Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city - MasterCard

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: Tourists enjoy a swimming pool at a hotel in central Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's capital, Bangkok, edged out Paris and London as the world's most popular city to visit, according to a survey released on Wednesday, welcome news for Thailand after worries over a drop in foreign arrivals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121756-bangkok-tops-paris-london-as-worlds-most-visited-city-mastercard/

Thailand seeks to become Southeast Asia energy trading hub

 

FILE PHOTO: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) officials remove a diesel electric generator at Nong Jok power plant in Bangkok, April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main stock exchange on Wednesday signed an agreement to develop an energy trading platform with state-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), part of a plan to become Southeast Asia's electricity trading hub.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121754-thailand-seeks-to-become-southeast-asia-energy-trading-hub/

FIFTY EIGHT Chinese nationals arrested for running share scam from Bangkok hotel

 

Picture: INN

 

Immigration police have announced the arrest of fifty eight Chinese nationals over their alleged involvement in a scam that defrauded investors in China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121703-fifty-eight-chinese-nationals-arrested-for-running-share-scam-from-bangkok-hotel/

Sondhi walks free after three years of 20-year jail term

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

Sondhi Limthongkul, the former leader of the yellow-shirt nationalist movement, has been released from prison after qualifying for a royal pardon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121745-sondhi-walks-free-after-three-years-of-20-year-jail-term/

Somkid seeks more Turkish investment in EEC

By The Nation

 

Photo credit: Royal Thai Government House website

 

A trade mission from Turkey met with Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak at Government House today (September 4) on an official visit to Thailand and the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), said government spokesperson Narumon Pinyosinwat.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121793-somkid-seeks-more-turkish-investment-in-eec/

 

Bangkok World Snooker: Veteran Jimmy White through to last 16 but Thailand's Thepchaiya and Tong are out

 

Jimmy White of England after winning the World Seniors in Sheffield last month

 

Day three action at the Six Red World Snooker Championship in Bangkok on Wednesday saw crowd favorite Jimmy White from England win 5-1 against Mohamed Khairy of Egypt to enter the last 16. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121794-bangkok-world-snooker-veteran-jimmy-white-through-to-last-16-but-thailands-thepchaiya-and-tong-are-out/

 

Phang Nga group removes huge quantities of garbage from beach

By Anothai Ngandee
The Nation

 

 

Local officials and volunteers joined forces on Wednesday to collect garbage from Na Tai Beach in Phang Nga province as well as from the sea.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121795-phang-nga-group-removes-huge-quantities-of-garbage-from-beach/

 

Finance Ministry eases concern on household debts

By THE NATION

 

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The Finance Ministry on Wednesday (September 9) moved to ease public concern on high household debt in the first quarter of the year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121796-finance-ministry-eases-concern-on-household-debts/

 

Baht’s strength dulls foreign interest in homes under Bt10m

By Somluck Srimalee

The Nation

 

Photo by Pruksa Real Estate Plc

 

The baht’s appreciation against the yuan and dollar will have a direct impact on demand for residential units for the rest of the year, say property developers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121798-baht’s-strength-dulls-foreign-interest-in-homes-under-bt10m/

 

Charter court refuses to lift Thanathorn’s duty suspension order

 

 

Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has been dealt yet another blow with the Constitutional Court rejecting his plea to rescind an earlier court’s order suspending him from performing his duties as an MP.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121799-charter-court-refuses-to-lift-thanathorn’s-duty-suspension-order/

 

UK lawmakers reject PM Johnson's request for early election

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions session in the House of Commons in London, Britain September 4, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed on Wednesday to win the approval of enough lawmakers to go ahead with his plan to hold an early election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121800-uk-lawmakers-reject-pm-johnsons-request-for-early-election/

 

Yala Governor welcomes media members from Indonesia

 

   

YALA (NNT) - The Governor of Yala, Anuchit Trakulmututa, has welcomed members of the media from Indonesia led by Col. Agus Hartoto, a representative of Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense. The group visited Yala to be informed on the actual situation in the southern border provinces of Thailand and to learn about the multicultural community. The knowledge and information will be broadcast in reports on Indonesian media channels.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121801-yala-governor-welcomes-media-members-from-indonesia/

 

Seven measures to help flood victims

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The recent flood situation in Thailand has affected more than 380 entrepreneurs, causing damage of up to 133 million baht. The Ministry of Industry has announced seven measures to provide immediate assistance to affected entrepreneurs and repair damaged utilities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121802-seven-measures-to-help-flood-victims/

 

Snap election on horizon after UK lawmakers vote to block 'no-deal' Brexit

By Elizabeth Piper, William James and Kylie MacLellan

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions session in the House of Commons in London, Britain September 4, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British parliament voted on Wednesday to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31, but rejected his first bid to call a snap election two weeks before the scheduled exit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121805-snap-election-on-horizon-after-uk-lawmakers-vote-to-block-no-deal-brexit/

 

Bahamas staggers from Dorian's devastation; U.S. coast fears storm surge

By Dante Carrer

 

An aerial view shows flooded area after hurricane Dorian hit the Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas,September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

 

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas - Survivors of Hurricane Dorian on Wednesday picked through the wreckage of homes ripped open by fierce winds, struggled to fuel generators and queued for food after one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record devastated parts of the Bahamas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121807-bahamas-staggers-from-dorians-devastation-us-coast-fears-storm-surge/

 

Sharpie-gate? Trump shows apparently altered hurricane map

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan hold up a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chart showing the original projected track of Hurricane Dorian that appears to have been extended with a black line to include parts of the Florida panhandle and of the state of Alabama during a status report meeting on the hurricane in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump showed a map of Hurricane Dorian's projected path on Wednesday that appeared to have been altered with a Sharpie pen to include the state of Alabama, which was never in harm's way.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121808-sharpie-gate-trump-shows-apparently-altered-hurricane-map/

 

U.S. House panel subpoenas DHS over alleged Trump pardon offers

By David Morgan

 

FILE PHOTO: Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security for documents that could shed light on President Donald Trump's alleged offer of pardons to officials implementing U.S. immigration policy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121810-us-house-panel-subpoenas-dhs-over-alleged-trump-pardon-offers/

 

Texas executes man convicted of murdering 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter

By Brendan O'Brien

 

FILE PHOTO: An inmate trustee enters the 'Walls' unit that houses the 'Death House' where executions by lethal injection are conducted by the State of Texas in Huntsville, Texas January 22, 2014. // Reuters picture

 

(Reuters) - A man convicted of killing an 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in their Fort Worth home in 2003 was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121812-texas-executes-man-convicted-of-murdering-89-year-old-woman-and-her-elderly-daughter/

 

Release dates announced for Tom Waller’s ‘The Cave’

By The Thaiger

 

 

The first of a few productions about last year’s massive cave rescue at the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai is going to be released on November 28. It is a feature film called “The Cave” (Nang Non) and will be released in Thai theatres as well.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121813-release-dates-announced-for-tom-waller’s-‘the-cave’/

 

Laguna Phuket Triathlon launches

By The Nation

 

From left: Ravi Chandran, managing director, Laguna Phuket; Khemmapol Auitayakul, secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Sports Phakaphong Tavipatana, Phuket Governor; and Atiwara Kongmalai aka Toon Bodysla, representing the Kao Kon La Kao Foundation

 

The 26th edition of Asia’s longest-standing triathlon race the Laguna Phuket Triathlon (LPT) is being held on the weekend of November 23-24, organisers announced at a press conference this week. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121815-laguna-phuket-triathlon-launches/

 

North Korea tells United Nations to cut international aid staff: letter

By Michelle Nichols

 

FILE PHOTO - A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Picture

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea has told the United Nations to cut the number of international staff it deploys in the country because the world body's programs have failed "due to the politicization of U.N. assistance by hostile forces," according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121816-north-korea-tells-united-nations-to-cut-international-aid-staff-letter/

 

American woman tries to smuggle 6 day old baby in carry on luggage – Philippines

By The Thaiger

 

 

A female US citizen remains in custody in the Philippines after allegedly trying to leave the country with a baby inside her hand luggage. She was flying out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. The baby was alive and now in the care of Philippine officials.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121817-american-woman-tries-to-smuggle-6-day-old-baby-in-carry-on-luggage-–-philippines/

 

Oops! Met office chief presents the serious storm news like this!

 

Thai  caption: Someone forgot to turn off the effects

 

Boring updates from the meteorological office seem to be a thing of the past, reported Sanook. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121819-oops-met-office-chief-presents-the-serious-storm-news-like-this/

 

Want to earn extra cash in Thailand? Here's how

 

Thai caption: How to get extra income!

 

The Thai public have been urged to snitch to make Thailand a better place. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121830-want-to-earn-extra-cash-in-thailand-heres-how/

 

 

Video: Power saving device is just a fake, says Thailand's electrical authority

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Tests on a device that is meant to save the consumer on their electric bills have proved it to be a piece of fake junk. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121832-video-power-saving-device-is-just-a-fake-says-thailands-electrical-authority/

 

Video: Rental car comes with an added bonus for Chinese tourist - a python!

 

Thai caption: A snake in hiding

 

A Chinese tourist in a rental car in Chiang Mai had the shock of her life when a python appeared on the windshield while she was driving along with her daughter. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121833-video-rental-car-comes-with-an-added-bonus-for-chinese-tourist-a-python/

 

Families in Nakhon Phanom hit with floods as river bursts banks 

By The Nation

 

 

A river in Nakhon Phanom’s Na Kae district burst its banks Thursday morning inundating some 20 houses and putting 300 more homes at risk. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121835-families-in-nakhon-phanom-hit-with-floods-as-river-bursts-banks/

 

Dengue claims 3 victims in Bangkok this year

By The Nation

 

 

The dengue outbreak in Bangkok is still worrying with 4,903 people becoming infected with the virus and three dead so far this year, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration governor Aswin Kwanmuang said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121836-dengue-claims-3-victims-in-bangkok-this-year/

 

Thai woman arrested for working at Chinese call centre 

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai woman was arrested in Samut Sakhon late Wednesday night for allegedly working for a Chinese gang’s call centre to deceive other Thais back in 2010. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121837-thai-woman-arrested-for-working-at-chinese-call-centre/

 

RTP warns tourists about the dangers of Thailand after tourism minister says it's "completely safe"

 

Picture: INN

 

A spokesman for the Royal Thai police warned tourists and foreign business people about the dangers of Thailand following a 3.6 million baht theft apparently by a taxi driver from a drunk Chinese man. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121845-rtp-warns-tourists-about-the-dangers-of-thailand-after-tourism-minister-says-its-completely-safe/