>> Tourism agency is seeking to cover the entire country by 2021

 

The Michelin guide to Thailand’s best restaurants will go beyond Bangkok to the southern tourism hot-spots of Phuket and Phang Nga by year’s end, part of the country’s efforts to keep attracting visitors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049780-michelin-guide-set-to-reveal-more-dining-highlights-in-thailand/

 

Thailand lays out high-speed rail process

 

 

The Thai government on Monday unveiled its plans for the bidding process to build a high-speed rail link between the capital and one of the country's new special economic zones.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049781-thailand-lays-out-high-speed-rail-process/

 

A man was fished out of the Surin Beach surf today – whilst on-duty lifesavers watched

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: Pavida Anantarasmi

 

Witnesses at Surin Beach today watched in bemused confusion when a man, who was in difficulty whilst swimming off Surin Beach today, was helped back to shore. But not by one of the lifeguards on duty at the beach who stood at the shore and watched the rescue take place.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049782-man-rescued-from-surin-beach-surf-as-on-duty-lifesavers-watch-from-shore/

 

Striking at critics, Trump threatens former officials' security clearances

By Steve Holland and Jonathan Landay

 

U.S. President Donald Trump steps off a bus prior to delivering remarks at a showcase of American-made products event at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday threatened to strip six former U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials, including Obama-era CIA director John Brennan, of their security clearances as President Donald Trump considers striking back at critics of his summit meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049784-striking-at-critics trump threatens-former-officials-security-clearances/

 

Images indicate North Korea dismantling test site facilities: report

By David Brunnstrom

 

FILE PHOTO - The flag of North Korea is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite images indicate North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at a site used to develop engines for ballistic missiles, in a first step toward fulfilling a pledge made to U.S. President Donald Trump at a June summit, a Washington-based think tank said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049785-images-indicate-north-korea-dismantling-test-site-facilities-report/

 

UPDATE:

 

Toronto gunman identified, police seek motive after suspect kills two, injures 13

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Danya Hajjaji

 

Police officers enter a coffee shop damaged by gunfire while investigating a mass shooting on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, Canada, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting 15 people and killing two on a busy, restaurant-filled Toronto street struggled with severe mental illness, his family said in a statement late on Monday as police sought a motive in the shooting spree.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049674-at-least-10-including-a-child-shot-in toronto -canadian-media/?do=findComment&comment=13201392

 

Greek fires kill at least seven near Athens, residents flee homes

By Vassilis Triandafyllou and Alkis Konstantinidis

 

A man looks at the flames as a wildfire burns in the town of Rafina, near Athens, Greece, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

 

MATI, Greece (Reuters) - The worst Greek forest fires in a decade burned at least seven people to death near Athens on Monday as they attempted to flee in their cars or on foot.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049786-greek-fires-kill-at-least-seven-near-athens-residents-flee-homes/

 

Britain would not block death penalty for IS suspects

By Michael Holden

 

FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows Alexanda Kotey and Shafee Elsheikh, who the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claim are British nationals, in these undated handout pictures in Amouda, Syria released February 9, 2018. Syrian Democratic Forces/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government would not object to Washington seeking the death penalty for two British Islamic State militants if they are extradited to the United States, a Home Office minister said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049787-britain-would-not-block-death-penalty-for-is-suspects/

 

Fatal shooting in Ranong nothing to do with us, says Pattaya boxing camp

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Pattaya boxing camp has denied that a murder in Thailand's southern province of Ranong has anything to do with them.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049791-fatal-shooting-in-ranong-nothing-to-do-with-us-says-pattaya-boxing-camp/

 

Video: Who is this foreign thief? Western woman steals Thai's camera

 

Picture: ONB news

 

A Western woman was caught on CCTV stealing a Thai's Polaroid camera.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049794-video-who-is-this-foreign-thief-western-woman-steals-thais-camera/

 

Video: "My husband has a mistress" clip causes debate online

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Video footage showed a man being hit from behind at the Sukhonthasawat Market in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049797-video-my-husband-has-a-mistress-clip-causes-debate-online/

 

Kindergarten teacher fights back - goes to cops over sexual harassment by director

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A kindergarten teacher who lost her job at a Minburi school has gone to the police to claim sexual harassment at the hands of the owner and director.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049798-kindergarten-teacher-fights-back-goes-to-cops-over-sexual-harassment-by-director/

 

"Here's the car back - thanks very much!" - no good Thai husband makes ironic statement

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai woman is in a nasty situation after her ex returned the family vehicle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049800-heres-the-car-back-thanks-very-much-no-good-thai-husband-makes-ironic-statement/

 

UPDATE:

 

Ratchaburi man arrested for allegedly knocking out, dismembering, friend

By The Nation

 

A bus garage mechanic in Ratchaburi was arrested on Monday for allegedly beating a friend unconscious before cutting off his penis out of anger that he had tried to rape his wife.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049690-drunk-ratchaburi-man-wakes-up-without-penis/?do=findComment&comment=13201849

 

Thai babes queuing up to be Miss Thailand World 2018

 

Pictures (3) Daily News

 

Business was brisk at the last day of auditioning for the Miss Thailand World 2018 pageant at a Bangkok hotel yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049806-thai-babes-queuing-up-to-be-miss-thailand-world-2018/

 

Hostage drama in Krabi town - husband shoots wife in the leg in car

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A tense standoff took place in the middle of a busy Krabi intersection yesterday morning after a man took his wife hostage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049807-hostage-drama-in-krabi-town-husband-shoots-wife-in-the-leg-in-car/

 

What honesty! Kuwaiti police cadet latest to praise honest cabby after 53,000 baht returned

 

 

A Kuwaiti police cadet on holiday in Pattaya was the latest tourist to appreciate the honesty of Thai people - and especially their wonderful taxi drivers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049808-what-honesty-kuwaiti-police-cadet-latest-to-praise-honest-cabby-after-53000-baht-returned/