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Thailand prepares masks for ASEAN meeting due to air pollution

 

FILE PHOTO: The skyline is seen through polluted air, as classes in over 400 Bangkok schools have been cancelled, due to the worsening air quality in Bangkok, Thailand, January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is preparing face masks for an upcoming regional finance minister and central bank summit after pollution shot air quality to alarming levels, an official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093152-thailand prepares-masks-for-asean-meeting-due-to-air-pollution/

 

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Thai honesty: Paraguayan in tears as he writes letter praising honest cabby

 

Caption: Thanks for being honest

 

A Paraguayan tourist shed tears of joy as he praised Thailand for its legendary honesty. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093153-thai-honesty-paraguayan-in-tears-as-he-writes-letter-praising-honest-cabby/

 

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Democrats mock Trump over healthcare delay ahead of 2020 election battle

By Susan Heavey and Susan Cornwell

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delivers remarks at a National Portrait Gallery Women's History Month reception in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday for pushing back his promise of sweeping healthcare reform until after the 2020 election, and said they were happy to make it a central campaign issue.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093158-democrats-mock-trump-over-healthcare-delay-ahead-of-2020-election-battle/

 

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Oops!: "Stolen money" found under a pillow after old neighbor shoots his bestie's son in the stomach

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Soon Nern police in Nakorn Ratchasima have charged a man in Maklua Kao village with attempted murder after he thought his best mate's son had stolen 47,900 baht from him. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093161-oops-stolen-money-found-under-a-pillow-after-old-neighbor-shoots-his-besties-son-in-the-stomach/

 

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Police chase, blowout ends with discovery of 24 smuggled Myanmar migrants

By The Nation

 

 

A high-speed chase ended in the arrest of a Thai driver carrying 15 smuggled Myanmar migrants crammed in a pickup truck in Songkhla's Bang Klam district early on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093164-police-chase-blowout-ends-with-discovery-of-24-smuggled-myanmar-migrants/

 

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Big Joke: Jewelry woman murder suspect will be returned - but expect a three month wait

 

Picture: TNA

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn has reportedly told the father of a Thai female jeweler bludgeoned to death last week that the alleged South African murderer will be returned to Thailand by Canadian authorities. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093165-big-joke-jewelry-woman-murder-suspect-will-be-returned-but-expect-a-three-month-wait/

 

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World rights body warns of ‘turn for the worse’

By The Nation

 

Activist Ekachai Hongkangwan

 

New York-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Thai authorities to investigate renewed attacks on prominent pro-democracy activist Ekachai Hongkangwan and others.
 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093166-world-rights-body-warns-of-‘turn-for-the-worse’/

 

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Thai school-meals programme served up as global malnutrition-beater

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Thailand will propose its school meals programme to the World Food Programme (WFP) as an example of success in combating child malnourishment that can be shared internationally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093169-thai-school-meals-programme-served-up-as-global-malnutrition-beater/

 

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Thailand ‘Asia’s fourth-biggest source of DDoS attacks’

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Thailand ranks fourth on a list of countries in the Asia-Pacific region from which DDoS attacks originate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093175-thailand-‘asia’s-fourth-biggest-source-of-ddos-attacks’/

 

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Big Joke gives red card to Cameroonian defender - nabbed for scamming!

 

Picture: Spring News

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn and a large team of investigative officers announced the arrest of a Cameroonian footballer who has played for three football clubs in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093177-big-joke-gives-red-card-to-cameroonian-defender-nabbed-for-scamming/

 

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Carnage on the Thai roads: Just another manic Monday.....and Tuesday

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported the latest death toll on the Thai roads as 56 on Monday and 59 on Tuesday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093178-carnage-on-the-thai-roads-just-another-manic-mondayand-tuesday/

 

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Bangkok Airways launches direct service from Chiang Mai to Laung Prabang

By The Nation

 

 

The Chiang Mai - Luang Prabang (Laos) services are added to Bangkok Airways' route network to cover CLMV countries which are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam by using Chiang Mai as a strategic flying hub, according to the airline's press release.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093179-bangkok-airways-launches-direct-service-from-chiang-mai-to-laung-prabang/

 

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THAI Smile wins 2019 TripAdvisor Travellers' choice award for airlines

By The Nation

 

 

THAI Smile Airways announced it has been recognised as a winner in the 2019 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice® awards for Airlines, named the best airline in Thailand and one of the best regional airlines in Asia, according to the airline's press release.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093180-thai-smile-wins-2019-tripadvisor-travellers-choice-award-for-airlines/

 

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Bangkok traffic police revelation: They don't even know the law

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The deputy commissioner of the metropolitan police Maj-Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek admitted to Thai Rath that some traffic cops have been transferred to other duties because they didn't know the law. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093182-bangkok-traffic-police-revelation-they-dont-even-know-the-law/

 

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Thanathorn baffled by sedition warrant

By The Nation

 

Thanathorn enjoys a selfie moment with a fan in Rayong during his thank-you tour.

 

Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit claims he has no idea why he’s being accused of sedition, a crime punishable by up to seven years in jail.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093198-thanathorn-baffled-by-sedition-warrant/

 

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Northern fires killing off wildlife, protected plants

By Sakaorat Sirima 
The Nation

 

 

Beyond the harm done to human health by the North’s smouldering blanket of forest fires, concern has arisen for wildlife and rare plants on the slopes of Doi Luang Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093200-northern-fires-killing-off-wildlife-protected-plants/

 

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596,000 meth pills found in parked Bangkok car

By The Nation

 

 

Police found 596,000 methamphetamine pills hidden in a car left unattended on a soi in Bangkok's Don Muang district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093201-596000-meth-pills-found-in-parked-bangkok-car/

 

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Pathum Thani man arrested over sex drug and toys sales

By The Nation

 

 

Police have arrested a man in Pathum Thani and seized 2,500 aphrodisiac pills and sex toys for men and women costing over Bt1 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093202-pathum-thani-man-arrested-over-sex-drug-and-toys-sales/

 

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National Ombudsman rails on Phuket Airport security over thefts from luggage

By The Phuket News

 

Chief Ombudsman for Thailand Gen Viddhavat Rajatanun delivered his message for airport security to be stepped up to prevent thefts from passengers’ luggage yesterday (Apr 3). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The Chief Ombudsman for Thailand has called for better security measures to be introduced at Phuket International Airport to prevent the theft of valuables from passengers’ luggage in the security-controlled areas at the airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093206-national-ombudsman-rails-on-phuket-airport-security-over-thefts-from-luggage/

 

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Man drowns in Kathu lagoon, Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHOTOS: Kusoldharm Foundation

 

 

A man has drowned while fishing in a lagoon in central Phuket yesterday. Kusoldharm rescue workers were notified of the incident at a lagoon in Kathu before noon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093209-man-drowns-in-kathu-lagoon-phuket/

 

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Man dies transporting rosewood logs

By Wichit Meesawat 
The Nation

 

 

A speeding driver, later discovered to be transporting 81 Siamese rosewood logs, lost control of his vehicle in heavy rain before overturning, killing the driver in Ubon Ratchathani's Pho Sai district early on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093212-ubon-ratchathani-man-dies-transporting-rosewood-logs/

 

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Thai police summon anti-junta politician on sedition charge after disputed election

By Panu Wongcha-um and Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party during a news conference to form a "democratic front" in Bangkok, Thailand, March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police summoned a prominent anti-junta politician on Wednesday to answer a sedition complaint, a police document showed, a charge rising star Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit called politically motivated after a disputed election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093198-thanathorn-baffled-by-sedition-warrant/?do=findComment&comment=14006156

 

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Rawai Municipality starts providing free emergency water

By The Phuket News

 

Rawai Municipality has begun providing free emergency water for homes left dry from the water restriction measures. Image: Rawai Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- Rawai Municipality has begun offering free emergency water for residents suffering from reduced pressure in the mains water supply, which has left many households without running water.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093234-rawai-municipality-starts-providing-free-emergency-water/

 

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Model demands police protection to female revelers during Songkran

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Thai model Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop, founder of the "Don't tell me how to dress" campaign to stop assault-victim-blaming, urged police to implement measures to prevent sexual harassment during Songkran.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093235-model-demands-police-protection-to-female-revelers-during-songkran/

 

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Shocking photo reveals the blood-spattered doorway where Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was gunned down 20 years ago

By DANYAL HUSSAIN

 

The horrific scene where Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando was gunned down 20 years ago, a crime that shocked the nation

 

A shocking photograph showing the blood-splattered doorway where TV presenter Jill Dando was gunned down 20 years ago has been released. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093238-shocking-photo-reveals-the-blood-spattered-doorway-where-crimewatch-presenter-jill-dando-was-gunned-down-20-years-ago/

 

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Michelle Williams left ‘paralysed’ after co-star Mark Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million compared to her $1,000

by Rebecca Lewis

 

Michelle was left ‘paralyzed by feeling of futility’  (Picture: Getty)

 

Michelle Williams has revealed that she was left ‘paralysed’ after discovering how little she was paid compared to Mark Wahlberg for All The Money In The World reshoots.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093239-michelle-williams-left-‘paralysed’-after-co-star-mark-wahlberg-was-paid-15-million-compared-to-her-1000/

 

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Netflix's releases sinister new trailer depicting Ted Bundy as an evil, manipulative killer

By ROD ARDEHALI

 

No mercy: We hear the judge on the soundtrack: 'The killings were extremely wicked, shockingly evil, vile'

 

A new trailer for the Netflix film on Ted Bundy starring Zac Effron premiered Tuesday, striking a far more sinister tone than its original January teaser which was slammed for being 'sexualized' and a 'punch in the face' to the serial killer's victims. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093241-netflixs-releases-sinister-new-trailer-depicting-ted-bundy-as-an-evil-manipulative-killer/

 

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Dtac launches global Sim deals

By The Nation

 

 

Dtac has introduced the Sim Go Inter for travellers to 67 countries.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093251-dtac-launches-global-sim-deals/

 

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Traffic officers ordered to take new law exams

By The Nation

 

 

Traffic police in charge of Bangkok streets will be required to take exams to test their knowledge about the new traffic laws, says a deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093253-traffic-officers-ordered-to-take-new-law-exams/

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Khao San’s Songkran entertainment axed for coronation preparation

By The Nation

 

 

Songkran revellers will be allowed water play on Bangkok’s Khao San Road, but there will be no stage or entertainment organised, said Khao San business operators' association head Piyabut Jiramonaikul.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093254-khao-san’s-songkran-entertainment-axed-for-coronation-preparation/