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Pitiful scene: Pet dog stands guard after wife of driver crushed to death by tree in NE Thailand

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Rescue workers and medical personnel rushed to the scene of an accident in Chaiyaphum after a large tree fell down on a pick-up in a heavy rain storm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165636-pitiful-scene-pet-dog-stands-guard-after-wife-of-driver-crushed-to-death-by-tree-in-ne-thailand/

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Smokers beware: You'll be fined 5,000 baht if caught lighting up in bus stations and markets nationwide

 

Picture: INN

 

Smokers have been warned about lighting up in public places as Covid-19 authorities crack down on them amid the easing of coronavirus regulations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165637-smokers-beware-youll-be-fined-5000-baht-if-caught-lighting-up-in-bus-stations-and-markets-nationwide/

 

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Hua Hin springs back to life after lockdown regulations eased

 

 

The popular holiday resort of Hua Hin is busy again, said the Thai media, and even the horses are returning to the sands.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165641-hua-hin-springs-back-to-life-after-lockdown-regulations-eased/

 

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Man allegedly shoots dead his two brothers in inheritance dispute

By THE NATION

 

 

A man allegedly shot his two brothers dead at a house in Min Buri’s Soi Suwintawong 28 on Sunday after a reported dispute over a pick-up truck, inheritance left for one of them by their deceased father.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165644-man-allegedly-shoots-dead-his-two-brothers-in-inheritance-dispute/

 

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Thousands more using inter-provincial buses since May 2

By THE NATION

 

 

More people are using inter-provincial buses after the government eased its lockdown, which has allowed the Department of Land Transport to restore several bus routes, director-general Jirut Wisanjit said on Sunday (May 24).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165646-thousands-more-using-inter-provincial-buses-since-may-2/

 

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State quarantine in Pattaya: Shadowy figures creaming 40% off the top of government fees to hotels, claim insiders

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Leading tourism and business industry figures have told the Thai media in Pattaya that shadowy figures - possibly state personnel - are standing to make millions out of the Covid-19 quarantine situation for Thais returning abroad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165653-state-quarantine-in-pattaya-shadowy-figures-creaming-40-off-the-top-of-government-fees-to-hotels-claim-insiders/

 

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Fake Covid-19 news: No truth that woman collapsed with virus outside Rayong mall

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's anti-fake news center has said that reports that a Thai woman collapsed outside a Rayong mall with coronavirus and was taken to hospital are untrue. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165654-fake-covid-19-news-no-truth-that-woman-collapsed-with-virus-outside-rayong-mall/

 

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Fermented fish: Don't eat it raw as it is full of dangerous tapeworms

 

Picture: Sanook

 

One of Thailand's favorite food additives - fermented fish or Pla Ra - is in the news again. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165656-fermented-fish-dont-eat-it-raw-as-it-is-full-of-dangerous-tapeworms/

 

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Phuket’s lost summer – looking to 2021 for tourism recovery

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: "Now is the summer of our discontent" - Phuket People's Voice

 

In a solemn recognition of the reality of Phuket’s stalled tourist industry, a spokesperson for the southern chapter of the Thai Hotels Association is saying most of the west coast hotels are unlikely to reopen until the last quarter of this year. And that’s just the start of the problems for the popular island beach resort.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165658-phuket’s-lost-summer-–-looking-to-2021-for-tourism-recovery/

 

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Myanmar man gets a croc-shock while taking a leak 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A construction worker ran for his life after going into some undergrowth to relieve himself in Soi Wat Laem Fa Pha, Samut Prakan. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165662-myanmar-man-gets-a-croc-shock-while-taking-a-leak /

 

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Pheu Thai slams government over heavy economic cost of battle against pandemic

The Nation

 

Pheu Thai Party's Logo

 

The main opposition Pheu Thai Party has criticised the government for imposing tough economic measures that had caused high unemployment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165674-pheu-thai-slams-government-over-heavy-economic-cost-of-battle-against-pandemic/

 

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Chonburi: Cute slow lorises left to starve after renters moved out

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

Animal welfare experts were called after a landlord went to inspect his property in the Surasak sub-district of Sri Racha, Chonburi on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165676-chonburi-cute-slow-lorises-left-to-starve-after-renters-moved-out/

 

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A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks

Zack Whittaker

 

Thailand’s largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai internet users.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165678-a-massive-database-of-8-billion-thai-internet-records-leaks/

 

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Video: Who was in the wrong? Motorcyclist and pillion rider take a tumble as pedestrian crosses the road

 

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Sanook reported on a Facebook post after an accident in Chaiyaphum in Thailand's north east saw two people on a motorcycle come off as a woman was crossing the road. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165679-video-who-was-in-the-wrong-motorcyclist-and-pillion-rider-take-a-tumble-as-pedestrian-crosses-the-road/

 

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Pattaya police follow car to house, find adolescents taking drugs

By The Nation

 

 

Bang Lamung police in Pattaya, Chon Buri, followed a car that ran a security checkpoint early today, ending up at a passenger’s house and finding 12 adolescents taking drugs there.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165681-pattaya-police-follow-car-to-house-find-adolescents-taking-drugs/

 

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Thailand reports 2 new coronavirus cases, 1 more death

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed two new coronavirus cases and one additional death on Monday, a health ministry spokesman said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165682-thailand reports-2-new-coronavirus-cases-1-more-death/

 

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Wife stabs husband with broken bottle over refusal to fix fan

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Ms Chanchria attacked her husband with the empty whisky bottle. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A woman at a construction camp in Thalang yesterday (May 24), outraged that her husband remained drinking with a friend instead of repairing an electric fan as she had repeatedly asked, attacked her husband with a bottle, leaving him with a serious gash to his head. Stabs to his chest with the broken bottle also left him with a punctured lung.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165693-wife-stabs-husband-with-broken-bottle-over-refusal-to-fix-fan/

 

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The future of Thai tourism post COVID-19

 

 

In 2019, nearly 40 million tourists visited Thailand. This year, however, it is forecast that number will fall by more than 10 million.

 

Video: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165695-video-the-future-of-thai-tourism-post-covid-19/

 

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Forty back from Saudi Arabia screened for Covid in Songkhla

By The Nation

 

 

Forty Thai students who returned from Saudi Arabia today (May 25) are being screened for Covid-19 at the Padangbesar Customs House in Sadao district, Songkhla.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165696-forty-back-from-saudi-arabia-screened-for-covid-in-songkhla/

 

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Govt targeting low-income people with more financial aid

By The Nation

 

Uttama Savanayana

 

The Finance Ministry is collaborating with state-owned Specialised Financial Institutions (SFIs) to create new aid measures for the public and businesses affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165697-govt-targeting-low-income-people-with-more-financial-aid/

 

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Veerathai not interested in second term at BOT

By THE NATION

 

Veerathai Santiprabhob

 

Bank of Thailand (BOT) governor Veerathai Santiprabhob is not interested in extending his tenure as governor after his current term ends on September 30, his spokesperson said on Monday (May 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165698-veerathai-not-interested-in-second-term-at-bot/

 

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Police find charred corpses of two men dumped in forest

By The Nation

 

 

Police have launched a murder investigation after discovering the bodies of two men bound together and burned in a forest in Hat Yai district, Songkhla province yesterday (May 24).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165700-police-find-charred-corpses-of-two-men-dumped-in-forest/

 

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Phayao locals fear bio-power plant will ruin health, environment

By THE NATION

 

 

More than 50 people gathered at the Chiang Rang sub-district administration organisation (SAO) in Phayao province on Monday (May 23) to protest construction of a local bio-power plant they said could damage their health and the environment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165702-phayao-locals-fear-bio-power-plant-will-ruin-health-environment/

 

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BEWARE of fake Thai Chana apps

By The Nation

 

 

The Anti-Fake News Centre warned people that phoney Thai Chana applications are making the rounds on the Internet and warned that such apps actually carried malware to steal users’ personal information.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165703-beware-of-fake-thai-chana-apps/

 

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2,000-3,000-year-old paintings discovered in Sam Roi Yot National Park

By The Nation

 

 

Archaeologists together with park officials exploring a cave in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Sam Roi Yot National Park have found colour paintings estimated to be 2,000-3,000 years old and dating back to the prehistoric era, expert archaeologist Kannika Premjai revealed recently.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165704-2000-3000-year-old-paintings-discovered-in-sam-roi-yot-national-park/

 

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Home at last! "Starving and mistreated" British pensioner back in England "eating nonstop"

 

 

The 86 year old man who relatives and a rescuer claimed was starved and mistreated by a Thai family has made it safely back to the UK.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165707-home-at-last-starving-and-mistreated-british-pensioner-back-in-england-eating-nonstop/

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Ekkamai residents fight plan to build 43-storey ‘Impression’

By THE NATION

 

 

People living in Bangkok’s Ekkamai area gathered on Monday (May 25) to voice their opposition against plans to construct a 43-storey building called “Impression Ekkamai” on Sukhumvit Soi 61, and raised concerns about safety and traffic problems the project would create.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165722-ekkamai-residents-fight-plan-to-build-43-storey-‘impression’/

 

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Contribute to community pantries at five MRT stations

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

 

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has set up cupboards at five MRT stations so commuters can help those suffering from the Covid-19 outbreak by contributing consumer goods.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165723-contribute-to-community-pantries-at-five-mrt-stations/

 

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New, improved, but empty Khao San Road

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

The newly renovated Khao San Road, which is usually buzzing with backpackers, stands empty on May 24 as many venues have had to temporarily close in line with Covid-19 measures.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165724-new-improved-but-empty-khao-san-road/

 

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‘Deadly dumplings’ reveal salmonella, cops call in vendor

By The Nation

 

 

The plot thickened yesterday in the case of the “deadly dumplings” suspected of killing one person and sickening nearly 20 more in Samut Prakan earlier this month. Health officials investigating the shop where the dumpling vendor said she bought her wares found that it did not open on the day she said she had purchased the dumplings. Meanwhile, the dumplings from the stall that tested positive for bacteria were made of pork, but the shop identified by the vendor is run by Muslims and makes only chicken dumplings.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165725-‘deadly-dumplings’-reveal-salmonella-cops-call-in-vendor/