Supersports 10 Mile International Run Series Thailand 2019 comes to Phuket

 

 

PHUKET, Thailand – A weekend of sporting fun the 5th Supersports 10 Mile International Run series Thailand 2018 Phuket Presented by Skechers. Held on 31st March, 2019 at the Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort, there was something for everyone with distances including a 500 metre Kids Run, 3 Mile (4.8km), 5 Mile (8km) and the iconic 10 Mile (16km) run, all part of a “Thailand series” concept that has seen the event grow to become one of Phuket& leading sports events.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085731-supersports-10-mile-international-run-series-thailand-2019-comes-to-phuket/

Thailand passes internet security law decried as 'cyber martial law'

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

A man is silhouetted onto an electronic screen displaying prohibited website in Bangkok, Thailand, in this June 19, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Illustration/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military-appointed parliament on Thursday passed a controversial cybersecurity law that gives sweeping powers to state cyber agencies, despite concerns from businesses and activists over judicial oversight and potential abuse of power.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086992-thailand passes-internet-security-law-decried-as-cyber-martial-law/

 

US man, Thai woman arrested in raids on cannabis factories

By The Nation

 

 

Anti-drug police in Chiang Mai province have arrested an American man and a Thai woman in separate raids on two houses in Mae Rim district that were allegedly used as cannabis production facilities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086994-us-man-thai-woman-arrested-in-raids-on-cannabis-factories/

 

THAI resumes flights to Europe via China airspace

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION

 

Stranded tourists whose flights have been canceled, queue and listen to a man with a megaphone giving some information at the Thai Airways counter at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok yesterday. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

THAI AIRWAYS International (THAI) yesterday resumed its flights from Bangkok to Europe after cancelling some the previous day due to Pakistan’s closure of its airspace.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086996-thai-resumes-flights-to-europe-via-china-airspace/

 

Court rejects plea against Thai Raksa Chart case

By THE NATION

 

file photo

 

THE CENTRAL Administrative Court yesterday rejected Thai Raksa Chart member Ruangkrai Leekitwatana’s plea to halt the Election Commission (EC)’s efforts to have the party disbanded.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086997-court-rejects-plea-against-thai-raksa-chart-case/

 

Yongyuth’s verdict on Alpine case upheld

By THE NATION

 

 

THE APPEALS COURT on Thursday upheld a two-year jail term against former Pheu Thai leader Yongyuth Wichaidith for his role in the Alpine Golf Club land scandal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086998-yongyuth’s-verdict-on-alpine-case-upheld/

 

School directors push for shelving of new education bill

By The Nation

 

Photo from: www.amadothailand.com

 

School directors in the Northeast are demanding that the new National Education Bill be suspended until a new government is formed after the March 24 election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087000-school-directors-push-for-shelving-of-new-education-bill/

 

Ministry, ILO launch scheme to improve labour standards

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

General Adul Sangsingkeo

 

Threeyear programme will promote sustainable supply chains, better conditions in food, automotive sectors.

 

THE Labour Ministry and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are collaborating under a three-year programme to promote sustainable supply chains and standardised employment conditions in the food and vehicle-parts sectors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087001-ministry-ilo-launch-scheme-to-improve-labour-standards/

 

Park’s special status ‘at risk’ over drilling hole

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation 

 

Photo courtesy of Sri Thep Historical Park

 

Thailand’s Sri Thep Historical Park in Phetchabun may lose the chance to become a World Heritage Site if the government allows an oil company to build a drilling hole nearby, according to Wison Kosotanon, president of the Phetchabun Culture Council.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087002-thailands-sri-thep-historical-park-special-status-at-risk-over-drilling-hole/

 

Cyber-laws still falling short of needs

By The Nation

 

 

Protective legislation that allows the authorities to decide what is ‘appropriate’ is a backward step

 

Enforcement of Thailand’s newly enacted national cyber-security legislation will pose multiple challenges for the executive branch in balancing national interests against basic public freedoms.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087003-cyber-laws-still-falling-short-of-needs/

 

Politicians agree dealing with China is major challenge for post-election administration

 

Representatives of the Democrat, Future Forward, Chart Pattana and Pheu Thai parties taking part in the forum on foreign policy challenges facing post-election government organized by Thai PBS Wednesday night.

 

In an election dominated by political polarization and bread-and-butter issues, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that foreign policy has been put on the backburner. But candidates in the upcoming March-24 general election have admitted that dealing with the fast-changing world is a major challenge awaiting the post-election administration.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087005-politicians-agree-dealing-with-china-is-major-challenge-for-post-election-administration/

 

Thailand, China collaborate to construct petrol pipeline in Northeast

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 1 March 2018 (NNT) - Thailand's Ministry of Energy is encouraging the private sector to invest in an expansion of an oil pipeline system in the Northeast, expecting that the project will make oil prices in the region similar to those in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087007-thailand-china-collaborate-to-construct-petrol-pipeline-in-northeast/

 

Summit collapse clouds future of U.S.-North Korea nuclear diplomacy

By Jeff Mason and Hyonhee Shin

 

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump meet during the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in this photo released on February 28, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

 

HANOI (Reuters) - A second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un collapsed on Thursday over sanctions, and the two sides gave conflicting accounts of exactly what happened, raising questions about the future of their denuclearisation talks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087009-summit-collapse-clouds-future-of-us-north-korea-nuclear-diplomacy/

 

Israeli attorney-general plans to charge Netanyahu in corruption cases

By Jeffrey Heller

 

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, Israel February 21, 2019 REUTERS/ Ammar Awad/File Photo

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just six weeks before a closely contested national election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087010-israeli-attorney-general-plans-to-charge-netanyahu-in-corruption-cases/

 

Murder conviction quashed for UK woman who killed abusive husband

By Sonia Elks

 

A woman and children cast their shadows as they stroll in the sunshine on the Southbank in London, Britain September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall

 

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A British woman who killed her husband with a hammer had her murder conviction quashed on Thursday after an appeal found the original trial had not factored in the effects of decades of domestic abuse.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087011-murder-conviction-quashed-for-uk-woman-who-killed-abusive-husband/

 

U.S. Senate weighs blocking Trump's border emergency gambit

By Susan Cornwell

 

A general view shows a new section of actual border fencing near San Diego, California, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional efforts to end President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border emergency declaration - an attempt by him to fund a border wall without approval from Congress - intensified on Thursday with the introduction of a bipartisan resolution to block him in the Senate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087012-us-senate-weighs-blocking-trumps-border-emergency-gambit/

 

Trump says all Islamic State territory retaken, contradicting allied commander

 

U.S. President Donald Trump introduces U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Sgt. Sean Rogers after calling him onstage while addressing members of the military during a refueling stop at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told American troops on Thursday that U.S.-backed forces in Syria have retaken 100 percent of the territory once held by Islamic State militants, contradicting the commander of the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, who said it would take another week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087013-trump-says-all-islamic-state-territory-retaken-contradicting-allied-commander/

 

Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen testifies again, this time behind closed doors

By Nathan Layne and Andy Sullivan

 

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, steps off an elevator at the U.S. Capitol as he arrives to testify before a closed House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to speak behind closed doors with a congressional panel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping a week of testimony in which he levelled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087014-trumps-ex-lawyer-cohen-testifies-again-this-time-behind-closed-doors/

 

Saudi sisters stranded in Hong Kong face deportation as visa deadline nears

By Anne Marie Roantree

 

FILE PHOTO: Sisters from Saudi Arabia, who go by aliases Reem and Rawan, are pictured at an office inHong Kong, China February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Aleksander Solum/File Photo

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two Saudi sisters fleeing what they described as beatings in their home country face a deadline for deportation from Hong Kong within hours unless authorities extend their stay.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087015-saudi-sisters-stranded-in-hong-kong-face-deportation-as-visa-deadline-nears/

 

THAI: Steward tells cops that captain hit him in the head on Chiang Mai flight

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Chiang Mai have revealed that a Thai Airways steward filed a report with them saying he was assaulted by the captain on his flight. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087018-thai-steward-tells-cops-that-captain-hit-him-in-the-head-on-chiang-mai-flight/

 

Trump ordered aide to give Kushner security clearance: NY Times

 

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner delivers remarks on the Trump administration's approach to the Middle East region at the Saban Forum in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff in May to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087021-trump-ordered-aide-to-give-kushner-security-clearance-ny-times/

 

Landowners face jail in Koh Samui "mystery tunnel" case

 

Picture: Manager

 

Authorities in Koh Samui said they plan to pursue a case against landowners on the island after a tunnel was found to have been constructed without permission.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087022-landowners-face-jail-in-koh-samui-mystery-tunnel-case/

 

Big Joke: Five men arrested for Valentine's Day abduction and extortion of Singaporean

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn, in his capacity as deputy commissioner of the tech police, yesterday announced the arrest of five Thai men for the abduction and extortion of 350,000 baht from a Singaporean man. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087023-big-joke-five-men-arrested-for-valentines-day-abduction-and-extortion-of-singaporean/

 

Video: Python shocks mum in the middle of the night - but will she win the lottery?!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Facebook post followed up by Thai Rath contained CCTV footage of a large python entering the bedroom of a man's mother at night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087027-video-python-shocks-mum-in-the-middle-of-the-night-but-will-she-win-the-lottery/

 

Video: Find this hit and run driver who upended motorcyclist then went through red light

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV footage posted on Facebook showed a motorcycle slow to a stop for a red light in Bangkok early last Saturday morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087028-video-find-this-hit-and-run-driver-who-upended-motorcyclist-then-went-through-red-light/

 

Woman driver thought the car park had three floors - not two!

 

 

A female driver who thought that a Bangkok car park had three floors revved her engine when she got to the second floor. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087029-woman-driver-thought-the-car-park-had-three-floors-not-two/

 

Drought sparks anxiety in Yasothon

By The Nation

 

 

In the face of severe drought, the Chi River is almost running dry in Yasothon province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087031-drought-sparks-anxiety-in-yasothon/ 

 

Cha-Am: Swedish mum finds her son dead in bed

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A 37 year old Cha-Am man of mixed Thai and Swedish parentage was found dead in bed by his mother yesterday morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087032-cha-am-swedish-mum-finds-her-son-dead-in-bed/

 

17-year-old mother distraught as 4 month old son found dead by her side

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a 17 year old mother put her four month old son to sleep by her side in their room in Bo Win, Sri Racha yesterday afternoon. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087033-17-year-old-mother-distraught-as-4-month-old-son-found-dead-by-her-side/

 

Foreign motorbike racer arrested in Patong

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: Patong Police

 

Patong Police yesterday arrested another foreign motorbike racer driving erratically around Patong’s roads.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087034-foreign-motorbike-racer-arrested-in-patong/