Phuket surfboard renter charged with attempted murder for stabbing NZ man
Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: -- The surfboard rental operator wanted for stabbing Phuket expat Christopher George Smith from New Zealand at Kata Beach on Monday has been charged with attempted murder, police told The Phuket News today (June 24).

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Standard Chartered Bank predicts 4 percent growth rate for the whole year

BANGKOK: Standard Chartered Bank (Thailand) has predicted Thailand’s overall economy will grow by 4 percent as a result of government’s escalated investments in mega-infrastructure projects which will encourage the private sector to increase their investments.

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Jomtien Policemen Kidnap, Rape & Extortion Allegations – Two Officers Go On The Run

by Albert Jack

Mr. Chamnan Kongplie aka Mr. Aueng

PATTAYA: Two of the four arrested officers at the center of the Na Jomtien police station kidnap, rape and extortion allegations have gone on the run.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927409-jomtien-policemen-kidnap-rape-extortion-allegations-two-officers-go-on-the-run/

More rains anticipated as a depression is hovering in South China Sea

BANGKOK: The Meteorological Department has warned people in the Northeast, the eastern and central regions to brace for more rains next week as a result of a depression in the South China Sea.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927410-more-rains-anticipated-as-a-depression-is-hovering-in-south-china-sea/

Fatal crash victim's family demands B2.1mn in damages

Kongleaphy Keam

PHUKET: The family of a German man killed in a Phuket road accident in December last year, has demanded 1.3 million baht as compensation for his death and 800,000 baht for his partner’s injuries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927411-fatal-crash-victims-family-demands-b21mn-in-damages/

Aung San Suu kyi: Thailand and Myanmar must co-exist in peace and unity

BANGKOK: Thailand and Myanmar have enjoyed unique relationship and are neighbours which cannot go anywhere but have to co-exist in peace, unity and with friendship, Aung San Suu Kyi told a large group of Thai university students on Friday.

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Our people want work, not charity

By Prae Sakaowan

Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi joins Thai junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha today in a press conference at the Government House of Thailand, June 24, 2016. Photo: Pai Chanikarn/ Coconuts Media

BANGKOK: Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Thai junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha today as the two nations signed pacts of cooperation — a new hope of better working conditions and living standards for Myanmar workers in Thailand.

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Army expresses condolence for the death of a corporal from heat stroke

BANGKOK: The army commander-in-chief has expressed condolence for the death of a corporal who collapsed from heat stroke while undergoing drill at an army camp in Kanchanaburi in mid-June, army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree said Friday.

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PM heaps praises on a blind and a flag-picking school boy

BANGKOK: Two individuals were praised by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Friday.

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Merkel and Hollande ‘deeply regret’ Britain’s vote to leave the EU

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she deeply regrets the British vote to leave the EU.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927418-merkel-and-hollande-deeply-regret-britains-vote-to-leave-the-eu/

Calls for referendums in Scotland and Northern Ireland after Brexit vote

Scotland voted strongly in favour of staying in the European Union, by 62 percent in favour of “Remain” to 38 percent who opted for “Leave”.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927419-calls-for-referendums-in-scotland-and-northern-ireland-after-brexit-vote/

Juncker – “No renegotiation”

By Catherine Hardy

Emergency meeting in Brussels

The leaders of the European Council, European Commission and European Parliament gather for an emergency post-Brexit meeting in Brussels.

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Spain makes new push for Gibraltar after Britain exits EU

Spain has made more demands over the British territory of Gibraltar just hours after Britain voted to leave the EU.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927422-spain-makes-new-push-for-gibraltar-after-britain-exits-eu/

Palestinian car driver shot dead by Israeli soldiers

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who rammed a vehicle into a parked car near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring two people sitting inside, the army said.

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Officer critical but stable; convicted felon arrested

MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A police officer was shot several times Friday as he approached people suspected of smoking marijuana behind an apartment building, prompting a three-hour manhunt near Philadelphia that halted a dozen Amtrak trains, authorities said.

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20 dead in West Virginia floods; search and rescue continues

JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press
BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press


CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — As a deluge swamped southeast West Virginia — a disaster that killed at least 20 people — Ronnie Scott's wife called him and told him their house was filling up with water. She fled to the attic with two dogs and a cat and waited. She smelled natural gas.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927425-20-dead-in-west-virginia-floods;-search-and-rescue-continues/

World doping watchdog shuts down Rio Olympic laboratory

STEPHEN WADE, AP Sports Writer


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just weeks before the Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, the city's accredited anti-doping laboratory has been stopped from conducting tests.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927427-world-doping-watchdog-shuts-down-rio-olympic-laboratory/

Motivational speaker Robbins' coal walk burns more than 30

ERICA HUNZINGER, Associated Press
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press


DALLAS (AP) — More than 30 people who attended an event with motivational speaker Tony Robbins have been treated for burns after Robbins encouraged them to walk on hot coals as a way of conquering their fears, Dallas fire officials said.

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Russian governor suspected of accepting bribe of $454,000

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian governor has been arrested on charges of taking a 400,000-euro ($454,000) bribe, the nation's top investigative agency said Friday.

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British tourist claims she was sexually assaulted in Chiang Mai guesthouse

Image: Sanook News

CHIANG MAI:-- Police are investigating the claims made by a British woman who says she was sexually assaulted as she slept in a Chiang Mai guesthouse.

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Australian lawyer gives new hope to Burmese men convicted of the Koh Tao murders

An Australian Lawyer has shed a glimmer of hope into the otherwise dismal lives of the two Burmese men awaiting execution on death row in Thailand’s notorious prison, Bangkwang, AKA the Bangkok Hilton.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927438-australian-lawyer-gives-new-hope-to-burmese-men-convicted-of-the-koh-tao-murders/

Vanishing Bangkok: Say Farewell To One Of Bangkok's Oldest Nightclubs

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

Music of the Heart posing for a picture. Photo: Checkinn 99 / Facebook

BANGKOK — Another piece of Bangkok history will bite the dust when a nightlife fixture of six decades shuts down July 2.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927442-vanishing-bangkok-say-farewell-to-one-of-bangkoks-oldest-nightclubs/

Bangkok Braces For Wet Weekend, Floods Feared In Thai South And East

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

A woman cycles through Lat Phrao district after heavy rain in Bangkok Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Thunderstorms and showers will continue dousing much of the capital this weekend as nine provinces are on alert for floods, strong winds and landslides, emergency officials said Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927443-bangkok-braces-for-wet-weekend-floods-feared-in-thai-south-and-east/

Thailand tourism faces uncertainty over Brexit fallout

Wes Martin

A screenshot of the London Stock Exchange minutes after opening today. Image: Gazette file

MARKETS across Asia are reeling after it became known this afternoon that Great Britain will exit the European Union.

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German woman falls to her death from Bangkok condo

Image: Daily News

BANGKOK:-- A German expat has been found dead after falling from the 24th floor of a Bangkok condominium.

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Good News Story. Go Go Bar Manager Finds B7000 in Cash and Hands It In

by Albert Jack

PATTAYA: At 2am on the morning of June 25 Mr Chat Aksorndee, a forty-six year old Go Go Bar manager, was about to deposit his evenings takings into a local ATM machine at the SCB Bank on Beach Road, South Pattaya, when he noticed 7000 baht in cash hanging out of the dispensing tray.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927466-good-news-story-go-go-bar-manager-finds-b7000-in-cash-and-hands-it-in/

Sulu vice governor helps securing Filipina hostage from militants

MANILA: A Filipino woman who was held captive by the Abu Sayyaf militants for more than nine months has been released in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Friday by her captors, The Manila Times Online reported today (Saturday).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927468-sulu-vice-governor-helps-securing-filipina-hostage-from-militants/

Indonesia ban all vessels from sailing to the Philippines

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Transport Ministry has banned all Indonesian vessels from sailing to the Philippines following the recent kidnap of seven Indonesian crew members of a tugboat by suspected Abu Sayyaf Group in the waters of southern Philippines, The Jakarta Post Online reported on Friday.

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/indonesia-ban-vessels-sailing-philippines/

Chinese tourists hospitalised after tour bus rolls in Patong accident

Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: At least seven Chinese nationals have been hospitalised with injuries sustained in a tour bus accident this morning in Patong.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927470-chinese-tourists-hospitalised-after-tour-bus-rolls-in-patong-accident/

Kath police investigating stabbing death of Myanmar migrant worker

Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: A 72-year-old Thai man has admitted to police that he stabbed a 49-year-old migrant worker from Myanmar whose body was found on a gravel road last night in Kathu.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927472-kath-police-investigating-stabbing-death-of-myanmar-migrant-worker/