Bangkok man shot dead after attempt to mediate brother’s gang feud

By The Nation

 

 

A man was shot dead on a Bangkok soi early on Wednesday, allegedly by a rival of his younger brother, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057935-bangkok-man-shot-dead-after-attempt-to-mediate-brother’s-gang-feud/

 

Viral clip: Is it a ghost or child’s imaginary friend?

By The Naion

 

video screenshot

 

A video clip of a mother asking her young girl who she was talking to when there were only two of them present has gone viral on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057938-viral-clip-is-it-a-ghost-or-child’s-imaginary-friend/

 

Fish spa owner plunges his head in - says foreign media are just out to discredit Thailand

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The owner of hundreds of fish spas nationwide has lashed out at an Australian woman and the foreign media for discrediting Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057939-fish-spa-owner-plunges-his-head-in-says-foreign-media-are-just-out-to-discredit-thailand/

 

Thai man, 30, dies in Phuket motorbike crash

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The motorbike was owned by one of Bancha Sangswang’s co-workers. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A 30-year-old Thai man died last night when he crashed his Yamaha motorbike at the entrance to Soi Banga in Pa Khlok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057941-thai-man-30-dies-in-phuket-motorbike-crash/

 

Major power blackout to affect Karon

By The Phuket News

 

The shut-off is necessary as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage power cables in the area. Photo: Phuket PEA

 

PHUKET: The Provincial Electrical Authority (PEA) Patong office has announced a scheduled blackout in Karon from 9am to 5pm tomorrow (Sept 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057942-major-power-blackout-to-affect-karon/

 

Police commander follows up on shooting of a man who ran a checkpoint

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The Phuket Provincial Police Commander has followed up the case where a Thai man was shot after breaking through a police checkpoint.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057943-police-commander-follows-up-on-shooting-of-a-man-who-ran-a-checkpoint/

 

Dead in minutes! Koh Phangan has box jellyfish warning ahead of Full Moon Party

 

 

The Surat Thaini governor has ordered urgent action to protect tourists after deadly box jellyfish that can kill in two minutes were found at Koh Phangan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057945-dead-in-minutes-koh-phangan-has-box-jellyfish-warning-ahead-of-full-moon-party/

 

North Korea to invite foreign experts to permanently scrap missile sites

By Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee

 

South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as they arrive for their meeting at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) September 19, 2018. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to "permanently" abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, and is willing to close its main nuclear complex if the United States takes reciprocal action, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057946-north-korea-to-invite-foreign-experts-to-permanently-scrap-missile-sites/

 

Relatives furious as gruesome murder reenactment moved from scene to police HQ

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that relatives of the grandmother and granddaughter viciously murdered by a Laotian man were kept away from the reenactment of the crime. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057950-relatives-furious-as-gruesome-murder-reenactment-moved-from-scene-to-police-hq/

 

Saen Saeb Canal gets traffic sign test in effort to reduce boat accidents

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Harbour Department will install traffic signs and lights on the Saen Saeb Canal as a pilot project to try to prevent boat accidents, a deputy department chief said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057951-saen-saeb-canal-gets-traffic-sign-test-in-effort-to-reduce-boat-accidents/

 

Electrical Fire Near Central Ladprao Leaves 2 Hospitalized

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Firefighters respond to a fire early Wednesday morning near Central Plaza Lardprao in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A tangle of overhead utility cables caught fire near a Bangkok shopping mall early Wednesday morning, sparking a blaze that injured two people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057953-electrical-fire-near-central-ladprao-leaves-2-hospitalized/

 

How Foreign Investors Can Own Land In Thailand

By Wirot Poonsuwan, Attorney-at-Law

 

 

Designed to protect Thai businesses from foreign competition, the infamous Foreign Business Act of 1999 can be a stumbling block for offshore investors doing business in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057955-how-foreign-investors-can-own-land-in-thailand/

 

mu Space affirms plan to develop IoT to support future 5G technology

 

James-Yenbamroong presenting mu Space's mission to the public

 

Bangkok, 19 September 2018 -- Space technology company mu Space Corp is on track to developing its first Internet of Things (IoT) product that will be powered by 5G network. mu Space’s chief executive revealed today at Thailand Digital Big Bang that the company is now working on finalizing the product’s design and functionality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057959-mu-space-affirms-plan-to-develop-iot-to-support-future-5g-technology/

 

What price a life? Man faces just one month jail after his vicious dogs kill four year old riding her bike

 

 

A four year old girl out playing innocently on her bicycle was savagely mauled to death by three dogs that got out of a neighbor's yard. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057963-what-price-a-life-man-faces-just-one-month-jail-after-his-vicious-dogs-kill-four-year-old-riding-her-bike/

 

Sek Loso Is No-Show For Court Verdict

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Sek Loso and his girlfriend arrive at a court in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Jan. 15, 2018.

 

BANGKOK — Rocker Sek Loso failed to appear to hear the verdict on charges related to firearms and drugs today because he is undergoing treatment, his lawyer said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057966-sek-loso-is-no-show-for-court-verdict/

 

Shocking crime as three secondary school boys rape four year old in school toilets

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

Paveena Hongsakul and the Chonburi provincial police chief attended a news conference after it emerged that a four year old was raped in the school toilets by three boys in Mathayom 2 (the second year of secondary).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057967-shocking-crime-as-three-secondary-school-boys-rape-four-year-old-in-school-toilets/

 

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Family gets funeral help after daughter killed by neighbour’s three dogs

By Sutthipong Settharangsi 
The Nation

 

The family of a four-year-old girl has been provided with initial funeral assistance by local authorities after a neighbour’s three dogs mauled her to death in Chaiyaphum's Ban Khwao district on Tuesday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057963-what-price-a-life-man-faces-just-one-month-jail-after-his-vicious-dogs-kill-four-year-old-riding-her-bike/?do=findComment&comment=13380057

 

Chinese tourist in coma after being rescued from surf at Mai Khao Beach

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: Kusoldharm rescue workers/Mai Khao rescue workers / Newshawk Phuket

 

A Chinese tourist remains in a coma after being pulled out from the surf at Mai Khao Beach today (September 19).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057980-chinese-tourist-in-coma-after-being-rescued-from-surf-at-mai-khao-beach/

 

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Teacher fired after kindergarten student raped at toilet

By The Nation

 

A Chon Buri kindergarten teacher has been fired for negligence after her four-year-old student was allegedly sexually molested and violated by three Mathayom 2 schoolboys aged 15-17 while going alone to a toilet within the school compound on August 4, Amarin TV reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057967-shocking-crime-as-three-secondary-school-boys-rape-four-year-old-in-school-toilets/?do=findComment&comment=13380091

 

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Two workers injured by fumes as fire hits Bangkok photo shop

By The Nation

 

 

Two women were injured from inhaling fumes after a Bangkok photo shop was hit by a fire that spread from a short-circuited power cable early on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057953-electrical-fire-near-central-ladprao-leaves-2-hospitalized/?do=findComment&comment=13380101

 

Decade-Long Fight For Justice Costs Injured Man Deeply

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

At left, a soldier aims his rifle at Redshirt protesters on April 14, 2009, from an overpass in Bangkok. At right, a recent photo of Sawai Thongom displaying the gunshot wound that left him without use of his hand.

 

BANGKOK — Soon after Sawai Thongom recovered from a gunshot wound sutained in a 2009 protest against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva that left one hand unusable, he began fighting for compensation. Months later, a court ruled Abhisit and the armed forces forces must pay him 1.2 million baht for the crackdown that left him handicapped.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057984-decade-long-fight-for-justice-costs-injured-man-deeply/

 

20 Chinese ‘fraudsters’ held after Pattaya raids

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

Twenty Chinese citizens were arrested in two raids in Pattaya and were charged with opening websites to deceive their compatriots in China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057986-20-chinese-‘fraudsters’-held-after-pattaya-raids/

 

Cabinet gives approval to several proposals at retreat in Petchabun

 

 

PETCHABUN, 19 September 2018 (NNT) – The Thai Cabinet has given approval to transport and logistics development plans for the lower north and upper northeastern regions, including a plan to improve airports in four provinces in anticipation of increased tourism. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057989-cabinet-gives-approval-to-several-proposals-at-retreat-in-petchabun/

 

Nakhon Si Thammarat reacts after local beef tainted by rabies

 

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 19th September 2018 (NNT) – Livestock authorities in Nakhon Si Thammarat are providing aid to a resident in Phromkiri district, believed to have consumed beef tainted with rabies but the Ministry of Public Health has given an assurance that there has been no report of rabies contraction through the eating of beef. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057990-nakhon-si-thammarat-reacts-after-local-beef-tainted-by-rabies/

 

Phuket launches plastic-busting initiative

By The Nation

 

 

The Phuket Hotels Association and the US Embassy, through a Science Fellowship Programme, have partnered to tackle waste management challenges in Phuket with a goal to significantly reduce single-use plastics at Phuket’s hotels.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057991-phuket-launches-plastic-busting-initiative/

 

Train injures driver in Songkhla

By The Nation

 

screenshot Nation TV

 

A driver was injured when his car was hit by a train in Songkhla's Hat Yai district on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057994-train-injures-driver-in-songkhla/

 

Chinese tourists injured in Phuket minivan accident

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: Sayan Thammaphan

 

Three Chinese tourists have been injured after a minivan they were travelling in rear-ended an 18 wheeler truck in Chalong today (September 19).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057997-chinese-tourists-injured-in-phuket-minivan-accident/

 

Govt bans pigeon feeding

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and other agencies to ban the feeding of wild pigeons, government spokesman Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1057998-thai-govt-bans-pigeon-feeding/

 

Suvarnabhumi to upgrade security after K-fan breach

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — Suvarnabhumi International Airport said Wednesday it will spend 20 million baht to step up security after two obsessive fans of a Korean film star impersonated customs employees to sneak into sensitive areas.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058006-suvarnabhumi-to-upgrade-security-after-k-fan-breach/

 

IconSiam due to open November 9

By The Nation

 

 

IconSiam, the Bt54-billion development on the Chao Phraya River, today, has confirmed that it will open November 9.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1058007-iconsiam-due-to-open-november-9/