Beachgoers banned from swimming at Phuket beaches until crocodile is caught

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Swimmers have been banned on all beaches in Phuket while the crocodile hunting operation is still in operation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049873-beachgoers-banned-from-swimming-at-phuket-beaches-until-crocodile-is-caught/

Cabinet Oks 6th Thai-Lao friendship bridge 

 

 

The Cabinet today approved the construction of the sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridge linking Nadan district of Ubon Ratchathani with Pheng township in Salavan province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049885-cabinet-oks-6th-thai-lao-friendship-bridge/

Billions earmarked for Isaan airports

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Gerhard Gellinger / Pixabay

 

BANGKOK — During a visit to the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, the interim cabinet of Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha approved spending over 2 billion baht to expand the airport there and endorsed other projects, an aviation official said Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049887-billions-earmarked-for-isaan-airports/

Warning over false ‘trans-fats-free’ labels

By THE NATION

 

 

THE FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned food manufacturers against misleading consumers with “trans-fats-free” labels.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049912-warning-over-false-‘trans-fats-free’-labels/

 

Prayut denies mobile Cabinet meetings are political ploy

By THE NATION

 

Prayut in Isaan for the mobile cabinet

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday insisted the mobile Cabinet visit to Ubon Ratchathani this week was to hear public opinions on the administration, despite speculation that the secret agenda of the trip was to woo former MPs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049913-prayut-denies-mobile-cabinet-meetings-are-political-ploy/

 

Candles and chanting: Thai cave boys begin ceremony to become Buddhist novices

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

Members of the soccer team rescued from a cave are seen during ordination ceremony, in a temple at Mae Sai, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven boys from a soccer team, who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist novices in a ceremony steeped in tradition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049915-candles-and-chanting-thai-cave-boys-begin-ceremony-to-become-buddhist-novices/

 

Thai cave rescue operation to be told in kids' book for middle-schoolers : US media

 

File photo : Marc Aronson//Rutgers, School of Communication and Information website

 

The dramatic and marathon cave rescue of 12 Mu Pa boys and their assistant coach will be told in a middle-grade nonfiction book, according to USA Today online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049916-thai-cave-rescue-operation-to-be-told-in-kids-book-for-middle-schoolers-us-media/

 

Mother makes suicide threat over acquittal

By JESSADA JANTARAK, 
KESINEE TANGKHIEO, 
SURIYA PATATHAYO 
THE NATION 

 

 

VOWS TO FOLLOW HUSBAND’S LEAD AND|KILL HERSELF IF VERDICT UPHELD ON APPEAL

 

THE WIFE of a man who committed suicide after their son’s alleged adult killer was acquitted, revealed yesterday that she tried to kill herself along with her husband and threatened to take her own life if the Appeals Court upholds the verdict. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049917-mother-makes-suicide-threat-over-acquittal-of-son’s-alleged-killer/

 

Expanding Bangkok Airways to fly new planes, set up duty free unit 

By   JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION 
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA 

 

Puttipong

 

BANGKOK Airways plans to spend about Bt2 billion to buy two ATR 72-600 aircraft to boost its flight network this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049918-expanding-bangkok-airways-to-fly new-planes-set-up-duty-free-unit /

 

Atthaya, 15, leads quest for gold in Indonesia

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Badminton star Ratchanok Intanon poses with True SIM card.

 

The Thailand Golf Association is pinning its hopes on two gold medals at next month’s Asian Games.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049919-thailands-atthaya-thitikul-15-leads-quest-for-gold-in-indonesia/

 

13 wild boars and the Mythical Forest: A bedtime story

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

Once upon a time, 13 young wild boars wandered into a long, winding cave in the Mythical Forest where they live. They did not know that water was rising to block the only exit. When they found out, it was too late; the siblings were trapped in a narrow and damp space. There was no food or light. Everyone of them got very scared.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049920-13-wild-boars-and-the-mythical-forest-a-bedtime-story/

 

Thailand and Australia have formula to beat global protectionism 

By Mark Coulton

 

 

The trade relationship between Australia and Thailand is strong, but there is huge potential for growth. In the face of growing protectionism in some international markets, it is vital that we continue to nurture the links that have contributed to our shared economic prosperity.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049921-thailand-and-australia-have-formula-to-beat-global-protectionism/

 

 

'Tormented' Prayuth Ready To Punch Critics In The Mouth

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha with members of his cabinet Tuesday in Ubon Ratchathani province.

 

BANGKOK — A Pheu Thai Party spokesman on Tuesday urged the leader of the ruling junta to apologize for publicly threatening to punch anyone who criticizes him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049922-tormented-prayuth-ready-to-punch-critics-in-the-mouth/

 

‘Phoenix’ salvage ordered while investigation continues

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The director-general of the national marine department has ordered the salvage of  ‘Phoenix’ – the tour boat that sank on July 6 resulting in the drowning of 47 Chinese passengers. The investigation into official negligence is also being conducted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049923-‘phoenix’-salvage-ordered-while-investigation-continues/

 

Thailand cave rescue: Theresa May meets British 'hero' divers who helped rescue trapped boys

Fiona Simpson

Evening Standard

 

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Theresa May has met with British divers who helped save 12 schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand, hailing them all “heroes”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049924-thailand-cave-rescue-theresa-may-meets-british-hero-divers-who-helped-rescue-trapped-boys/

 

North, Northeast told to prepare for more heavy rains

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 25th July 2018 (NNT) - The Meteorological Department is warning people in the northeastern and northern regions of danger from heavy rain and possible flash floods in some areas. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049925-north-northeast-told-to-prepare-for-more-heavy-rains/

 

Ivanka Trump closes fashion line to focus on helping her father

 

FILE PHOTO: Ivanka Trump departs the White House for a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, in Washington D.C., U.S., March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump on Tuesday said she was shutting her fashion line to focus on her role as an informal White House adviser, where she is working on advancing working women.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049926-ivanka-trump-closes-fashion-line-to-focus-on-helping-her-father/

 

Prince Harry joins Elton John to launch HIV campaign targeting men

 

British musician Elton John raises his fist as he delivers a news conference at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), the largest HIV/AIDS-focused meeting in the world, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry joined pop star Elton John on Tuesday to launch a campaign to raise HIV awareness among men, warning that "dangerous complacency" about the virus threatened the quest to wipe it out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049927-prince-harry-joins-elton-john-to-launch-hiv-campaign-targeting-men/

 

Belgian lawyer launches Trump-inspired anti-EU movement

By Alastair Macdonald

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon poses in Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two months after Donald Trump's election, a Brussels lawyer founded a movement to promote the U.S. president's ideas in Europe but only now has it become a vehicle for Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon to attack the European Union.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049928-belgian-lawyer-launches-trump-inspired-anti-eu-movement/

 

Britain must move in Brexit negotiations, Germany says

 

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends the weekly cabinet in Berlin, Germany, July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a media interview published on Wednesday that the British government needs to get moving in Brexit negotiations, including on the Northern Ireland border issue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049929-britain-must-move-in-brexit-negotiations-germany-says/

 

What a way to go! Unidentified foreigner slumped up against beer bar pole for two hours

 

Pictures (2) Sanook

 

Pattaya police were called after an unidentified foreigner was found dead on his knees slumped up against a beer bar pole in the area behind the Marine Hotel in South Pattaya last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049932-what-a-way-to-go-unidentified-foreigner-slumped-up-against-beer-bar-pole-for-two-hours/

 

"A bar girl whacked me over the head" German tourist tells Bang Lamung police

 

 

A German tourist sought police help at a checkpoint near the railway line in Bang Lamung at nearly 4 am on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049933-a-bar-girl-whacked-me-over-the-head-german-tourist-tells-bang-lamung police/

 

Thai police could show "Spiderman" a thing or two as "gold robber" taken down

 

 

Thai police caused quite a stir at a Chainat branch of Tesco Lotus yesterday as they took down a gold shop robber with a net.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049934-thai-police-could-show-spiderman-a-thing-or-two-as-gold-robber-taken-down/

 

Pattaya reinvented: has 'Happy Zone' helped Thailand's 'sex capital' clean up its act?

Meanwhile, Japan wants to increase its after-dark offerings, but only if they don’t include dancing

BY MERCEDES HUTTON

 

Picture: Reuters/File photo

 

Nestled on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 100km from Bangkok, Pattaya is one of Asia’s most popular tourist attractions, ranking number eight on of the list of top 20 destinations across Asia by international overnight arrivals, according to Mastercard’s Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2017. It is also notorious as Thailand’s sex capital, an unwanted epithet the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has worked hard to dispel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049935-pattaya-reinvented-has-happy-zone-helped-thailands-sex-capital-clean-up-its-act/

 

Dozens feared dead, rescuers search for missing after Laos dam collapse

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rescuers searched in difficult conditions on Wednesday for dozens of people feared dead and hundreds missing after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, one of Asia's poorest countries, a government official said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049855-at-least-100-missing-after laos dam-collapse-media/?tab=comments#comment-13205055

 

Big Joke's latest crackdown on foreigners - but has the fanfare run out of noise?

 

 

Crime buster Surachet Hakpal was in Nana in Bangkok early this morning announcing the results of the latest crackdown on illegal foreigners.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049936-big-jokes-latest-crackdown-on-foreigners-but-has-the-fanfare-run-out-of-noise/

 

UPDATE:

 

Social media shames police into action in Ta Pae tourist area

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Following a post on social media that showed youths fighting in a popular Chiang Mai tourist area the cops swung into action.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049867-tai-yai-gangs-arrested-in-police-crackdown/?do=findComment&comment=13205115

 

Chiang Mai "Botox" clinic raided; Quack doctor arrested

 

 

Police and public health authorities in Chiang Mai raided a recently opened beauty clinic and arrested a 26 year old Thai woman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049938-chiang-mai-botox-clinic-raided-quack-doctor-arrested/

 

Pattani man arrested in Phuket motorbike theft

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Police have arrested a man from Pattani wanted over a stolen motorbike that was parked at a music school in Phuket Town yesterday (July 24).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049939-pattani-man-arrested-in-phuket-motorbike-theft/

 

Thai woman attacks her husband with "Ito" kitchen knife - leaves him for dead

 

 

Police and rescue medics rushed to the scene of an attack on a man in Chumpon on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049941-thai-woman-attacks-her-husband-with-ito-kitchen-knife-leaves-him-for-dead/