Win a pair of tickets to Mahanakhon Skywalk, Thailand’s highest observation deck at King Power Mahanakhon with Thaivisa

 

 

Bangkok has a new, stunning attraction to hit its landscape and it sits on Thailand’s highest observation deck,  314 metres above ground. It is the Mahanakhon SkyWalk at King Power Mahanakhon, located at Chong Nonsi BTS (exit 3).

 

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The week that was in Thailand news: Let the train take the strain - especially in Thailand!

 

 

Ever since I can remember I have loved trains. As a school boy growing up in South London the pain of having to actually get an education was softened somewhat by the fact that I would use a train to get to and from school. As I grew into a teen my father gave me the full fare but as I was a pipsqueak of a lad I paid half and saved half. Win-win.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106626-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-let-the-train-take-the-strain-especially-in-thailand/

 

Buddhist couple killed in drive-by shooting in Narathiwat

By The Nation

 

A Buddhist couple was killed in a drive-by shooting and their motorcycle was stolen in Narathiwat’s Rangae district early on Saturday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106676-buddhist-couple-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-in-narathiwat/

 

Elderly monk found hanged in Phitsanulok temple

By The Nation

 

An elderly abbot of a small temple in Phitsanulok was found hanged in his temple on Saturday morning, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106677-elderly-monk-found-hanged-in-phitsanulok-temple/

 

Trotting the globe

By Kanjana Lao 
Nation Graphic

 

 

As many as 1.4 billion people took overseas trips last year, generating revenue of almost US$1.6 trillion (Bt50 trillion) worldwide. Thailand saw 38.28 million arrivals last year, earning Bt2.01 trillion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106678-trotting-the-globe/

 

Rodtang to challenge Haggerty for ONE flyweight muay Thai world title in Manila

By The Nation

 

Rodtang “Iron Man” Jitmuangnon of Thailand

 

ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced ONE: DAWN OF HEROES, set for Friday, 2 August in Manila.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106679-rodtang-to-challenge-haggerty-for-one-flyweight-muay-thai-world-title-in-manila/

 

Pheu Thai warns Prayut not to skip House meetings

By The Nation

 

Pheu Thai Party spokeswoman Ladawan Wongsriwong on Saturday warned Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha not to skip House meetings or else he would be strongly reprimanded by MPs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106680-pheu-thai-warns-prayut-not-to-skip-house-meetings/

 

Party threatens to pull out of coalition over environment role

By The Nation

 

The Thai Forest Conservation Party on Saturday threatened to pull out and become an opposition party if the coalition leader Phalang Pracharat does not take back the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry from the Chart Pattana Party.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106681-party-threatens-to-pull-out-of-coalition-over-environment-role/

 

Thailand Polo Association hosts "VS Trophy" competition to honour Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

By The Nation

 

 

The late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - who pioneered and supported polo in Thailand, bringing it up to international standards - once said: “Whatever I do, I must do the best I can.” 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106682-thailand-polo-association-hosts-vs-trophy-competition-to-honour-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha/

 

Sporty MG charges up electric ambitions

By Kingsley Wijayasinha 
The Nation Weekend

 

 

With an expected low price, along with fast-charging ability and network of stations for it, the UK brand’s EV meets the needs of busy customers

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106683-sporty-mg-charges-up-electric-ambitions/

 

Flight of the Gibbon resumes zip line trips

By Don Ross

 

 

CHIANG MAI, 14 June 2019: Flight of the Gibbon Chiang Mai reopened last week after securing police clearance, almost two months after a fatal zip line accident on 13 April.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106684-flight-of-the-gibbon-resumes-zip-line-trips/

 

Gen Prawit welcomes Russian Ambassador to Thailand

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 15 June 2019(NNT) - Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has welcomed Mr. Evgeny Tomikhin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Thailand, on the occasion of his taking office, at the Ministry of Defense.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106685-gen-prawit-welcomes-russian-ambassador-to-thailand/

 

Houses to be built on Koh Sichang

tewit kemtong

 

 

CHONBURI, 15 June 2019(NNT) - Low-income earners may be able to acquire a house of their own on Koh Sichang. A total of 111 Baan Mankhong houses are to be built on long neglected public land on the island.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106686-houses-to-be-built-on-koh-sichang/

 

Thailand to sit on ECOSOC

tewit kemtong

 

 

BANKOK, 15 June 2019(NNT) - Thailand has been selected as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council from 2020 to 2022 on behalf of Asia and the Pacific region alongside China, South Korea and Bangladesh.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106687-thailand-to-sit-on-ecosoc/

 

Police seize illegal mosquito repellent, and nutritional supplements

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK, 15 June 2019(NNT) - The Consumer Protection Police Division and the Food and Drugs Administration has announced their raids on illegal factories producing dangerous mosquito repellent and nutritional supplements. Investigations are taking place to find all persons responsible.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106688-police-seize-illegal-mosquito-repellent-and-nutritional-supplements/

 

BMA, Marine Department launch a Bang Wa - Tha Chang ferry service on Monday, June 17

tewit kemtong

 

 

BANGKOK, 15 June 2019(NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Marine Department are starting a passenger boat service on Monday, June 17, on a trial run between Bang Wa (Khlong Phasi Charoen) and Tha Chang (Chao Phraya River), Deputy Government Spokesman Lt. Gen. Werachon Sukondhapatipak announced today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106689-bma-marine-department-launch-a-bang-wa-tha-chang-ferry-service-on-monday-june-17/

 

Bowing to pressure, Hong Kong leader suspends extradition bill

By John Ruwitch and Clare Jim

 

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks at a news conference in Hong Kong, China, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday indefinitely delayed a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after anger over the bill triggered the city's biggest and most violent street protests in decades.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106692-bowing-to-pressure-hong-kong-leader-suspends-extradition-bill/

 

Saudi seeks oil supply protection as U.S. and Iran face off

By Asma Alsharif

 

FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman, in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran, June 13, 2019. ISNA/Handout via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies and joined the United States in blaming Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a vital shipping route that have raised fears of broader confrontation in the region.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106693-saudi-seeks-oil-supply-protection-as-us-and-iran-face-off/

 

Worshippers in safety hats attend Notre-Dame's first mass since fire

By Dominique Vidalon

 

The Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit leads the first mass in a side chapel two months to the day after a devastating fire engulfed the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris, France June 15, 2019. Karine Perret/Pool via REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A small congregation in white hard hats attended mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service since fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106694-worshippers-in-safety-hats-attend-notre-dames-first-mass-since-fire/

 

India to impose retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. goods from Sunday

By Nidhi Verma and Neha Dasgupta

 

FILE PHOTO: A man holds the flags of India and the U.S. while people take part in the 35th India Day Parade in New York August 16, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will impose higher retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. products including almonds, apples and walnuts from Sunday, following Washington's withdrawal of key trade privileges for New Delhi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106696-india-to-impose-retaliatory-tariffs-on-28-us-goods-from-sunday/

 

Jailed British-Iranian aid worker in Iran starts hunger strike: husband

 

Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe stages a vigil and goes on hunger strike outside of the Iranian embassy in London, Britain, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A British-Iranian aid worker jailed in Tehran has begun a hunger strike to demand release, her husband said on Saturday, adding he would support her by fasting outside Iran's embassy in London.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106697-jailed-british-iranian-aid-worker-in-iran-starts-hunger-strike-husband/

Brexit: Irish PM says no backstop as bad for Ireland as no deal

 

FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar arrives ahead of a European Union leaders summit after European Parliament elections to discuss who should run the EU executive for the next five years, in Brussels, Belgium May 28, 2019. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will not allow the Northern Ireland "backstop" clause in Britain's EU withdrawal agreement to be dropped because doing so would be as big a threat to the country as Britain leaving without a deal, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106698-brexit-irish-pm-says-no-backstop-as-bad-for-ireland-as-no-deal/

 

Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director, dies at 96

By Philip Pullella

 

FILE PHOTO: Italy's film director Franco Zeffirelli smiles during a ceremony at the British Embassy in Rome November 24, 2004. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world's greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has died. He was 96.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106699-franco-zeffirelli-italian-film-and-opera-director-dies-at-96/

 

Froome ‘fully focused’ on return after horror crash

 

FILE PHOTO: Cyclist Chris Froome attends the launching of Team Ineos with the team's general manager Dave Brailsford in Linton, Yorkshire, Britain May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Martyn Herman/File Photo

(Reuters) - Chris Froome says he is "fully focused" on getting back to his best after speaking for the first time since a crash at the Criterium du Dauphine that ruled him out of the Tour de France.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106700-froome-‘fully-focused’-on-return-after-horror-crash/

China denies hit and run as pressure builds on Duterte to speak up

By Martin Petty

 

FILE PHOTO: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives to greet the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, February 28, 2019. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - China has rejected Philippine allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, as pressure builds on President Rodrigo Duterte to take a tougher line.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106702-china-denies-hit-and-run-as-pressure-builds-on-duterte-to-speak-up/

 

Tens of thousands expected to rally to demand Hong Kong leader steps down

By Anne Marie Roantree

 

Member of Hong Kong's Democratic Party Lam Cheuk-ting arrives at a news conference in response to the announcement by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam regarding the proposed extradition bill, outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, China, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand the city's leader steps down, a day after she suspended an extradition bill following the most violent protests in decades.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1106706-tens-of-thousands-expected-to-rally-to-demand-hong-kong-leader-steps-down/

 

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