Motorbike driver dies after collided with minivan in Thalang – VIDEO

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A motorbike driver died soon after colliding with a minivan at a U-turn in Thalang yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087712-motorbike-driver-dies-after-collided-with-minivan-in-thalang/

 

Confusion as man shot dead in nighttime shootout at Hat Yai fresh food market

 

 

Police are investigating a confusing situation after a shootout in front of market goers in Hat Yai at 3am this morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087714-confusion-as-man-shot-dead-in-nighttime-shootout-at-hat-yai-fresh-food-market/

 

Pompeo sees more U.S.-North Korea talks after Hanoi summit

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was hopeful the United States would send a delegation to North Korea in the coming weeks, though talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended without yielding any agreement between the two countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087716-pompeo-sees-more-us-north-korea-talks-after-hanoi-summit/

 

Father arrested after assaulting 2 year old who brought up the milk

 

 

Police in Pathum Thani have arrested a Thai father after a video online showed him mercilessly beating his two year old child. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087718-father-arrested-after-assaulting-2-year-old-who-brought-up-the-milk/

 

Video: Drunk motorcyclist on his phone takes it out on old man in election poster pick-up

 

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A dash cam video showed a motorcyclist pick up a rock and smash the window of a pick-up setting up election posters in Chiang Rai. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087721-video-drunk-motorcyclist-on-his-phone-takes-it-out-on-old-man-in-election-poster-pick-up/

 

South Carolina lottery winner claims record $877 million cash prize

By Steve Gorman

 

A man enters the KC Mart in Simpsonville, South Carolina, U.S. October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/Files

 

(Reuters) - The anonymous sole winner of a $1.5 billion U.S. Mega Millions drawing last fall has come forward to claim the jackpot, choosing to collect a record one-time cash sum of more than $877 million, South Carolina's lottery commission said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087723-south-carolina-lottery-winner-claims-record-877-million-cash-prize/

 

Future Forward deputy leader admits sharing fake news about Gen Prawit

 

 

Future Forward party deputy leader Lt-Gen Pongsakorn Rodchompoo has admitted to Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) police that he shared a fake news story about Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan without knowing that it was fake.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087727-future-forward-deputy-leader-admits-sharing-fake-news-about-gen-prawit/

 

London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope

By Kate Kelland

 

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LONDON (Reuters) - An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, his doctors said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087728-london hiv patient-becomes-worlds-second-aids-cure-hope/

 

Big Joke: Big Pom (DPM Prawit) did not have a cup of coffee for 12,000 baht using public money

 

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Immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn has announced the arrest of four men on charges of propagating and sharing fake news.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087731-big-joke-big-pom-dpm-prawit-did-not-have-a-cup-of-coffee-for-12000-baht-using-public-money/

 

Big Joke: promises "AI" in four months to keep the bad guys out

 

Picture: Naewna

 

Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn told his men yesterday that they would have "artificial intelligence" to help them at airports. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087733-big-joke-promises-ai-in-four-months-to-keep-the-bad-guys-out/

 

Bangkok enjoys a January record

By TTR WEEKLY

 

  

LONDON, 5 March 2019: Bangkok’s hotels set a January occupancy and revenue record, while Hong Kong reports the second highest occupancy, according to STR latest assessment of the hotel business across Asia-Pacific.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087738-hotel-occupancy-bangkok-enjoys-a-january-record/

 

Thai social media in 5555555 breakdown as man relates his roadside sign story

 

 

Thai Social Media went into hysterical meltdown after a motorist went on Facebook to relate what happened to him on the road to Pai in northern Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087742-thai-social-media-in-5555555-breakdown-as-man-relates-his-roadside-sign-story/

 

American trapped between rocks while fishing rescued near Promthep Cape

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

American tourist Richadr Schroeder is brought safely ashore. Photo: Rawai-DDPM

 

PHUKET: An American tourist fishing from rocks near Promthep Cape, at the southern end of Phuket, was safely recovered yesterday (Feb 4) after he slipped and broke his arm, and became stuck in a gap in the rocks while the tide was rising.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087749-american-trapped-between-rocks-while-fishing-rescued-near-promthep-cape/

 

Russian woman dies after falling from fourth floor in Patong

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHOTOS: Patong Police

 

A Russian woman has died after falling from the fourth floor at a hotel in Patong earlier today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087755-russian-woman-dies-after-falling-from-fourth-floor-in-patong/

 

PRD organizes forum to encourage first-time voters to go to poll

 

   

BANGKOK, 5 March 2019 (NNT) - The Public Relations Department (PRD) has organized a forum to encourage first-time voters to go to the poll on March 24, 2019.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087759-prd organizes forum to encourage first-time voters to go to poll/

 

Defence Ministry agrees not to fell big trees along Klong Lod

By The Nation

 

File photo: Klong Lod canal

 

The Defence Ministry has agreed to leave large old trees along the Klong Lod canal outside its Bangkok headquarters intact following complaints by environmental groups.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087774-defence-ministry-agrees-not-to-fell-big-trees-along-klong-lod/

 

Nakhon Phanom crime buster becomes ‘ghost buster’

By The Nation

 

 

 

A police captain in Nakhon Phanom has won praise from many Facebook users after they saw a video clip of him chanting a long and difficult to memorise Pali prayer to perform an “exorcism”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087776-nakhon-phanom-crime-buster-becomes-‘ghost-buster’/

 

Four women arrested for selling kratom leaves at Samui grocery store

By The Nation

 

Picture: ONB News

 

Four women were arrested for allegedly selling 90 kilograms of kratom leaves at a grocery store on the tourist island of Koh Samui on Monday evening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087777-four-women-arrested-for-selling-kratom-leaves-at-samui-grocery-store/

 

Multiple fires speed through Lampang’s mountains

By Pratheep Nanthaparp 
The Nation

 

 

State officials and volunteers, along with a water-spraying helicopter, were on Tuesday battling multiple fires in Doi Phra Baht forest in Lampang’s Muang district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087779-multiple-fires-speed-through-lampang’s-mountains/

 

Officials warned to exercise caution in welcoming PM on campaign trail

 

 

Provincial officials have been warned to exercise greater caution when welcoming Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his campaign trail to prevent provoking any legal complications for the premier, said Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087782-officials-warned-to-exercise-caution-in-welcoming-pm-on-campaign-trail/

 

Seri Ruam Thai leader faces defamation charges from army chief

 

 

Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong has ordered legal action to be taken against Seri Ram Thai party leader Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavej for allegedly insulting an army officer and his army insignia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087785-seri-ruam-thai-leader-faces-defamation-charges-from-army-chief/

 

THAI Smile introduces Smile Day 03.03 promotion to please travelers

By The Nation

 

 

THAI Smile Airways introduces special ticket price promotion “Smile Day 03.03 for travelers” offering special ticket price starting at Bt1,150/

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087794-thai-smile-introduces-smile-day-0303-promotion-to-please-travelers/

 

Wheelchair-bound man found shot dead in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

 

A wheelchair-bound man was found dead with two gunshot wounds under a flyover in Chiang Mai’s Meuang district on Tuesday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087796-wheelchair-bound-man-found-shot-dead-in-chiang-mai/

 

Two immigration officers dismissed for visa-stamping travel documents they knew to be forged

By The Nation

 

 

Two immigration police officers working at Suvarnabhumi Airport have been dismissed from the civil service over the stamping of visas in travel documents that they knew had been forged, something that they had confessed to having done 30 times, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal told a press conference on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087808-two-immigration-officers-dismissed-for-visa-stamping-travel-documents-they-knew-to-be-forged/

 

Army warns Buddhists in deep South to be extra-vigilant following recent killings of suspected insurgents

By The Nation

 

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Fourth Army Area Commander Lt-General Pornsak Poolsawat on Tuesday met representatives of Thai Buddhists in the southern border provinces to brief them on security measures and warn them to be more vigilant following the recent killings of suspected insurgents.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087817-army-warns-buddhists-in-deep-south-to-be-extra-vigilant-following-recent-killings-of-suspected-insurgents/

 

Krungsri first bank in Thailand to use facial recognition tech to open accounts

By The Nation

 

 

Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya) has introduced facial recognition through electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) technology for verifying the identities of people as they open a deposit account.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087818-krungsri-first-bank-in-thailand-to-use-facial-recognition-tech-to-open-accounts/

 

Kate Cook dead at 36 – Australian Idol country music star found dead after last seen wandering into bush near her home

By Felix Allen

 

Former Australian Idol contestant Kate Cook has been found dead aged 36 / GETTY

 

COUNTRY music star Kate Cook was found dead this morning aged 36, according to reports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087823-kate-cook-dead-at-36-–-australian-idol-country-music-star-found-dead-after-last-seen-wandering-into-bush-near-her-home/

 

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris 'fears Leaving Neverland documentary will ruin her acting career'

By ELLIE PHILLIPS

 

Worried? Paris Jackson, 20, has reportedly told friends she is anxious that Leaving Neverland could ruin her fledgling acting career

 

The documentary, in which two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys, is set to air in the UK this week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087824-michael-jacksons-daughter-paris-fears-leaving-neverland-documentary-will-ruin-her-acting-career/

 

The Chase criticised by viewers for airing 'insensitive' question about The Prodigy after Keith Flint death

BY SAM WARNER

 

GUS STEWART / GETTY IMAGES

 

The Chase has been criticised for airing an "insensitive" question about The Prodigy on the same day as the death of Keith Flint.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087828-the-chase-criticised-by-viewers-for-airing-insensitive-question-about-the-prodigy-after-keith-flint-death/

 

Agency to propose protected status for eagle rays following outcry over TV cooking show

By The Nation

 

 

Following the public outcry over the cooking of what appeared to be spotted eagle rays during a Thai TV show on World Wildlife Day at the weekend, Marine and Coastal Resources Department chief Jatuporn Buruspat on Tuesday revealed a plan to soon propose eagle rays as protected wildlife under Thai animal-conservation law.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1087830-agency-to-propose-protected-status-for-eagle-rays-following-outcry-over-tv-cooking-show/