Netizens rage! Angry Farang locked Thai workers up in dog cage!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai social media was in meltdown after a popular fan page posted a story that claimed a "farang" had locked up his Thai workers in a dog cage after a disagreement. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139990-netizens-rage-angry-farang-locked-thai-workers-up-in-dog-cage/

Pattaya: Thai woman jumps to her death after Japanese boyfriend chats up another woman at birthday party

 

 

Police and rescue services were called to a 38 story hotel in Jomtien last night after a 23 year old Thai woman jumped from the 22nd floor. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139991-pattaya-thai-woman-jumps-to-her-death-after-japanese-boyfriend-chats-up-another-woman-at-birthday-party/

 

Microsleep: Deputy mayor among those injured as van driver dozes off

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on the latest accident involving what the Thais call "lap nai" or microsleep. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139992-microsleep-deputy-mayor-among-those-injured-as-van-driver-dozes-off/

 

New Year Ready Steady GO! Police mobilized, Ministry's 3 pronged plan and the DLT "report line"

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand is once again gearing up for the annual carnage on the roads at New Year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139996-new-year-ready-steady-go-police-mobilized-ministrys-3-pronged-plan-and-the-dlt-report-line/

 

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Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after prisoner labor report

 

FILE PHOTO: A company logo is pictured outside a Tesco supermarket in Altrincham northern England, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards on Sunday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139997-tesco-suspends-chinese-supplier-after-prisoner-labor-report/

 

Zero-alcohol beers to be taxed in 2020

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Zero-alcohol beers to be taxed  next year in an effort to prevent new drinkers. According to the Public Health Ministry, consumers regard the non-alcoholic drinks as an alternative to other drinks as they are considerably cheaper due to the lack of tax.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139999-zero-alcohol-beers-to-be-taxed-in-2020/

 

Teacher who shaved female students says they had head lice

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

An investigation is underway in the north of Thailand after a teacher shaved two female students' heads.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140002-teacher-who-shaved-female-students-says-they-had-head-lice/

Video Road Rage! Driver knocks motorcyclist unconscious in Sukhumvit Road

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Mobile phone footage that was posted online showed a 30-35 year old man attacking a motorcyclist in a helmet near the Soi Santikham U-Turn in Samrong, Muang district of Samut Prakan. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140004-video-road-rage-driver-knocks-motorcyclist-unconscious-in-sukhumvit-road/

 

Thailand’s favourite running rock star raises Bt18 million

By THE NATION

 

Athiwara (white shirt) at starting point in Uttaradit

 

Rock star Athiwara “Toon Bodyslam” Khongmalai on Sunday (December 22) led a charity run with more than 20,000 participants over the finish line at 700th Anniversary Stadium in Muang district of Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140006-thailand’s-favourite-running-rock-star-raises-bt18-million/

 

Future Forward’s call for inquiry into “Illuminati Case” rejected by charter court

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has rejected the Future Forward party’s petition for an inquiry to be held into a sedition charge against the party, also known as the “Illuminati Case”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140008-future-forward’s-call-for-inquiry-into-“illuminati-case”-rejected-by-charter-court/

 

Pattaya: "Drunk foreigner" smashes into Thai family's house

 

Picture; Siamchon News

 

A dental assistant told the Thai press that a drunk foreigner in a white pick-up had plowed through a wall at her property and gone into their house. 

 

FFull story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140011-pattaya-drunk-foreigner-smashes-into-thai-familys-house/

 

Student attack: Police deny cover up claims, summons issued

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A national police spokesman has denied that there is a cover up after an 18 year old student was attacked at a well known school in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140013-student-attack-police-deny-cover-up-claims-summons-issued/

 

Survey: More than half of all Thais can't survive losing their jobs more than 6 months

 

Thai caption: Lose job - Hurt - No savings

 

A survey by the comparison site GoBear suggests that more than half of all Thais - 56% - don't have enough savings to survive losing their jobs for more than 6 months. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140015-survey-more-than-half-of-all-thais-cant-survive-losing-their-jobs-more-than-6-months/

 

UPDATE:

 

Barking mad: Workers in Buri Ram complain of being detained by kennel owner

By The Nation

 

 

Police were called on Sunday (December 22) to a kennel in Buri Ram’s Ban Kruat district to investigate a claim by a worker that the staff were being kept captive by the owner of a shelter called “The Sound of Animals” 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139990-netizens-rage-angry-farang-locked-thai-workers-up-in-dog-cage/?do=findComment&comment=14885498

 

Thai police unveil the answer to the New Year carnage: The Dummy Car

 

Picture: js100

 

The highway police have come up with a cunning way to limit the carnage on the Thai roads this coming New Year. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140021-thai-police-unveil-the-answer-to-the-new-year-carnage-the-dummy-car/

 

DSI to charge ex-Kaeng Krachan park chief over Billy’s disappearance

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation is expected to file criminal charges, against the former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park and three park officials today, in connection with the disappearance and subsequent murder of former Karen community rights activist Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen about five years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140036-dsi-to-charge-ex-kaeng-krachan-park-chief-over-billy’s-disappearance/

 

Study to look into whether to remove kratom leaves as a narcotic

By THE NATION

 

Kratom leaves

 

The Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsutin are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 27 for a study that could see kratom leaves removed from the list of narcotics, a source revealed on Sunday (December 22).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140039-study-to-look-into-whether-to-remove-kratom-leaves-as-a-narcotic/

 

Elephant Santas deliver Christmas presents at Thai school

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

An elephant dressed in a Santa Claus costume distributes a doll to students during Christmas celebrations at Jirasart school in Ayutthaya, Thailand, December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Elephants dressed as Santa Claus gave out presents and candy to students in Thailand in an annual Christmas tradition in the mostly Buddhist country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140042-elephant-santas-deliver-christmas-presents-at-thai-school/

 

Central bank governor foresees growth rate higher in 2020

By The Nation

 

Veerathai Santiprabhob, central bank governor, left, says GDP will expand 2.8 per cent next year.

 

The Thai economy will grow next year but its rate of growth is likely to be well below its potential, says Veerathai Santiprabhob, central bank governor.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140044-central-bank-governor-foresees-growth-rate-higher-in-2020/

 

Baht to remain strong: Kasikorn Research Centre

By The Nation

 

Kasikorn Research Centre expects the baht to move within a range of 30.10-30.50 per US dollar this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140045-baht-to-remain-strong-kasikorn-research-centre/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai central bank has not closed door to further easing - governor

By Satawasin Staporncharnchai

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Central Bank Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand, October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Matthew Tostevin

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank has not shut the door to further monetary policy easing should the economy worsen, the governor said on Monday, after two rate cuts this year to support flagging growth.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140044-central-bank-governor-foresees-growth-rate-higher-in-2020/?do=findComment&comment=14886094

 

Patong candle-lit ceremony returns for 15th anniversary tsunami memorial events

By The Phuket News

 

The candle-lit ceremony to remember those lost to the tsunami will return as part of the memorial services held at Patong beach on Thursday. Photo: Patong Municipality

 

PHUKET: The main annual tsunami memorial event, this year marking 15 years since the disaster, will be held at the traditional location of Loma Park in Patong this Thursday (Dec 26), Patong Municipality confirmed today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140050-patong-candle-lit-ceremony-returns-for-15th-anniversary-tsunami-memorial-events/

 

Prapat plans international-standard central cowshed

By The Nation

 

 

Agriculture and Cooperatives Deputy Minister Prapat Potasuthon plans to build a central cowshed that meets international standards, expecting to promote it as the country’s export centre before cattle sales to China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140054-prapat-plans-international-standard-central-cowshed/

 

Nicknames resurface for government and ministers

By THE NATION

 

 

It is an year-end tradition for the press corps at Government House to come up with nicknames for the government and the ministers in an expression of collective opinions towards those in power, based on what they have achieved in the course of the year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140055-nicknames-resurface-for-government-and-ministers/

 

Unmarried Chinese woman sues hospital over refusal to freeze eggs

By Huizhong Wu

 

Teresa Xu, 31, talks to journalists outside Chaoyang People's Court before a court hearing of her suit against a Beijing hospital for rejecting her request to freeze her eggs on the grounds that she is unmarried, in Beijing, China December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a hospital on Monday for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her eggs due to her marital status, in China’s first legal challenge of a woman fighting for her reproductive rights.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140073-unmarried-chinese-woman-sues-hospital-over-refusal-to-freeze-eggs/

 

Fight or flight: Australians grapple with difficult decision as bushfires approach

By Jill Gralow

 

Diane Baxter hoses her garden as she did on Saturday to protect her home when raging bushfires swept past her home town of Yanderra, Australia December 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jill Gralow

 

YANDERRA, Australia (Reuters) - It was oppressively hot, above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and the wind was picking up. Bushfires were devastating nearby towns and now threatened Yanderra, a small village with just over 600 people located south of Sydney.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140074-fight-or-flight-australians-grapple-with-difficult-decision-as-bushfires-approach/

 

After Ethiopia crash, victims' relatives say they were hounded by U.S. law firms

By Katharine Houreld

 

FILE PHOTO: Family and friends of victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, look at debris after a commemoration ceremony at the scene of the crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

 

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved families, saying they represented U.S. law firms.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140075-after-ethiopia-crash-victims-relatives-say-they-were-hounded-by-us-law-firms/

 

Eleven dead, 300 treated after drinking coconut wine in Philippines

 

Patients poisoned after drinking coconut wine are treated at an emergency ward in Philippine General Hospital, in Manila, Philippines, December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - At least 11 people have been killed and more than 300 treated in hospital after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were celebrating at a Christmas party, health and local authorities said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140076-eleven-dead-300-treated-after-drinking-coconut-wine-in-philippines/

 

Progress in Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi motorway project

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Highways Department has paid compensation for the compulsory purchase of land from villagers in Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi to pave way for the Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi motorway, which is expected to open for a trial run in late 2022. The project has compensated those evicted within a month.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140084-progress-in-bang-yai-kanchanaburi-motorway-project/