Govt considers buying decommissioned fishing trawlers

Nuppol Suvansombut

 

 

BANGKOK, 3rd August 2018 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Gen Chatchai Sarikulya says the National Fisheries Association of Thailand is seeking help from the government to address labor shortages, while dismissing rumors that it is planning to seek assistance from His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051314-govt-considers-buying-decommissioned-fishing-trawlers/

 

PM focuses on Thailand 4.0 at launch of Thailand Industry Expo 2018

Itiporn  Lakarnchua

 

 

BANGKOK, 3rd July 2018 (NNT) – At the launch of the Thailand Industry Expo 2018, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha, announced that to achieve Thailand 4.0, cooperation is needed from all sides and more technology and innovations must utilized. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051315-pm-focuses-on-thailand-40-at-launch-of-thailand-industry-expo-2018/

 

 

Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam collapse will not affect Thailand’s power security: Energy minister

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 3rd August 2018 (NNT) – Energy Minister Siri Jiraphongphan said the partial collapse of a dam under Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Laos’s Attapeu province will not affect Thailand’s power security. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051317-xe-pian-xe-namnoy-dam-collapse-will-not-affect-thailand’s-power-security-energy-minister/

 

Warrant for aiding and abetting a fugitive: new twist in "Hi-So Cherry" murder

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thai media said that police were preparing a warrant for the arrest of the younger brother of "Go" in the murder of high society businesswoman Thitima Tangwiboonpanich.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051319-warrant-for-aiding-and-abetting-a-fugitive-new-twist-in-hi-so-cherry-murder/

Cop shop visitor joins his mate in the cells after bringing him drugs for dinner

 

Image: Sanook

 

A hapless friend visiting his mate in the cells of a police station ended up joining him in there after bringing him "krathom tea" contained in a soy milk carton.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051321-cop-shop-visitor-joins-his-mate-in-the-cells-after-bringing-him-drugs-for-dinner/

Who'd be a landlord! Two renters from hell hit the Thai news

 

Image: Sanook

 

Two separate stories about disgraceful renters of condos are doing the rounds of Thai social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051322-whod-be-a-landlord-two-renters-from-hell-hit-the-thai-news/

Why is Thailand heaven for foreign criminals? Thai media talk to immigration

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

In what they called an all bases covered exclusive influential Thai media posed a question to a leading figure at Thai immigration:

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051324-why-is-thailand-heaven-for-foreign-criminals-thai-media-talk-to-immigration/

Closing Maya Bay cost the Thais 35 million baht in just one month

 

Image: Thai language PBS

 

The head of the national park in Krabi responsible for Maya Bay has said that the closure of the beach to tourists had cost his coffers up to 35 million baht in July alone. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051327-closing-maya-bay-cost-the-thais-35-million-baht-in-just-one-month/

Thailand and Big Joke roll out the red carpet for VIP tourists: they mean the Chinese

 

Image: The Tourist Police Bureau

 

A special lane at Suvarnabhumi airport has been inaugurated - it is for the ease and convenience of Chinese visitors. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051325-thailand-and-big-joke-roll-out-the-red-carpet-for-vip-tourists-they-mean-the-chinese/

"Sex moans" coming from next door - Thai TV and a lawyer take up the case!

 

Image: Sanook

 

Thailand's Amarin TV went to visit a woman staying at some flats who has had a lot of problems sleeping because of urgent female noises coming from next door.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051330-sex-moans-coming-from-next-door-thai-tv-and-a-lawyer-take-up-the-case/

Maldives man found with 800 grams of heroin at Don Muang airport.

 

Image: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a Maldives national was arrested at the departures terminal of Don Muang airport yesterday by drugs suppression police. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051331-maldives-man-found-with-800-grams-of-heroin-at-don-muang-airport/

Sabai Sabai! Thai train roof traveler says he can't stand the crowds

 

Image: Sanook

 

Thai TV got involved in the case of a Thai man who was caught travelling on the roof of a train bound for the north.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051332-sabai-sabai-thai-train-roof-traveler-says-he-cant-stand-the-crowds/

Attacks highlights shortage of cyber experts in Thailand

BY THE NATION

 

 

Thailand is facing a shortage of cyber-security experts amid the country’s drive for the digital transformation of the economy and society, according to Kitti Kosavisutte, chairman of the Thailand Banking Sector-Computer Emergency Response Team (TB-CERT).

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/attacks-highlights-shortage-cyber-experts-thailand/29314/

U.S. pledges nearly $300 million security funding for Southeast Asia

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Singapore August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged on Saturday to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051334-us-pledges-nearly-300-million-security-funding-for-southeast-asia/

U.S. Democratic candidates told not to use ZTE, Huawei devices - source

 

FILE PHOTO: A ZTE smart phone is pictured in this illustration taken April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Illustration/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee warned party candidates running in November elections not to use devices made by Chinese telecommunications companies ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies because they pose a security risk, a Democratic source said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051335-us-democratic-candidates-told-not-to-use-zte-huawei-devices-source/

Pompeo says optimistic about ending North Korea's nuclear programme

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends the 8th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Singapore August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday the process of ending North Korea's nuclear programme would take time but he was optimistic that it would be done within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051336-pompeo-says-optimistic-about-ending-north-koreas-nuclear-programme/

Thousands more evacuated from California's largest wildfire

 

FILE PHOTO: A blackened landscape is shown from wildfire damage near Keswick, California. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage

 

(Reuters) - Thousands more mountain residents were evacuated from the path of California's biggest wildfire on Friday as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds driving one of the state's worst fire seasons in a decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051337-thousands-more-evacuated-from-californias-largest-wildfire/

U.S. court orders Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA program

By Andrew Chung

 

FILE PHOTO: Activists and DACA recipients march up Broadway during the start of their 'Walk to Stay Home,' a five-day 250-mile walk from New York to Washington D.C., to demand that Congress pass a Clean Dream Act, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must fully restore a program that protects from deportation some young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children, including accepting new applications for the program.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051339-us-court-orders-trump-administration-to-fully-reinstate-daca-program/

 

Pattaya baht bus driver returns bag with 50k THB cash to Indian tourist

 

Image: Sanook

 

An Indian tourist in Pattaya has thanked a baht bus driver for returning his bag which contained 50,000 baht in cash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051340-pattaya-baht-bus-driver-returns-bag-with-50k-thb-cash-to-indian-tourist/

Man arrested, big drug haul seized after Chiang Rai checkpoint chase

By The Nation

 

A suspected drug mule was arrested and 4.8 million methamphetamine pills and 978 kilograms of crystal meth or “ice” were seized after two pickup trucks sped through a road checkpoint in Chiang Rai early Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051341-man-arrested-big-drug-haul-seized-after-chiang-rai-checkpoint-chase/

 

Red shirts warn Prayut to avoid repeat of 1992 ‘Black May’

By The Nation

 

A red-shirt leader on Saturday warned Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha of possible bloodshed similar to “Black May” if he perpetuates his political power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051342-red-shirts-warn-prayut-to-avoid-repeat-of-1992-‘black-may’/

 

Jatuporn leaves jail to warm red-shirt welcome 

By The Nation

 

 

Jatuporn Promphan, head of the red-shirt movement, was released from the Bangkok Remand Prison on Saturday morning to a warm welcome by some 100 red-shirt supporters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051343-jatuporn-leaves-jail-to-warm-red-shirt-welcome/

 

Accountant of ex-Trump aide Manafort testifies she helped falsify documents

By Sarah N. Lynch, Nathan Layne and Karen Freifeld

 

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on charges of witness tampering, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files

 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump's one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in trial testimony on Friday that she helped backdate documents and falsify financial records at Manafort and his business partner's request to reduce his tax burden and help him qualify for loans.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051348-accountant-of-ex-trump-aide-manafort-testifies-she-helped-falsify-documents/

 

North Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program - confidential U.N. report

By Michelle Nichols

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Pyongyang Trolley Bus Factory and the Bus Repair Factory in Pyongyang, North Korea in this photo released August 4, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA/ via REUTERS

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051345-north-korea-has-not-stopped-nuclear-missile-program-confidential-un-report/

 

PM thanks US for return of Ban Chiang artefacts

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanks the United State government for the return of 12 pre-historic artefacts of the Ban Chiang era to Thailand and all parties concerned for their hard work which made the recall bid a success, government spokesman Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051351-pm-thanks-us-for-return-of-ban-chiang-artefacts/

 

Prayut govt barely passes four-year performance test: survey

By The Nation

 

Image: Reuters

 

The government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha got a bare pass mark performance test, attaining just 5.06 out of 10 points after four years in office, an opinion survey has found.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051352-prayut-govt-barely-passes-four-year-performance-test-survey/

 

‘Wild Boars’ finish ordination as Buddhist novices

By The Nation

 

 

Eleven “Wild Boar” footballers left their nine-day ordination as Buddhist novices on Saturday morning, in which they made merit for their hero, an ex-Navy Seal who died during their rescue from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051353-‘wild-boars’-finish-ordination-as-buddhist-novices/ 

 

Unsafe boats grounded in Phuket boat safety crackdown
By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: Ten boats operating in Phuket have been banned from operating as they have been deemed unsafe in the ongoing crackdown on marine safety in the wake of the Phoenix tour boat disaster that killed 47 tourists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051355-unsafe-boats-grounded-in-phuket-boat-safety-crackdown/

 

Phuket nightclub guard arrested for previous murder
By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: Police in Phuket last night (Aug 3) arrested a nightclub security staffer wanted for a murder in Surat Thani 10 years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051356-phuket-nightclub-guard-arrested-for-previous-murder/

 

Celebrity rappers ordered held in custody for a month pending trial after French airport brawl

 

French rapper Booba performs during the 16th Mawazine World Rhythms International Music Festival in Rabat, Morocco May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French judges ruled on Saturday that two celebrity rappers should be held in custody ahead of their trial in a month's time following a brawl in the departure lounge of a Paris airport earlier this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1051385-celebrity-rappers-ordered-held-in-custody-for-a-month-pending-trial-after-french-airport-brawl/