It's win-win for "win" and his pretty "pretty"

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An attractive Thai working woman has spoken about her undying love for her motorcycle taxi riding boyfriend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054035-its-win-win-for-win-and-his-pretty-pretty/

 

Bill error: Sa Kaew school gets demand to pay Bt4.5 million power fee

By The Nation

 

 

A school in Sa Kaew’s Ta Phraya district was sent a bill of Bt4.5 million for a power meter that it had stopped using.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054036-bill-error-sa-kaew-school-gets-demand-to-pay-bt45-million-power-fee/

 

Waste water flowing in Mudong Canal

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Local residents near Mudong Canal in Wichit, Phuket, are calling for officials to clean up their act after wastewater has been flound flowing in the canal and out to the sea. Dead animals have also found floating in the canal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054037-waste-water-flowing-in-mudong-canal-in-wichit-phuket/

 

Asean journalists call for media to help lead battle against fake news

By The Nation

 

Representatives of the member countries of the Confederation of Asean Journalists link arms for a photo session to demonstrate their commitment to fight against fake news at a forum held in Bangkok on Tuesday.

 

Recognising fake news as a global challenge, media representatives of Asean countries agreed on Tuesday that the fight against falsehoods and disinformation must be a joint effort of all stake-holders in their societies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054038-asean-journalists-call-for-media-to-help-lead-battle-against-fake-news/

 

A mother's revenge: Burmese woman beats her relative to death after he raped her daughter

 

"A mother's revenge!" //Thai Rath

 

A Burmese woman living in Chonburi returned to her homeland leaving her daughter in the care of a relative while she was gone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054041-a-mothers-revenge-burmese-woman-beats-her-relative-to-death-after-he-raped-her-daughter/

 

Retiring Army chief still fit and firm

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Army chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart, who will retire at the end of September, on Thursday morning racked up scores of 100 percent on the physical fitness test for young troops.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054043-retiring-army-chief-still-fit-and-firm/

 

Australian PM tenure looks terminal, leadership crisis suspends parliament

 

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, August 21, 2018. Picture taken August 21, 2018. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS

 

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's tenure looked doomed on Thursday with his government adjourning parliament to struggle with an internecine leadership battle which saw ministers desert Turnbull and call for a second leadership vote.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054044-australian-pm-tenure-looks-terminal-leadership-crisis-suspends-parliament/

 

Mourning man walks from Trang to Doi Inthanon with girlfriend’s ashes

By The Nation

 

 

An Udon Thani man has spent over a year walking from Trang to Doi Inthanon mountain in Chiang Mai to spread the ashes of his girlfriend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054046-mourning-man-walks-from-trang-to-doi-inthanon-with-girlfriend’s-ashes/

 

U.S., China set to impose more tit-for-tat tariffs, escalating trade war

By Tony Munroe and David Lawder

 

FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the U.S Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

 

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China were poised to escalate their trade war on Thursday, with both sides set to implement punitive 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion worth of the other's goods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054050-us-china-set-to-impose-more-tit-for-tat-tariffs-escalating-trade-war/

 

Two Chiang Rai districts swamped by flash floods

By The Nation 

 

FILE photo

 

At least two schools were closed when flash floods swept through villages in two Chiang Rai districts at about 3am on Thursday following heavy rain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054057-two-chiang-rai-districts-swamped-by-flash-floods/

 

Phuket garage owner arrested with drugs and firearms

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Sakoo Police have arrested a garage owner and seized drugs, firearms and bullets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054059-phuket-garage-owner-arrested-with-drugs-and-firearms/

 

Work being done nationwide to deal with flooding

 

 

NONG KHAI, 23 August 2018 (NNT) – While the water levels in the Mekong River flowing through Nong Khai have dropped, they remain 1.4 meters above its tributaries, slowing drainage being done in preparation for more water from the north and forecast rains. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054060-work-being-done-nationwide-to-deal-with-flooding/

 

SEC rejects nine proposals for bitcoin ETFs

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hangs on the wall at SEC headquarters in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday rejected applications for nine bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) from three separate companies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054063-sec-rejects-nine-proposals-for-bitcoin-etfs/

 

Out-bound Vibhavadi Rangsit to close on night of Aug 25

 

 

The out-bound lanes of the Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway will be closed at kilometre marker 24+279 from 10 pm on Aug 25 to 4 am on Aug 26 for the installation of five steel girders on the bridge under construction across the highway into the Don Mueang international airport, the Highways Department announced.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054064-out-bound-vibhavadi-rangsit-to-close-on-night-of-aug-25/

 

Thailand wins two prestigious awards at 8th World Puppet Carnival, Russia

 

 

Young Thai puppet art performers of Nataya Bangkok Club have won two prestigious awards – Best Traditional Show Award and Audience Award – in the 8th World Puppet Carnival in Yekaterinburg, Russia. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054065-thailand-wins-two-prestigious-awards-at-8th-world-puppet-carnival-russia/

 

Army chief insists soldier fighting for his life not a victim of discipline

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Army chief Gen Chalermchai Sitthisart has insisted that a 22-year-old infantry private who is struggling to survive went into cardiac arrest during a fistfight with another soldier, not while being disciplined.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054067-army-chief-insists-soldier-fighting-for-his-life-not-a-victim-of-discipline/

 

Suphan Buri man shoots estranged wife in murder-suicide

By The Nation

 

Picture: Komchadlueck

 

Police believe a Suphan Buri man shot dead his estranged wife on Thursday morning and then turned the gun on himself.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054075-suphan-buri-man-shoots-estranged-wife-in-murder-suicide/

 

Farang Marriage Training Clinic Opens In Khon Kaen

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Gen. Anantaporn Kanchanarat, minister of Social Development and Human Security, left, greets Farang and Thai attendees at the opening of the Thai Daughter-in-Law, Farang Son-in-Law Clinic Wednesday in Khon Kaen.

 

KHON KAEN — The first training center to advise and help Thai wives with farang husbands opened Wednesday in Isaan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054068-farang-marriage-training-clinic-opens-in-khon-kaen/

 

Body of missing Korat woman found floating on river

By The Nation

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The body of a woman reported missing on Monday was found floating in the Mool River in Nakhon Ratchasima two days later, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054078-body-of-missing-korat-woman-found-floating-on-river/

 

Wild Boars boys thank the world for teaching them ‘love’

 

 

The 12 Wild Boars soccer players and their coach who captured the world’s attention last month while stranded in the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai said they wanted to thank for the world for the outpouring of love and support that went into rescuing them from a harrowing subterranean ordeal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054081-wild-boars-boys-thank-the-world-for-teaching-them-‘love’/

 

Landslides, flash floods hit Phang Nga

By The Nation

 

 

Several roads and villages in Phang Nga were hit with hillside runoff and landslides on Thursday morning following heavy rain overnight, the authorities said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054082-landslides-flash-floods-hit-phang-nga/

 

Video: Raining INSIDE the BTS - what's that all about, asks Thai media

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath asked why it would be raining inside a crowded BTS train this morning?

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054084-video-raining-inside-the-bts-whats-that-all-about-asks-thai-media/

 

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Four religions join in prayer ceremony for Phoenix boat victims

By The Thaiger

 

 

A prayer ceremony has been held at Saphan Hin for the 47 victims of the Phoenix boat disaster. The ceremony represented the four different religions of people who drowned on the evening of July 5.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1053937-mass-prayer-ceremony-held-for-victims-of-the-phoenix-boat-disaster/

 

Tax boss targets online shopping 

By The Nation 

 

Kulit

 

The Customs Department has stepped up its tax collection for online shopping and provided more convenient services for taxpayers, Kulit Sombatsiri, director general of the Customs Department, said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054085-thai-customs-department-targets-online-shopping/

 

"Big Bike Man" who stole tourist's shoes arrested after coordinated police manhunt

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A large police manhunt that also involved the local authority has tracked down "Big Bike Man" who pinched a foreigner's shoes at Wat Doi Suthep.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054087-big-bike-man-who-stole-tourists-shoes-arrested-after-coordinated-police-manhunt/

 

100 investigators to join ‘Phoenix’ probe, says Tourism Minister
By The Phuket News

 

Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat (left) joined the mass ceremony at Saphan Hin last night (Aug 22) to honour the spirits of the 47 Chinese tourists who died in the ‘Phoenix’ tour boat disaster. Photo: PR Dept

 

Minister Weerasak was in Phuket yesterday (Aug 22) to join the mass ceremonies to honour spirits of those lost to the Phoenix tour boat disaster, which killed 47 Chinese tourists when it capsized and sank in a storm off Koh Hei (Coral Island) on July 5.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054088-100-investigators-to-join-‘phoenix’-probe-says-tourism-minister/

 

Police officers suspended amid sex-bribe claims

By Sutthipong Settharangsi 
The Nation

 

 

Three police commanders in Chaiyaphum's Muang district have reportedly been transferred to inactive posts, pending a probe over bribe allegations involving underage prostitution.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054091-chaiyaphum-police-officers-suspended-amid-sex-bribe-claims/

 

Only in Thailand? Drains built ABOVE the road

 

Pictures (3): Manager Online

 

Villagers in Kalasin province in Thailand's north east can't believe what the local authority have done.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054092-only-in-thailand-drains-built-above-the-road/

 

Location on hills in Patong, Karon and Kata to lose pressure Friday

By The Thaiger

 

 

The Phuket Water Authority (PWA) has announced that the water supply in some areas of Patong, Kata and Karon will be shut off from 9am to 5pm Friday (August 24).

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/location-on-hills-in-patong-karon-and-kata-to-lose-pressure-friday

 

One killed in knife attack in Paris suburb - source

 

PARIS (Reuters) - One person was killed and two seriously wounded in a knife attack in the Paris suburb of Trappes, a police source said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054094-one-killed-in-knife-attack-in-paris-suburb-source/