Fewer Chinese group tours but more going solo to Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Chiang Mai News reported the good news and the bad news for tourism in the capital of the north of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065908-fewer-chinese-group-tours-but-more-going-solo-to-chiang-mai/

 

Trump says he expects 'great deal' with China, but more tariffs if not

 

A cargo ship is seen behind containers at an automated container terminal in Qingdao port, Shandong province, China October 1, 2018. Picture taken October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks there will be "a great deal" with China on trade, but warned that he has billions of dollars worth of new tariffs ready to go if a deal isn't possible.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065912-trump-says-he-expects-great-deal-with-china-but-more-tariffs-if-not/

 

Pattaya hotel blaze triggers stampede for exits

By The Nation

 

Picture: Channel 3

 

A fire at a well-known hotel in Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach caused panic in the early hours of Wednesday as guests were plunged into darkness and corridors began filling with smoke.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065914-pattaya-hotel-blaze-triggers-stampede-for-exits/

 

Trump visits Pittsburgh to console but stirs anger among protesters

By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Steve Holland

 

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the wake of the shooting at the synagogue where 11 people were killed and six people were wounded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the Pittsburgh synagogue attacked by an anti-Semitic gunman and lit candles for each of the 11 slain worshippers, while thousands protested his presence in the city and victims' families began burying their dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065917-trump-visits-pittsburgh-to-console-but-stirs-anger-among-protesters/

 

BMA prepares new venue for Red Cross Fair

 

 

BANGKOK, 31 October 2018 (NNT) - The government's plan to relocate the Red Cross Fair from Amporn Gardens to Lumpini Park, Bangkok, has prompted the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to draft strict regulations to prevent the green area from being damaged by thousands of people expected to attend the event. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065918-bma-prepares-new-venue-for-red-cross-fair/

 

Pathum Thani man electrocuted while trying to catch fish

By The Nation

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

An afternoon fishing trip ended in tragedy on Tuesday when a Pathum Thani man was electrocuted beside a rice-field drainage ditch in Klong Luang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065919-pathum-thani-man-electrocuted-while-trying-to-catch-fish/

 

Interior Ministry: Thai Niyom Yang Yuen Project progressing well

 

 

BANGKOK, 31 October 2018 (NNT) — The Ministry of the Interior has confirmed continued progress in the execution of the government’s Thai Niyom Yang Yuen project; an official update on this initiative will be publicly announced in November. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065922-interior-ministry-thai-niyom-yang-yuen-project-progressing-well/

 

Special counsel Mueller's team asks FBI to probe 'false claims' against him

 

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein -/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked the FBI to look into claims that women were offered money to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Mueller, who leads the probe into Russia's attempts to influence the U.S. election in 2016.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065925-special-counsel-muellers-team-asks-fbi-to-probe-false-claims-against-him/

 

Three injured in 12-vehicle pile-up in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

Nation TV

 

An 18-wheel truck lost control on the down ramp of a Ramkhamhaeng Road flyover in Bangkok's Bang Kapi district, crashing into two vehicles and causing a chain reaction that caught up a dozen vehicles late on Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065926-three-injured-in-12-vehicle-pile-up-in-bangkok/

 

Bangkok gets that sinking feeling

The city is reaching skyward, but its foundations are under water

KEN BARRETT

 

MahaNakhon is Bangkok's tallest skyscraper, but not for long.   © Reuters

 

It is a habit of mine to take out-of-town visitors to Vertigo, a restaurant on the roof of Bangkok's 60-story Thai Wah Tower 2, where I point to a stumpy building peering shyly from the surrounding forest of towers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065927-bangkok-gets-that-sinking-feeling/

 

Phuket Carnival at Patong “ready to rock Phuket”

By The Thaiger

 

 

The five day Patong annual carnival, this year themed “The Colours of Patong Beach”, starts tomorrow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065928-phuket-carnival-at-patong-“ready-to-rock-phuket”/

 

Indian tourist arrested for exchanging fake UK banknotes

By The Nation

 

 

An Indian woman was arrested at a hotel on Koh Samui in Surat Thani on Tuesday after allegedly handing over counterfeit UK currency at an exchange booth.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065933-indian-tourist-arrested-for-exchanging-fake-uk-banknotes-on-koh-samui/

 

DEATH SPIN 

Horrifying new footage shows moment Leicester owner’s helicopter leaves stadium before plummeting to the ground in fatal crash

New video, which The Sun has passed to investigators, shows Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter violently spinning before falling out of the sky at terrifying speed

By Rob Pattinson and Chloe Mayer

 

The helicopter taking off from the King Power Stadium pitch//The SUN

 

THE helicopter carrying Leicester City’s billionaire owner is seen in a new video moments before spinning fatally out of control.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065940-horrifying-new-footage-shows-moment-leicester-owner’s-helicopter-leaves-stadium-before-plummeting-to-the-ground-in-fatal-crash/

 

Mystery woman found dead on hill and buried in coffin marked 'unknown female' may have been 'Thai bride'

Police say the circumstances surrounding the death have "remained suspicious" since she was discovered in 2004

 

'Unknown female' is inscribed on the coffin of the mystery woman (Image: Guzelian)

 

A woman whose body was found in a remote hillside stream 14 years ago, may have been a "Thai bride".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065944-mystery-woman-found-dead-in-uk-and-buried-in-coffin-marked-unknown-female-may-have-been-thai-bride/

 

Drivers association to launch new taxi service after fare hike refused

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

A new taxi service offering unlimited rides for a monthly fee of Bt10,200 is set for launch early next year in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065946-drivers-association-to-launch-new-taxi-service-after-fare-hike-refused/

 

Motorcycle cops ready to rescue school chauffeurs from traffic snarls

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok parents stuck in traffic while trying to chauffeur their kids to school can now call in motorcycle police to fish them out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065957-motorcycle-cops-ready-to-rescue-school-chauffeurs-from-traffic-snarls/

 

Three Taiwanese, one Shan arrested after heroin seized in Chiang Mai

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Police in Chiang Mai on Tuesday arrested three men – one Shan and three Taiwanese – and seized 200 bars of heroin worth Bt200 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065958-three-taiwanese-one-shan-arrested-after-heroin-seized-in-chiang-mai/

 

Tourists behaving badly – why do some travellers conduct themselves differently on holiday?

Plus, surge in rubella cases in Japan prompts Hong Kong and US to issue a travel warning, especially for pregnant women

BY MERCEDES HUTTON

 

According to currency exchange company Travelex, holidays provide “rare occasions when we break free from our daily routine and give ourselves the freedom to focus on new experiences and, most importantly, ourselves”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065960-tourists-behaving-badly-–-why-do-some-travellers-conduct-themselves-differently-on-holiday/

 

Koh Samet Says No More Plastic Bags Or Styrofoam On Island

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

A file photo of tourists arriving on Koh Samet.

 

RAYONG — The top parks official on Koh Samet said Wednesday that plastic bags and styrofoam will no longer be welcome there as of tomorrow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065962-koh-samet-says-no-more-plastic-bags-or-styrofoam-on-island/

 

Second hanging from same Chon Buri tree fuels rumours of haunting

By The Nation

 

A second hanging from the same tree in Chon Buri has sparked rumours that the Jambolan plum might be haunted.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065963-second-hanging-from-same-chon-buri-tree-fuels-rumours-of-haunting/

 

Chinese teenager sticks body out of car sunroof on expressway, dies after crashing into sign

Ng Huiwen

 

In the video, the boy can be seen with his upper body out of the sunroof as the car travels on the empty expressway.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM YOUTUBE / YOO N

 

A 13-year-old Chinese boy who was spotted with his upper body sticking out of a car sunroof on an expressway died on Sunday (Oct 28) after he crashed into a sign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065965-chinese-teenager-sticks-body-out-of-car-sunroof-on-expressway-dies-after-crashing-into-sign/

 

All overstayers flushed out by month's end, immigration corruption over - Big Joke

 

 

Thailand's super cop "Big Joke" has declared an end to corrupt practices at immigration offices and the deputy chief of police has said that the target for overstayers still in the kingdom by the end of November is "zero".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065969-all-overstayers-flushed-out-by-months-end-immigration-corruption-over-big-joke/

 

Police smash "swinging sex and dating with soi dogs" ring in Thailand

 

 

A group operating out of Chiang Mai used the Line application to offer members the chance to see sex with dogs and the opportunity to meet soi dogs for "swinging sex". 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065978-police-smash-swinging-sex-and-dating-with-soi-dogs-ring-in-thailand/

 

Nationality revealed! Desperate woman caught peeing from taxi is American

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media has revealed that the woman caught on tape having a pee from a taxi near the Asoke intersection in Bangkok is an American woman. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065980-nationality-revealed-desperate-woman-caught-peeing-from-taxi-is-american/

 

It's official! Beer on tap cannot be sold at 7/11s from today

 

Picture: Sanook

 

It is now officially illegal for draught beer to be sold at convenience stores. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065983-its-official-beer-on-tap-cannot-be-sold-at-711s-from-today/

 

Apple spruces up Macs, iPad Pros and raises prices

BY REUTERS 

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple launch event in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc refreshed some of its lesser-known products at a New York event on Tuesday, adding iPhone features like facial recognition to the iPad Pro and faster processors and better displays to some Mac computers that had gone years without a major update.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-spruces-macs-ipad-pros-raises-prices/29381/

New Year present from the Thai government: Medical ganja on the way!

 

 

Government representatives are confident that the final barriers to the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes will soon come down. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1065994-new-year-present-from-the-thai-government-medical-ganja-on-the-way/

 

Justin Timberlake Reveals He Wrote Iconic Britney Spears Breakup Song ‘Cry Me A River’ Two Hours After Split

By Brandy Robidoux

 

 

In an excerpt from his new book, Justin Timberlake revealed some important new details surrounding his classic Britney Spears breakup anthem, ‘Cry Me A River.’

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066012-justin-timberlake-reveals-he-wrote-iconic-britney-spears-breakup-song-‘cry-me-a-river’-two-hours-after-split/

 

Game of Thrones prequel title confirmed by George RR Martin as Naomi Watts cast in lead role

By Jacob Stolworthy

 

 

George RR Martin has confirmed the title of the first Game of Thrones prequel series. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066014-game-of-thrones-prequel-title-confirmed-by-george-rr-martin-as-naomi-watts-cast-in-lead-role/

 

How Natalie Portman Finally Forged Female Friendships in Hollywood

by ZACH JOHNSON

 

Image: Instagram

 

Natalie Portman has always been a girl's girl.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1066016-how-natalie-portman-finally-forged-female-friendships-in-hollywood/