Chiang Mai to attract 2 million tourists during high season, says TAT
The Nation

CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai province is expected to attract more than 2 million tourists during high season, which starts next week and ends in February, the director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Chiang Mai office said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871400-chiang-mai-to-attract-2-million-tourists-during-high-season-says-tat/

Man given life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and murdering a 7-year old boy

BANGKOK:-- A man who sexually assaulted and killed a seven-year old boy and dumped his body in a fertilizer sack at a mountain in Wang Sapung district of Loei was today (Tuesday) sentenced to life imprisonment by the Criminal Court

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871454-thai-man-given-life-imprisonment-for-sexually-assaulting-and-murdering-a-7-year-old-boy/

Police Rule Out Foul Play in Frenchman’s Fatal Fall

Teeranai Charuvastra

A French national was discovered floating in a pool of fish this morning three floors below the room he was staying at an apartment building in Chiang Mai.

CHIANG MAI — Murder has been eliminated by police as a factor in the case of a French national who fell from a balcony and died in Chiang Mai province last night.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871359-french-tourist-drowns-in-carp-pond-in-chiang-mai/?p=10089681

Pretentious 'Amazing Thailand Luxury' ad aimed at rich Hong Kong tourists

By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK:-- Driving through Chinatown traffic in a limousine, having a butler serve you drinks while cycling outside Wat Phra Kaew and hiring a dozen Thais to carry your designer shopping bags? If this was real life, there would also be a bunch of people muttering “douchebags” as they watched such a brash display of flashing the cash.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871457-pretentious-amazing-thailand-luxury-ad-aimed-at-rich-hong-kong-tourists/

Phuket drug delivery man arrested in police sting operation

PHUKET: A drug delivery man was arrested in Phuket Town last Thursday (Nov 12) during a sting operation in which he was set up to make a delivery to a regular customer at the car park of the Expo Phuket shopping centre.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871458-phuket-drug-delivery-man-arrested-in-police-sting-operation/

Cabinet approves fund to pay builder of Klong Dan project

BANGKOK:-- The cabinet today (Tuesday) approved a huge budget from the Central Fund to be used to pay the constructor of the Klong Dan water treatment project in Samut Prakan as ordered by the Supreme Administrative Court.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871462-cabinet-approves-fund-to-pay-builder-of-klong-dan-project/

NRSA’s Wanchai calls for anti-corruption awareness among Thais

BANGKOK, 17 November 2015 (NNT) - A member of the National Reform Steering Assembly has called for a more active awareness of anti-corruption efforts, among the Thai people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871463-nrsas-wanchai-calls-for-anti-corruption-awareness-among-thais/

Complaints filed against Thai workers in Dawei for working without work permits

DAWEI - Local residents of Dawei Township, Taninthayi Region, complained to the Immigration Officer yesterday about Thai citizens who have been working at the Banchaung coal mining project without legal work permits since the November 8.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871464-complaints-filed-against-thai-workers-in-dawei-for-working-without-work-permits/

Thailand blasted for deporting Chinese dissidents

By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK:-- The UN’s refugee body is furious at the Thai government for kicking out five Chinese nationals, including two dissidents.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871466-thailand-blasted-for-deporting-chinese-dissidents/

Prayuth Asks Kanchanaburi to Tone Down River Disco Parties

This is not a night club - it's a disco raft operated by Thaisaree. Photo: Thaisaree.com

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen

Staff Reporter

KANCHANABURI — Head west from the capital for an idyllic weekend on the Khwae Noi river in Kanchanaburi province and discover a reality of serenity-blowing dance music screaming from an armada of floating disco barges.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/871467-prayuth-asks-kanchanaburi-to-tone-down-river-disco-parties/

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