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Thailand to ban online alcohol sales to curb underage drinking

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans a plastic barrier used for social distancing at the Sherbet club ahead of bars and night clubs reopening nationwide after the Thai government extended an emergency decree until the end of July in a bid to avoid the risk of a second wave of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Thursday it would prohibit online sales of alcohol in a clampdown on underage drinking after a rise in sales during the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171053-thailand-to-ban-online-alcohol-sales-to-curb-underage-drinking/

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Certificate of entry from Thai embassy or consulate required for foreigners to enter Thailand

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket International Airport at night. Photo: AoT Phuket

 

BANGKOK:-- The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) today (July 2) issued the “Notification on Conditions for Aircraft Permission to Enter Thailand (No.2)”, reiterating that its ban on international commercial aircraft remains in place, reports the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171054-certificate-of-entry-from-thai-embassy-or-consulate-required-for-foreigners-to-enter-thailand/

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Nongnooch Garden scraps two-tiered pricing for expats in Thailand

 

 

Nong Nooch Tropical Garden & Cultural Village will no longer implement a two tiered pricing structure for expats who live in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171013-nongnooch-garden-scraps-two-tiered-pricing-for-expats-in-thailand/

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Thailand ‘not a suitable host’ for locusts in India, Laos

By THE NATION

 

Photo credit: www.moac.go.th/Ceracris kiangsu

 

The two types of locusts swarming and attacking vegetation in Laos and India will not be migrating to Thailand because the weather here is not suitable for them to reproduce, Department of Agriculture’s director general Sermsuk Salakpetch said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171027-thailand-‘not-a-suitable-host’-for-locusts-in-india-laos/

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PM, council of economic ministers to find ways of rebooting country

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minster Prayut Chan-o-cha has scheduled a meeting with the council of economic ministers on July 10 to discuss the country’s economic situation.

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called a meeting with the council of economic ministers on July 10 to discuss the state of Thailand’s economy, the council’s secretary-general Kobsak Pootrakul said on Thursday (July 2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171081-pm-prayut-council-of-economic-ministers-to-find-ways-of-rebooting-thailand/

 

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Somkid meets US envoy to woo investors for Thai Silicon Valley, EEC

By THE NATION

 

Somkid Jatursripitak

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatursripitak met US Ambassador Michael George DeSombre on Thursday (July 2) to talk about developing an economic collaboration between the two countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171082-somkid-meets-us-envoy-to-woo-investors-for-thai-silicon-valley-eec/

 

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CentralWorld unlocking Bangkokian’s fitness with pop-up running track

By The Nation

 

 

CentralWorld is inviting exercise addicts to “unlock” their fitness at the running track that has sprung up beside the mall in central Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171083-centralworld-unlocking-bangkokian’s-fitness-with-pop-up-running-track/

 

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Pattani luring China with its durian gems

By The Nation

 

 

Pattani launched its Puangmanee durian season today with promotions designed to lure the lucrative Chinese market’s hunger for this unique variety of the pungent fruit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171084-pattani-luring-china-with-its-durian-gems/

 

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Thailand opens drive-in cinema with cooling system for film fans wary of coronavirus

By Athit Perawongmetha

 

Vehicles are parked at the first drive-in movie theatre for people to enjoy movies while keeping social distancing amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Keen for the big screen but wary of the coronavirus, Thai film fans flocked to a new drive-in cinema on Thursday, which offered a novel cooling system to help combat the discomfort of being confined to cars on a hot and stuffy night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171085-thailand opens-drive-in-cinema-with-cooling-system-for-film-fans-wary-of-coronavirus/

 

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Net gains - Thai project turns fishing nets into virus protection gear

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Juarawee Kittisilpa

 

A worker prepares old fishing nets before a recycling process to create, among new products, protective gear against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Saint Louis Plas Mold factory amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa

 

RAYONG/AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai fisherman Anan Jaitang used to pile tattered nylon fishing nets on the beach after hauls of wriggling crabs tore them beyond repair, but most of the nets wound up in the sea, threatening to entangle turtles and choke coral reefs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171086-net-gains-thai-project-turns-fishing-nets-into-virus-protection-gear/

 

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Thailand unlikely to join Asia-Pacific trade pact this year

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of Bangkok city amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, June 21, 2020. Picture taken June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will take until September to study whether to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement, potentially missing a window for entry this year amid widespread concern that joining the pact may harm its farm and healthcare sectors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171087-thailand unlikely-to-join-asia-pacific-trade-pact-this-year/

 

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Patong entertainment president pleas for government assistance

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The formal request for assistance was present in Bangkok yesterday (July 1). Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: While the pubs and bars along Bangla Road in Patong yesterday were readying to open their doors for the first time since Phuket went under lockdown in early April, key figures in Patong’s nightlife industry were presenting to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Tourism in Bangkok an official request for assistance to help nightlife venue owners in Patong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171088-patong-entertainment-president-pleas-for-government-assistance/

 

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Anutin Stresses Safety in Phase 5 of Eased Restrictions

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - More activities are allowed to resume, including businesses that are considered to be most at risk of spreading the feared virus, such as entertainment venues. Public health authorities are working hard to monitor the venues and ensure all parties comply with the regulations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171089-anutin-stresses-safety-in-phase-5-of-eased-restrictions/

 

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Thailand and Japan cautious on EU travel despite priority status

Visitors from South Korea also given green light, but obstacles remain

ERI SUGIURA and APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writers

 

Greece is one of the EU countries opening its border to travelers from Japan, Thailand and South Korea.   © Reuters

 

TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Travelers from Japan, South Korea and Thailand are now welcome in the European Union. But business groups and travel industry figures from the three countries do not expect a rush, citing remaining obstacles and a lingering fear of a coronavirus second wave.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171091-thailand-and-japan-cautious-on-eu-travel-despite-priority-status/

 

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Jeffrey Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested on sex abuse charges

By Karen Freifeld, Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, U.S. June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage. UNTV/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171092-jeffrey-epstein-friend-ghislaine-maxwell-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges/

 

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Armed Canadian man arrested after driving truck through gates near PM Trudeau's Ottawa residence

By David Ljunggren

 

A police officer guards the front gate to Rideau Hall, and the grounds where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives, after an armed man was apprehended on the property early this morning in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - An armed member of the Canadian military drove a truck through gates protecting an exclusive part of Ottawa where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives on Thursday but was quickly arrested, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171094-armed-canadian-man-arrested-after-driving-truck-through-gates-near-pm-trudeaus-ottawa-residence/

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Kim Jong Un says North Korea prevented coronavirus from making inroads

By Sangmi Cha

 

FILE PHOTO: South Korean people watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party the North had stopped the novel coronavirus from making inroads in the country, state news agency KCNA said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171096-kim-jong-un-says-north-korea-prevented-coronavirus-from-making-inroads/

 

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Coronavirus on the rise in 37 U.S. states as Florida reports 10,000 new cases

By Brendan O'Brien and Brad Brooks

 

FILE PHOTO - An ambulance is seen in a main highway, as Miami-Dade County eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

(Reuters) - More than three dozen U.S. states were seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters analysis on Thursday, the latest grim sign that the coronavirus pandemic, once thought to be waning, was again spreading rapidly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171097-coronavirus-on-the-rise-in-37-us-states-as-florida-reports-10000-new-cases/

 

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Fire breaks out at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility but operations unaffected, officials say

By Parisa Hafezi

 

A view of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, July 2, 2020. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - A fire broke out at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday but operations were unaffected, officials said, as a former official suggested the incident could have been an attempt to sabotage work breaching an international nuclear deal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171101-fire-breaks-out-at irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-but-operations-unaffected-officials-say/

 

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Honest Thailand: Cabby returns 100,000 baht to lady who left it on the back seat

 

Picture:  Daily News

 

A Bangkok cabby thought of only one thing when he found 100,000 baht on the back seat of his taxi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171105-honest-thailand-cabby-returns-100000-baht-to-lady-who-left-it-on-the-back-seat/

 

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US man mistreated Thai dogs, says Watchdog Thailand - he countersues for theft

 

 

The animal welfare group Watchdog Thailand went to the Saraphi police in Chiang Mai after finding 50 Thai Ridgeback dogs in appalling conditions. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171111-us-man-mistreated-thai-dogs-says-watchdog-thailand-he-countersues-for-theft/

 

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Phuket bar rules revealed, operators warned to comply or face closure

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup led inspections of the pubs, bars and clubs along Bangla Rd on Wednesday night (July 1). Photo: Patong Municipality

 

PHUKET: Public health officials in Patong have released the full list of official regulations that pubs, bars and other entertainment venues in Phuket must comply with. Failure to do so will result in stern action, and the venue may be shut down.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171112-phuket-bar-rules-revealed-operators-warned-to-comply-or-face-closure/

 

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Investigations continue into cause of fire at major Pattaya landmark

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that the owner of a major tourism landmark in Pattaya had made no public appearance or statement after a major fire at his facility. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171113-investigations-continue-into-cause-of-fire-at-major-pattaya-landmark/

 

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Boat catches fire near Koh Larn after captain tries to cook dinner

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The owner of a diving boat that caught fire off Koh Larn yesterday said that his captain admitted he was cooking a batch of curry on the second floor.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171114-boat-catches-fire-near-koh-larn-after-captain-tries-to-cook-dinner/

 

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"Major" arrested ten years after alleged kidnap and extortion of Korean businessman

 

Source: INN

 

Crime Suppression Division police served a warrant on a 51 year old Thai man after he went on the run after being granted bail ten years ago. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171119-major-arrested-ten-years-after-alleged-kidnap-and-extortion-of-korean-businessman/

 

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Tollway fees exempted on two routes for long weekend

By THE NATION

 

 

The Cabinet has approved waiver of toll fees for Motorway No 7 and No 9 from July 3 to 8 to facilitate travel during the long weekend holidays, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Thursday (July 2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171121-tollway-fees-exempted-on-two-routes-for-long-weekend/

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Chiang Mai: Flights increase by more than half - but it is still only domestic travellers

 

 

The director of Chiang Mai International airport told the media that daily flights using the northern hub would increase from 40 last month to 68 in July. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171123-chiang-mai-flights-increase-by-more-than-half-but-it-is-still-only-domestic-travellers/

 

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Talks on to finalise new LNG shippers for Ratchaburi power plant

By THE NATION

 

 

Hin Kong Power Holding (HKH), the winner of the Hin Kong Power Plant project in Ratchaburi province, is in the process of sourcing liquefied national gas (LNG) to fuel the power plant, a source from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171126-talks-on-to-finalise-new-lng-shippers-for-ratchaburi-power-plant/

 

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Thai June headline CPI falls 1.57% year-on-year, less than forecast

 

FILE PHOTO: A supermarket employee wears a protective face shield and mask as he processes online orders at a shopping mall that is getting ready to reopen amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) dropped 1.57% in June from a year earlier, a less than expected decline, commerce ministry data showed on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171129-thai-june-headline-cpi-falls-157-year-on-year-less-than-forecast/

 

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Thailand Plans Open Borders for High-Spenders on Private Planes

By Natnicha Chuwiruch

 

-- Aviation body adds “special arrangements” as visit green light

-- Thailand reopened its borders to approved foreigners on July 1

 

Chula Sukmanop Source: Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand

 

Thailand’s plan to target high-spending foreigners to kick-start its travel sector has a green light after winning Cabinet approval and additional support from the nation’s aviation regulator.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171130-thailand-plans-open-borders-for-high-spenders-on-private-planes/