Man escapes after killing ex-girlfriend in Mai Khao

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHOTOS: Tha Chatchai Police

 

 

Police are now hunting for a man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in Mai Khao yesterday before escaping. Police believe the violent act was over jealousy. The two had been together for three months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067219-man-escapes-after-killing-ex-girlfriend-in-mai-khao/

 

Terminal 2 at U-Tapao airport to be fully opened in February

By The Nation

 

File photo: Prachat

 

The second passenger terminal building at U-Tapao International Airport will be fully opened in February, the airport's director said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067222-terminal-2-at-u-tapao-airport-to-be-fully-opened-in-february/

 

VIDEO: Thursday News From Thailand - 8th November 2018 fabulous TV Pattaya

 

 

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067223-thursday-news-from-thailand-8th-november-2018-fabulous-tv-pattaya/

 

PM promises income opportunities during visit to Kanchanaburi

 

 

KANCHANABURI, 8 November 2018 (NNT) – Thailand's Prime Minister has promised citizens in Kanchanaburi full care and support to grow income opportunities. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067225-pm-prayut-promises-income-opportunities-during-visit-to-kanchanaburi/

 

Phoenix recovery team yet to arrive

By Tavee Adam

 

Divers with the Spitz Tech Co Ltd salvage team assess their next step in the months-long attempts to recover the ‘Phoenix’, before they abandoned the project. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: A new salvage team to try to recover the sunken tour boat Phoenix has yet to arrive in Phuket, Maj Ekkachai Siri of Tourist Police confirmed this morning (Nov 8).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067226-phoenix-recovery-team-yet-to-arrive/

 

Doctor feared drowned in Phitsanulok after suicide note found

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Relatives of a doctor in Phitsanulok fear he may have drowned in the Nan River after his motorcycle was found abandoned at a bridge and an apparent suicide note was discovered at his home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067228-doctor-feared-drowned-in-phitsanulok-after-suicide-note-found/

 

Interior Ministry cooperates with NIDA to evaluate performance of Thai Niyom Yangyeun project

 

 

BANGKOK, 8th November 2018 (NNT) - The Ministry of Interior has cooperated with the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) to evaluate the performance of the state-funded Thai Niyom Yangyuen (Sustainable Thainess) project. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067230-interior-ministry-cooperates-with-nida-to-evaluate-performance-of-thai-niyom-yangyeun-project/

 

More than 1,000 secondary schools to be alcohol-free zones

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 8th November 2017 (NNT) -The Ministry of Public Health is determined to make 1,000 secondary schools across Thailand alcohol-free zones to discourage new drinkers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067233-more-than-1000-secondary-schools-across-thailand-to-be-alcohol-free-zones/

 

Thailand's Kasikornbank to invest $50 million in ride-hailing firm Grab

 

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Grab office in Singapore March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Kasikornbank PCL <KBANK.BK> on Thursday said it will invest $50 million in Grab, becoming the latest investor to respond to the Singapore technology startup's ongoing fundraising effort.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067235-thailands-kasikornbank-to-invest-50-million-in-ride-hailing-firm-grab/

 

Australia launches $1.5 billion Pacific fund to counter China's influence

By Colin Packham

 

FILE PHOTO: The new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a news conference in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will offer Pacific countries up to A$3 billion ($2.18 billion) in grants and cheap loans to build infrastructure, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as Canberra seeks to counter China's rising influence in the region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067236-australia-launches-15-billion-pacific-fund-to-counter-chinas-influence/

 

PM opens Green Army, Green Farmer project

 

 

KANCHANABURI, 8th November 2018 (NNT) – The Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, opened the Green Army, Green Farmer project at the 17th Military Circle in Kanchanaburi province on Wednesday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067238-pm-prayut-opens-green-army-green-farmer-project/

 

Krabi hotel accused of dumping garbage at roadside

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Krabi Highway Office plans to take legal action against a hotel in Krabi on Thursday for allegedly dumping garbage on a roadside in Muang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067239-krabi-hotel-accused-of-dumping-garbage-at-roadside/

 

South Korean lawyers press govt for cryptocurrency laws, investor protection

 

Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's lawyers lobbied the government on Thursday to quickly establish a legal framework to help develop the blockchain-based virtual currency industry and protect investors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067240-south-korean-lawyers-press-govt-for-cryptocurrency-laws-investor-protection/

 

TOG anticipates increased revenue during high season

By The Nation

 

Torn Pracharktam, Managing Director of Thai Optical Group

 

TOG Optical Group anticipates increased revenue during the high season from sales of ophthalmic lenses from the EU, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067241-thai-optical-group-anticipates-increased-revenue-during-high-season/

 

7-Eleven launches campaign to 'reduce and stop' use of plastic bags

By The Nation

 

 

Following its “7 Go Green” policy, CP All, the founder of 7-Eleven in Thailand, has begun a campaign to “reduce and stop” plastic bags at its stores nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067243-7-eleven-launches-campaign-to-reduce-and-stop-use-of-plastic-bags/

 

Five arrested after queue-cutting incident at Thai-Lao bridge

By The Nation

 

video screenhot

 

Three Thai and two Lao men were arrested and a rifle equipped with a silencer was seized after a queue-cutting confrontation at a car park in front of the Mukdahan Customs Office at the 2nd Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge into Laos.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067247-five-arrested-after-queue-cutting-incident-at-thai-lao-bridge/

 

PRESS RELEASE

Apple opens first store in Thailand Saturday

 

The glass facades allow for a seamless transition from the store to the river and the city.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067249-apple-opens-first-store-in-thailand-saturday/

 

Chiang Rai man arrested with 300,000 meth pills

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Bangkok police have arrested a Chiang Rai man and seized 300,000 methamphetamine pills.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067250-chiang-rai-man-arrested-with-300000-meth-pills/

 

Shocking video shows mum dragging dog behind car in Surat Thani

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Shocking footage captures the moment a woman in Surat Thani can be seen dragging a dog behind her moving car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067253-shocking-video-shows-mum-dragging-dog-behind-car-in-surat-thani/

 

Boys-Only Club: Halls Of Power Barred To Thai Women

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives Oct. 31, 2017, to Khon Kaen province with members of his cabinet to inspect flood damage.

 

BANGKOK — Ninety-five percent of all seats in the interim assembly are held by men, making Thai women the world’s 10th least represented in the world.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067257-boys-only-club-halls-of-power-barred-to-thai-women/

 

Two Redshirts With ‘Illegal’ Calendars Held On Army Base

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

An image of a 2019 Thaksin-Yingluck calendar.

 

BANGKOK — Soldiers briefly detained and questioned two Redshirt activists about calendars showing faces of former leaders Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra, a local police chief said Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067263-two-redshirts-with-‘illegal’-calendars-held-on-army-base/

 

EU proposes to send an army of observers to February election

 

 

Only a day after Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai declared that Thailand didn’t need foreign  observers for the upcoming general election, the Election Commission yesterday revealed that the European Union has proposed to send an army of observers to monitor the polling expected in February next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067264-eu-proposes-to-send-an-army-of-observers-to-february-election/

 

UPDATE:

 

New ‘Phoenix’ salvage team starts operations

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHOTO: Previous attempts of the salvage operations last August

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067226-phoenix-recovery-team-yet-to-arrive/

 

Former justice minister Sawai Pattano dies at 85

By The Nation

 

Sawai Pattano, former justice minister and several-times Songkhla MP, died early on Thursday. He was 85 years old.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067268-former-justice-minister-sawai-pattano-dies-at-85/

 

Rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats after boy and father bitten

By Surachai Piraksa, 
Kritmet Loho 
The Nation

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Authorities are giving rabies vaccines to cats and dogs within a one kilometre radius of where a stray puppy dog bit a seven-year-old boy and his father in a college compound in Tambon Bua Thong of Buri Ram's Muang district on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067270-rabies-vaccinations-for-dogs-and-cats-after-boy-and-father-bitten-in-buriram/

 

Britain's Prince Charles says: I won't meddle when I am king

 

Britain's Prince Charles visits the British Council festival in Lagos, Nigeria, November 7, 2018. Sunday Alamba/Pool via Reuters

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles said he will stop speaking out on issues he feels strongly about when he becomes king as he is "not that stupid".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067272-britains-prince-charles-says-i-wont-meddle-when-i-am-king/

 

DHSS steps up measures against measles outbreak in Deep South

 

 

BANGKOK, 8 November 2018 (NNT)-Thailand's Department of Health Service Support (DHSS) has instructed relevant agencies to contain a measles outbreak in the Deep South and Songkhla province after 1,515 cases and 12 deaths have been reported. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067274-dhss-steps-up-measures-against-measles-outbreak-in-deep-south/

 

UPDATE:

 

EC, NLA discuss general election clarity as parties continue activities

 

 

BANGKOK, 8th November 2018 (NNT) – The National Legislative Assembly's (NLA) Committee on Politics has engaged in discussions with the Election Commission (EC) on the need for more clarity on political rules, in support of the February 24, 2019 general election. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067264-eu-proposes-to-send-an-army-of-observers-to-february-election/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13542827

 

Possible mass shooting at bar in Thousand Oaks, California

 

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Multiple people have reportedly been wounded in a shooting at a bar here, reports CBS Los Angeles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067275-possible-mass-shooting-at-bar-in-thousand-oaks-california/

 

EU asks 'level playing field' of Britain in case of all-UK Irish backstop: sources

By Gabriela Baczynska

 

FILE PHOTO: British and EU flags are adjusted prior to the arrival of British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, ahead of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants Britain to stick to the bloc's rules on state aid, environment and workers' rights after Brexit to prevent it from gaining unfair access to the Europeans' single market, diplomatic sources and officials told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1067277-eu-asks-level-playing-field-of-britain-in-case-of-all-uk-irish-backstop-sources/