Rama III-Dao Khanong expressway construction to start in May

By The Nation

 

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The long-delayed construction of a 19.2-km elevated expressway from Rama III Road to Dao Khanong is expected to start in May with a revised budget of Bt30.036 billion, according to the governor of the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082770-rama-iii-dao-khanong-expressway-construction-to-start-in-may/

 

Krung Thonburi, Phayathai most congested roads

By The Nation

 

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Krung Thonburi and Phayathai roads suffer the worst congestion during the morning and evening rush hours respectively, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) announced on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082771-krung-thonburi-phayathai-most-congested-roads/

 

Video: Motorcycle taxi showman gets suspended prison sentence and fine - but it seems he's still on the road

 

 

A motorcycle taxi rider who was filmed going along Sukhumvit Soi 77 (On Nut) standing on his bike has been prosecuted. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082774-video-motorcycle-taxi-showman-gets-suspended-prison-sentence-and-fine-but-it-seems-hes-still-on-the-road/

 

Khon Kaen choking while Bangkok relieved

By The Nation

 

A road in Khon Kaen is shrouded in smog at 7am on Wednesday.Courtesy of Facebook.com/myKhonKaen

 

Air pollution continued to choke northeastern Khon Kaen province on Wednesday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 162, well beyond the safety limit of 100.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082777-khon-kaen-choking-while-bangkok-relieved/

 

Papers Please! BTS Cash Card Users Must Disclose Personal Info

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A file photo of the BTS.

 

BANGKOK — Starting in nine days, commuters who pay their skytrain fares with top-up cards must give up their ID card numbers, email addresses and phone numbers to the system’s operator.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082780-papers-please-bts-cash-card-users-must-disclose-personal-info/

 

Smog problem eases today and situation to improve further tomorrow

 

 

Air quality in and around Bangkok has improved during the past 24 hours with the level of PM2.5 dust in all areas well within the 50-micron standard, the Pollution Control Department reported today (Wednesday).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082784-smog-problem-eases-today-and-situation-to-improve-further-tomorrow/

 

Koh Samui: Foundation worker who murdered famous singer's son taken on reenactment

 

 

A man who shot and killed the son of a well know Koh Samui singing artist has been taken on a reenactment on the holiday island. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082786-koh-samui-foundation-worker-who-murdered-famous-singers-son-taken-on-reenactment/

 

What is Thai society coming to? Thai TV gives six minutes to 14 year old peeping tom case

 

 

Thai television TNA MCOT gave six minutes of their time to the case of a 14 year old peeping tom caught looking under a cubicle in the ladies' toilets at a Chonburi gas station. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082793-what-is-thai-society-coming-to-thai-tv-gives-six-minutes-to-14-year-old-peeping-tom-case/

 

Girlfriend's ex blamed for acid attack on new man's car in Chachoengsao

 

 

Chachoengsao police were called to the soi next to the National Boxing stadium when a man awoke on Monday to see his Honda Jazz had been covered in acid. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082799-girlfriends-ex-blamed-for-acid-attack-on-new-mans-car-in-chachoengsao/

 

Canberra cancels Bangkok football game in protest at Bahraini footballer's detention

 

File photo : Hakeem al-Araibi

 

The Football Federation Australia has cancelled a training trip of its Under-23s to Thailand to protest the Kingdom's continuing detention of a former Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi who holds Australian residency, according to the Guardian online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082828-canberra-cancels-bangkok-football-game-in-protest-at-bahraini-footballers-detention/

 

Plastic garbage found inside dead sea turtle in Chon Buri

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: DMCR

 

Plastic garbage has been found inside a dead green turtle on Bang Sane Beach in Chon Buri.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082832-plastic-garbage-found-inside-dead-sea-turtle-in-chon-buri/

 

More than ten thousand million baht generated during Chinese New Year in Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The TAT Phuket has done its sums for this year’s Chinese New Year activities in Phuket from February 5 to February 12. They estimate 500,000 tourists will visit for the annual Chinese holiday which will generated 11,441 million baht for the island.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082834-more-than-ten-thousand-million-baht-generated-during-chinese-new-year-in-phuket/

 

Iranians arrested with fake Spanish passports

By The Nation

 

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Two Iranians have been arrested in Bangkok using fake Spanish passports, Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakpal said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082836-iranians-arrested-with-fake-spanish-passports/

 

Five top cops transferred during negligence probe over Chiang Mai gambling den

By Kriengkrai Rattana 
The Nation

 

 

Five top police officers at the Muang Chiang Mai Police Station were immediately transferred to inactive posts on Wednesday, pending a fact-finding probe of whether they had been negligent in their duties by allowing a gambling den to operate within the precinct.
 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082837-five-top-cops-transferred-during-negligence-probe-over-chiang-mai-gambling-den/

 

Aussie teacher details horrific conditions inside Thai detention

A teacher has revealed his traumatic time locked in a cell with 130 other men, some of them in adult nappies.

Stephanie Bedo

 

Foreign detainees at an immigration detention centre in Bangkok in January during a visit organised by authorities for journalists. Human rights groups have for years condemned Thailand for its hostility towards asylum seekers. Picture: Romeo Gacad/AFPSource:AFP

 

Once behind bars in a Thai jail you are “no longer considered human”, according to an Aussie teacher who was detained for 10 days in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082842-aussie-teacher-details-horrific-conditions-inside-thai-detention/

 

Clock Ticking On Junta Party’s PM Offer To Prayuth

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Sowing seeds of doubt? Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha shows reporters a tree he just planted today in Yasothon province

 

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha has not yet decided whether to accept the nomination to serve as prime minister, the party who extended the offer said Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082843-clock-ticking-on-junta-party’s-pm offer-to-prayuth/

 

French man, 51, arrested for child rape

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

A 51-year-old French man, who reportedly worked as a French teacher in Singapore, has been arrested in Bangkok for buying sex with teenage boys, Metropolitan Police commander Maj-Gen Senit Samrarnsamruajkit told a press conference on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082844-french-man-51-arrested-for-child-rape-in-thailand/

 

Marvel's Chris Pratt responds to rumours he's set to take over Indiana Jones role

BY STEPHANIE CHASE

 

WARNER BROS.

 

Chris Pratt has addressed long-standing rumours that he's set to take over the role of Indiana Jones.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082859-marvels-chris-pratt-responds-to-rumours-hes-set-to-take-over-indiana-jones-role/

 

Surviving R Kelly: 5 of the most shocking moments in the Lifetime documentary

by Roisin O'Connor

 

screen grab from independent.co.uk

 

The first episode of Lifetime’s much talked-about, six-part docuseries Surviving R Kelly has aired in the UK, via the Crime + Investigation channel.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082861-surviving-r-kelly-5-of-the-most-shocking-moments-in-the-lifetime-documentary/

 

Alan Turing is named BBC's 20th Century Icon after passionate speech from Chris Packham

BY STEPHANIE CHASE

 

GETTY IMAGES / FINE ART IMAGES / HERITAGE IMAGES

 

Scientist and World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing has been named 'The Greatest Person of the 20th Century' in the live final of BBC Two's Icons series.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082863-alan-turing-is-named-bbcs-20th-century-icon-after-passionate-speech-from-chris-packham/

 

South Korean arrested in Bangkok over fake lottery website

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Immigration Bureau

 

A South Korean man has been arrested in Bangkok following an arrest alerted by Interpol for operating a fake lottery website.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082869-south-korean-arrested-in-bangkok-over-fake-lottery-website/

 

No parking? We'll see about that: Scheming noodle vendor

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Sakhon Online / Facebook

 

SAMUT SAKHON — Many urban eateries see their share of customers ticketed for parking illegally while getting some food. One such venue came up with a solution: fool customers and police alike into thinking it’s okay to park curbside.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082871-no-parking-well-see-about-that-scheming-noodle-vendor/

 

Man, 75, burned to death while fighting eucalyptus plantation blaze in Sa Kaew

By The Nation

 

 

A 75-year-old man burned to death while trying to control a fire at a eucalyptus plantation in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district on Tuesday evening.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082873-man-75-burned-to-death-while-fighting-eucalyptus-plantation-blaze-in-sa-kaew/

 

Kathu to be hit with water outage

By The Phuket News

 

The affected area will be Soi Thida in Kathu from 9am Thursday (Feb 7).

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut-off in parts of Kathu tomorrow (Feb 7).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082889-kathu-to-be-hit-with-water-outage/

 

Sex on the cards for many students this Valentine’s Day

By The Nation

 

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A survey conducted by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) revealed that most students who have partners are planning to have intercourse on Valentine’s Day.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082892-sex-on-the-cards-for-many-students-this-valentine’s-day/

 

Chinese ‘beggars’ arrested across Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Six Chinese people have been arrested for begging across Bangkok, Thai immigration chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal told a press conference on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082899-chinese-‘beggars’-arrested-across-bangkok/

 

Traders hail poll date with rebound

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION

 

 

CLARITY over the date for the national election helped spur a rebound in the stock market for the first month of this year, snapping a trend of net fund outflows that weighed on the bourse last year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082901-traders-hail-poll-date-with-rebound/

 

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