Sick seven year old Karen boy airlifted to hospital

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai media reported on the activities of the "Sky Doctor" service in Tak in Thailand's north west.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049943-sick-seven-year-old-karen-boy-airlifted-to-hospital/

 

American Airlines revises website to change Taiwan reference

 

People walk past an American Airlines logo on a wall at John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport in in New York November 27, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc late on Tuesday confirmed it had changed how its website refers to Taiwan, a move expected to be followed by two other major U.S. carriers by Wednesday in an effort to avoid Chinese penalties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049945-american-airlines-revises-website-to-change-taiwan-reference/

 

Media reports say singer Demi Lovato stable after suspected overdose

 

Singer Demi Lovato poses at the third annual InStyle Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. pop music star Demi Lovato, who has spoken openly about her history of drug and alcohol abuse, was taken to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday suffering from a suspected overdose, according to media reports.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049946-media-reports-say-singer-demi-lovato-stable-after-suspected-overdose/

 

Five men charged over acid attack on three-year-old British boy

 

(Reuters) - British police on Wednesday said it charged five men for a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in the English city of Worcester.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049948-five-men-charged-over-acid-attack-on-three-year-old-british-boy/

 

Assistant nurse trainee shoots boyfriend dead in car in Bang Na, Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police and rescue medics called to Bang Na Trat Soi 4 (Soi Isaraniwet) found a 28 year old man dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the front of a Toyota Vios car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049949-assistant-nurse-trainee-shoots-boyfriend-dead-in-car-in-bang-na-bangkok/

 

"Pattaya's a lovely place - but they should clear up the trash", says tourist

 

 

Pattaya Update News reported that one of their reporters was driving in South Pattaya near the Thappraya intersection when he stopped to take pictures of litter on both sides of the road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049951-pattayas-a-lovely-place-but-they-should-clear-up-the-trash-says-tourist/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thirty-five foreigners arrested in tourist police's weekly round-up

By The Nation

 

Tourist police on Tuesday night arrested 35 foreigners in the nationwide weekly crackdown on visa overstayers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049936-big-jokes-latest-crackdown-on-foreigners-but-has-the-fanfare-run-out-of-noise/?do=findComment&comment=13205462

 

Thailand to send help to Laos after hydropower dam collapse

 

 

BANGKOK, 25th July 2018 (NNT) - The Thai Prime Minister has instructed officials to provide assistance to Laos, following the collapse of Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the southern region. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049955-thailand-to-send-help-to-laos-after-hydropower-dam-collapse/

 

Police raid Thalang houses, seize 207 kilograms of drugs

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Police raided four target areas in Thalang over the past week in a continuation of their crackdown on drugs. They seized 207 kilograms of kratom, crystal methamphetamine and methamphetamine pills.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049956-police-raid-thalang-houses-seize-207-kilograms-of-drugs/

 

No irregularities found in Phuket fishing boat checks

By The Phuket News

 

Officials carried out random inspections on fishing boats at Rassada Pier. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Officials from various local government agencies carried out random inspections on fishing boats at Rassada Pier yesterday looking for cases of illegal employment, working conditions and human trafficking in the fishery industry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049959-no-irregularities-found-in-phuket-fishing-boat-checks/

 

Cambodia puts on armed forces display ahead of election

 

Cambodia's armed forces display anti-riot gear and assault rifles at the Olympic stadium ahead of a general election this weekend, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 25, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's armed forces put on a show of power on Wednesday, displaying anti-riot gear and assault rifles at a sports stadium in the capital Phnom Penh ahead of a general election this weekend which some have criticised as a sham.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049962-cambodia-puts-on-armed-forces-display-ahead-of-election/

 

Pakistanis vote in tight race between Imran Khan, jailed ex-PM's party

By Mubasher Bukhari and Jibran Ahmad

 

Officials prepare a polling station before voting start during general election in Rawalpindi, Pakistan July 25, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

 

LAHORE/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistanis began voting on Wednesday in a knife-edge general election pitting cricket hero Imran Khan against the party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with the prospect of neither winning a clear majority amid a looming currency crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049963-pakistanis-vote-in-tight-race-between-imran-khan-jailed-ex-pms-party/

 

Six killed, 13 injured in five-vehicle pileup in Korat

By The Nation

 

Picture: Facebook Pu Chau

 

An oil tanker made a u-turn on a Nakhon Ratchasima road early Wednesday, resulting in a pileup of three passenger vans and a pickup truck that killed six people and injured 13 others, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049966-six-killed-13-injured-in-five-vehicle-pileup-in-korat/

 

Police launches manhunt for suspect for serial cat shooting

By The Nation

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Police are hunting for an attacker who has shot three cats with arrows in a Nonthaburi village.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049971-police-launches-manhunt-for-suspect-for-serial-cat-shooting-in-nonthaburi/

 

Mahakan Fort opens as public park

By The Nation

 

 

Five months after its last residents surrendered in a high-profile battle over Mahakan Fort, the early Rattanakosin-era landmark began its new life as a public park on Tuesday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049974-mahakan-fort-opens-as-public-park/

 

UPDATE:

 

35 Foreigners Arrested At Bangkok’s Nana Plaza

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Tourist Police Deputy Commissioner Maj. Gen. Surachet Hakpal, standing second from right, stares Wednesday at those arrested in Bangkok’s Nana Plaza.

 

BANGKOK — Dozens of foreigners were arrested early Wednesday when authorities raided the city’s red light district.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049936-big-jokes-latest-crackdown-on-foreigners-but-has-the-fanfare-run-out-of-noise/?do=findComment&comment=13205864

 

Thai Airways Boeing 777 in emergency landing in Dhaka

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: News In Flight

 

A Thai Airways plane has made an emergency landing at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The Boeing 777 is reported to have veered off the runway during landing but was steered back onto the runway by the pilots. The plane had burst six tyres according to newsinflight.com.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049978-thai-airways-boeing-777 in-emergency-landing-in-dhaka/

 

UPDATE:

 

PM Theresa May honours British cave divers

By Thai PBS

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May (centre) stands with the Thai Ambassador to the UK Pisanu Suvanajata and members of the British cave diving team and their support team as they pose for a photograph outside Number 10 following a reception at Downing Street on Tuesday.

 

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May hosted a reception on Tuesday for the British divers who were involved in the dramatic rescue of the 12 Wild Boars soccer team members and their coach from Tham Luang cave earlier this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049924-thailand-cave-rescue-theresa-may-meets-british-hero-divers-who-helped-rescue-trapped-boys/?do=findComment&comment=13205962

 

Phuket’s tourism situation ‘back to normal’, says V/Gov

By The Phuket News

 

V/Gov Prakob Wongmaneerung said the tourism situation in Phuket has recovered to normal. Photo: The Phuket News / File

 

PHUKET: According to a report issued on the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) website yesterday, one of Phuket’s vice governors has stated that Phuket’s tourism, particularly involving Chinese tourists, has recovered with extra safety measures

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049989-phuket’s-tourism-situation-‘back-to-normal’-says-vgov/

 

UPDATE:

 

Crowd attend footballers’ ordination

By Natthawat Laping, 
Sakaorat Sirima 
The Nation

 

 

A large crowd braved the rain on Wednesday to give food offerings in the first alms-collecting round by the 11 "Wild Boar" footballers, who are now Buddhist novices, and their coach Ekkapol Chantawong, who became a monk, at Wat Phra That Doi Tung in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049915-candles-and-chanting-thai-cave-boys-begin-ceremony-to-become-buddhist-novices/?do=findComment&comment=13206308

 

Samui gibbon abuse sparks outrage

By The Nation

 

 

A foreign resident on Koh Samui has exposed that a baby gibbon was abused on a popular beach, resulting in an uproar among expats on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049991-samui-gibbon-abuse-sparks-outrage/

 

Ubon Ratchathani student dies in knife attack

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A third-year student at a technical college in Ubon Ratchathani was fatally stabbed while trying to save a friend from being attacked by a group of teenagers early on Wednesday, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049992-ubon-ratchathani-student-dies-in-knife-attack/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai rescue team arrives in Laos to help victims of dam collapse

By Thai PBS

 

 

A forward team of about 30 rescuers and life-saving experts of a private relief organization known as “Hook 31 Foundation” in Nakhon Ratchasima or Korat is waiting to cross the border into Laos to help victims of flooding that resulted from the collapse of a hydropower dam in southeastern Attapeu province’s Sanamxay district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049955-thailand-to-send-help-to-laos-after-hydropower-dam-collapse/?do=findComment&comment=13206426

 

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Thailand approves electric vehicle investment plans of Nissan, Honda

Reuters Staff

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities said on Wednesday they have approved investment plans worth 29.63 billion baht ($888.2 million), including projects by two Japanese automakers to produce hybrid electric vehicles and batteries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049996-thailand-approves-electric-vehicle-investment-plans-of-nissan-honda/

 

UPDATE:

 

Nineteen dead, more than 3,000 in need of rescue, after Laos dam collapse - media

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

People walk through flooded area after being brought to safety by boat in Sanam Xay district, Attapeu Province, Laos after a hydropower dam under construction in Southern Laos collapsed, in this still picture taken from social media video obtained July 24, 2018. ATTAPEU TODAY/ via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049855-at-least-100-missing-after laos dam-collapse-media/?do=findComment&comment=13206533

 

HHK RDSC is working with NARIT to install radio telescopes

 

 

CHIANG MAI, 25th July 2018 (NNT) – The Huai Hong Krai Royal Development Study Center (HHK RDSC) is collaborating with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) to install radio telescopes. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049998-hhk-rdsc-is-working-with-narit-to-install-radio-telescopes/

 

UPDATE:

 

UK premier welcomes hero British divers to Downing Street

 

 

The heroic British divers who helped to rescue 12 boys and their coach trapped in Thailand were welcomed to Downing Street today by the UK prime minister, according to UK Government 's website.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049924-thailand-cave-rescue-theresa-may-meets-british-hero-divers-who-helped-rescue-trapped-boys/?do=findComment&comment=13206590

 

Prachin Buri man held after ‘swapping’ car for meth pills

By The Nation

 

 

Police and district officials in Prachin Buri have arrested a man after he allegedly exchanged his car for 4,000 meth pills to resell with the buyback option.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050008-prachin-buri-man-held-after-‘swapping’-car-for-meth-pills/

Filipino 'pickpockets' arrested

By The Nation

 

 

Two Filipino men and a woman have been arrested for allegedly pickpocketing a Japanese tourist at the BTS Skytrain Chit Lom station.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1050009-filipino-pickpockets-arrested-in-bangkok/