K-pop stars jailed for gang-rape in South Korea

 

 

Jung Joon-young was also convicted of making sex videos of women against their will and posting the footage in a group chat. Photograph: Kim Chul-Soo/EPA

 

A South Korean court has sentenced two K-pop stars to six and five years in prison for gang-rape and additionally convicted one of them for distributing videos of the assaults and other sexual encounters.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136389-k-pop-stars-jailed-for-gang-rape-in-south-korea/

Police shoot dead man who killed two in London stabbing, call it terrorist attack

By Michael Holden and Dylan Martinez

 

Police officers and emergency staff work at the site of an incident at London Bridge in London, Britain, November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police on Friday shot dead a man wearing a fake suicide vest who stabbed two people to death in London and injured three more before being wrestled to the ground by bystanders, in what the authorities called a terrorist attack.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136416-police-shoot-dead-man-who-killed-two-in-london-stabbing-call-it-terrorist-attack/

 

Iraq PM says he will quit after cleric's call but violence rages on

By John Davison

 

Mourners carry the coffin during the funeral of a demonstrator who was killed at an anti-government protest overnight in Najaf, Iraq November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation on Friday after the country's senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric urged lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by weeks of deadly anti-establishment unrest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136419-iraq-pm-says-he-will-quit-after-clerics-call-but-violence-rages-on/

 

Three youth wounded in stabbing in The Hague; no indication now of terrorism

 

 

Police officers work near the site of a stabbing on a shopping street in The Hague, Netherlands November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Three youth were wounded in a stabbing on a shopping street in The Hague early Friday evening, Dutch police said, adding that they were seeking a suspect.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136420-three-youth-wounded-in-stabbing-in-the-hague-no-indication-now-of-terrorism/

 

Malta prime minister expected to quit in crisis over journalist murder

By Chris Scicluna

 

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addresses a press conference after an urgent Cabinet meeting at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

 

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has told associates he plans to resign over the political and legal crisis stemming from the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Times of Malta reported on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136421-malta-prime-minister-expected-to-quit-in-crisis-over-journalist-murder/

 

Atiruj pulls four clear

By THE NATION

 

Atiruj Winaicharoenchai of Thailand (Asian Development Tour picture)

 

Kuala Lumpur - Atiruj Winaicharoenchai of Thailand is on the brink of securing his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) victory after firing a seven-under-par 65 on Friday to take a four-shot lead into the final round at the PGM Maybank ADT Championship.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136422-atiruj-pulls-four-clear/

 

Ministry to host sixth FTA talk with Turkey

By The Nation

 

Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Department of Trade Negotiations

 

The Commerce Ministry will host the sixth round of negotiation for a Thailand-Turkey free trade agreement on December 2-4, focusing on market opening and tariffs, said Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Department of Trade Negotiations, today (November 29).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136423-ministry-to-host-sixth-fta-talk-with-turkey/

 

Economic downtrend continues in Oct despite private consumption, tourism growth

By The Nation

 

Private consumption indicators expanded at a higher pace compared with the previous month after temporarily benefiting from the government’s economic stimulus measures.

 

The Thai economy stayed on the path of deceleration in October, the Bank of Thailand said in a report yesterday (November 29).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136424-economic-downtrend-continues-in-oct-despite-private-consumption-tourism-growth/

 

Musk's defamation trial over 'pedo guy' tweet is narrowed

By Jonathan Stempel

 

FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The British cave explorer who sued Tesla Inc's <TSLA.O> Elon Musk for branding him "pedo guy" in a tweet has narrowed his defamation case against the electric car maker's chief executive, and is no longer seeking damages for an emailed suggestion he might be a child rapist.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136425-musks-defamation-trial-over-pedo-guy-tweet-is-narrowed/

 

As Juncker bids farewell, new EU executive begins with scrutiny over Luxembourg tax

By Francesco Guarascio

 

FILE PHOTO: European Economy Commissioner-designate Paolo Gentiloni of Italy attends his hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Officials from the new European Commission will discuss an International Monetary Fund study that lists Luxembourg as a world-leading tax haven just days after the former leader of the Grand Duchy departs the EU executive's helm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136426-as-juncker-bids-farewell-new-eu-executive-begins-with-scrutiny-over-luxembourg-tax/

 

Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen at Gaza protest, Palestinians say

 

 

Relatives of a Palestinian teenager who was killed near the border fence, mourn at the hospital in the southern Gaza Strip November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near the border fence with the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136428-israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-teen-at-gaza-protest-palestinians-say/

 

Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of paying to burn the Amazon

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Leonardo DiCaprio attends the premiere of "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136429-brazils-president-accuses-actor-dicaprio-of-paying-to-burn-the-amazon/

 

Sudan's ex-ruling party condemns law dissolving it, to continue 'reforms'

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese protesters chant slogans during a rally calling for the former ruling party to be dissolved and for ex-officials to be put on trial in Khartoum, Sudan, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

 

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's former ruling National Congress Party of deposed president Omar al-Bashir condemned a law passed by transitional authorities to dissolve the NCP and seize its assets, saying it would pursue internal reforms.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136431-sudans-ex-ruling-party-condemns-law-dissolving-it-to-continue-reforms/

 

China mixing military and science in Arctic push: Denmark

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Snow covered mountains rise above the harbour and town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - China's military is increasingly using scientific research in the Arctic as a way into the region, a Danish intelligence service said on Friday, as it warned of intensifying geopolitical rivalry in the Earth's freezing North.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136432-china-mixing-military-and-science-in-arctic-push-denmark/

 

Suriname President Bouterse convicted of murder for 1982 executions

By Ank Kuipers

 

FILE PHOTO: Suriname's President Desi Bouterse attends a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool

 

PARAMARIBO (Reuters) - A court in Suriname on Friday convicted President Desi Bouterse of murder for the execution of 15 opponents in 1982 following a coup to seize power, sentencing the man who has dominated the former Dutch colony's recent history to 20 years in prison.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136433-suriname-president-bouterse-convicted-of-murder-for-1982-executions/

 

Shroud of concrete: Building collpase confirmed Phuket's worst workplace disaster

By The Phuket News

 

Rescue workers at the scene of the collapse. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: Officials this week were still pursuing legal action over seven workers being crushed to death by a concrete roof that fell on them while they were eating lunch at an illegal worksite last Thursday (Nov 21).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136435-shroud-of-concrete-building-collpase-confirmed-phukets-worst-workplace-disaster/

 

Hundreds of openbill storks spotted in Satun

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Santipab Ramsuit

 

Hundreds of openbill storks have migrated to Satun province, turning the rice fields into tourist hotspots and drawing hundreds of shutterbugs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136439-hundreds-of-openbill-storks-spotted-in-satun/

 

Our beautiful green river

By The Nation

 

 

A picture of an emerald green Mekong River has become an internet sensation after being posted on Facebook page “Nakhonphanom Update” on Thursday (November 28).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136442-our-beautiful-green-river/

 

Arsenal sack Emery and name 'invincible' Ljungberg as interim boss

 

 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Group F - Arsenal v Eintracht Frankfurt - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - November 28, 2019 Arsenal manager Unai Emery looks dejected REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal have sacked manager Unai Emery after the Premier League club's worst run in more than a quarter of a century and appointed former player and fans' favourite Freddie Ljungberg as interim coach, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136444-arsenal-sack-emery-and-name-invincible-ljungberg-as-interim-boss/

 

Arsenal ditch Emery: Who is next?

David Buckley

 

Poch and Unai are gone. Could Manuel Pellegrini be next? Pictures: Commons Wikimedia

 

Three former players and Poch are in the frame. Who would your money be on?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136444-arsenal-sack-emery-and-name-invincible-ljungberg-as-interim-boss/

 

Rayong: Double murder for a Ducati bike

 

 

Caption: He went with murder in mind

 

Police in Rayong are working on the suspicion that two teachers were murdered by a man who came to buy a second hand Ducati motorcycle at their property after it was advertised on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136447-rayong-double-murder-for-a-ducati-bike/

 

Phuket reades for King Bhumibol birthday, Father’s Day public holiday

 

 

The nation will commemorate the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej this Thursday (Dec 5), a day that has also long been celebrated in Thailand as Father’s Day. Photo: Phuket Rajabhat University / PKRU
 

PHUKET: Officials across Phuket are making preparation to honour the birthday King Bhumibol Adulyadej this coming Thursday (Dec 5), a day long celebrated throughout the country as Father’s Day and now also celebrated as Thailand’s National Day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136450-phuket-reades-for-king-bhumibol-birthday-father’s-day-public-holiday/

 

BoI secures Bt9 billion of investment from Hong Kong

By THE NATION

 

 

Speaking on Friday (November 29) at the “Thailand Plus Opportunities for Hong Kong Investors” seminar held at Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok to an audience of 50 business people and investors from Hong Kong, Duangjai Asawachintachit, secretary-general of the Board of Investment (BoI), noted that over the past nine months, Hong Kong companies have filed applications for investment privileges with BoI with an accumulated project value of around Bt9 billion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136451-boi-secures-bt9-billion-of-investment-from-hong-kong/

 

Forget pensioners and Bridge!: Thai police bust darts and balloons fairground game for gambling

 

Caption: Gambling arrest at the Chinese Opera fair

 

The fairground game where patrons have to throw a dart or shoot an air rifle to burst a balloon for a cuddly toy is the latest on the police radar for gambling.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136456-forget-pensioners-and-bridge-thai-police-bust-darts-and-balloons-fairground-game-for-gambling/

 

"Extract of Toad": 78 year old grannie latest victim Ya Dong drink

 

 

Caption: Another death from Ya Dong "Extract of Toad"   

 

A 78 year old grandmother has become the fifth victim after drinking the Thai medicinal drink "Ya Dong" laced with extract of toad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136458-extract-of-toad-78-year-old-grannie-latest-victim-ya-dong-drink/

 

 

German killed in fall from condo

By THE NATION

 

 

Phra Khanong police were called on Friday night to a condominium block on Sukhumvit Soi 79 following a report that man had fallen from the 27th floor.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136462-german-killed-in-fall-from-condo/

 

Thailand adds to requirements for visas

Staff writer, with CNA

 

 

Starting next month, individual travelers from Taiwan visiting Thailand would be required to provide financial details to obtain a visitor’s visa, local travel agencies said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136465-thailand-adds-to-requirements-for-visas/

 

Thanathorn quits House budget scrutiny panel

 

 

Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has submitted his resignation as a member of the House budget scrutiny committee effective tomorrow, claiming his presence in the committee is not welcome.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136470-thanathorn-quits-house-budget-scrutiny-panel/

 

Border troops on alert as fighting between Mon rebels and Myanmar troops seems imminent

 

 

Thai troops deployed at the western border with Myanmar, in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi, have been put on alert in anticipation of a new round of fighting between Myanmar government troops and Mon rebels.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136471-border-troops-on-alert-as-fighting-between-mon-rebels-and-myanmar-troops-seems-imminent/

 

Pattaya: Shoddy Thai construction in the news again

 

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

Our picture shows 45 year old condo resident Thawut pointing at the damage caused to his Toyota Altis after an iron girder fell on it. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136476-pattaya-shoddy-thai-construction-in-the-news-again/