Corpse in the freezer now has a name - is Hungarian born US citizen

 

Image: tna

 

BANGKOk:-- Police on Saturday evening named the corpse found cut up in the freezer found with the three suspects in custody after a raid on business premises in Sukhumvit Soi 56 last week.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946261-corpse-in-the-freezer-now-has-a-name-is-hungarian-born-us-citizen/

The week that was in Thailand news: Welcome to Thailand – what’s your name again?

 

 

You can always tell when the cops haven’t got a clue. They announce that they can’t reveal details just yet because it would surely jeopardize the case. The fumbling fuzz are fine when their special techniques induce instant confessions but when it comes to investigation in a difficult case they usually resort to some vague attempt to hide behind a veneer of professionalism.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946320-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-welcome-to-thailand-–-what’s-your-name-again/

 

Phu Kradueng National Park opens to tourists now

The Nation

 

The Phu Kradueng National Park opened its camping site for tourists to stay overnight for the first time this year on Saturday, the park chief said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946255-phu-kradueng-national-park-opens-to-tourists-now/

 

PM vows to resolve zero-dollar tourism to help Thai business operators

 

BANGKOK:-- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stressed the government's policy to continue clamping down on zero-dollar tour business in order to improve the image of tourism in the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946252-pm-vows-to-resolve-zero-dollar-tourism-to-help-thai-business-operators/

 

Prime Minister encourages public to participate in Vegetarian Festival

Nattakorn Ploddee

 

BANGKOK, 1 October 2016 (NNT) - The Prime Minister has invited the general public to cleanse their bodies and minds during the Vegetarian Festival, and extends a warning against opportunistic price hikes during the festival.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946257-prime-minister-encourages-public-to-participate-in-vegetarian-festival/

 

PM pleased with Bangkok ranking top of world's most visited cities

supawadee wangsri

 

BANGKOK, 1 October 2016 (NNT) - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he was pleased with the latest tourism ranking of Bangkok as top of the world’s most visited cities in 2016.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946260-pm-pleased-with-bangkok-ranking-top-of-worlds-most-visited-cities/

 

Blind community offered boosted standards and legal venue registrations

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET: The Thailand Association of the Blind (TAB) organized an informational discussion at the Bhukitta Hotel & Spa on Wednesday to boost the standard of blind massage parlors and tweak their registration process.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946251-blind-community-offered-boosted-standards-and-legal-venue-registrations/

 

Fisheries tighten regulations with Seabook registration of migrant workers

Nattakorn Ploddee

 

TRAT, 1 October 2016 (NNT) - Officials proceed with the regulation of migrant workers in the Fisheries Department, registering over 500 workers during 15-22 September as migrant seafarers in the 'Seabook' database.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946258-fisheries-tighten-regulations-with-seabook-registration-of-migrant-workers/

 

Employers in Malaysia who hire or harbor illegal foreign workers face assets and bank accounts seizure

 

KUALA LUMPUR:-- Effective as of October 1, employers in Malaysia who continue to hire and harbour illegal foreign workers will have their assets and bank accounts frozen, The New Straits Times Online reported on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946253-employers-in-malaysia-who-hire-or-harbor-illegal-foreign-workers-face-assets-and-bank-accounts-seizure/

 

US-Russia diplomatic stalemate on Syria, as deadly air strikes hit Aleppo

 

 

With fighting raging on the ground in Syria, the war of words between the US and Russia drags resulting in diplomatic deadlock.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946265-us-russia-diplomatic-stalemate-on-syria-as-deadly-air-strikes-hit-aleppo/

 

Deadly Hurricane Matthew reaches highest level

 

 

Hurricane Matthew has turned deadly off Colombia’s Caribbean coast, killing at least one person as it heads north. Houses have been damaged and some of them submerged in ocean surges.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946266-deadly-hurricane-matthew-reaches-highest-level/

 

Spain: Political stalemate could ease as Socialist Sanchez threatens to quit

 

 

An end could be in sight to Spain’s political deadlock after nine months and two inconclusive general elections.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946268-spain-political-stalemate-could-ease-as-socialist-sanchez-threatens-to-quit/

 

Palace announces King has no fever, no lung infection

 

 

BANGKOK:-- The Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Saturday evening that His Majesty the King is now able to breathe normally, has no fever and cleared of lung infection.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946321-palace-announces-king-has-no-fever-no-lung-infection/

 

Thailand gears up efforts on solar power

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK:-- Three MoU agreements were signed in Bangkok last week for solar power research and development projects to improve the region’s infrastructure for renewable energy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946322-thailand-gears-up-efforts-on-solar-power/

 

Microsoft offers Lao kids free online courses

The Nation

 

Microsoft has concluded an agreement with Laos’ ministries of Education and Sports, and Posts and Telecommunications to provide more than 2,500 free online courses to Lao students.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946323-microsoft-offers-lao-kids-free-online-courses/

 

Sansiri develops health with free vaccinations for children of workers

THE NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- MORE THAN 400 children of workers at 24 Sansiri construction sites have been given free vaccinations as part of a joint initiative that will spread nationwide.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946325-sansiri-develops-health-with-free-vaccinations-for-children-of-workers/

 

Video: Bangkok road rage as motorcyclist kicks brother and sister off their bike

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK:-- A video taken by a concerned member of the public in Bangkok yesterday shows a motorcyclist in a black shirt kicking two others off their vehicle after an argument.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946326-video-bangkok-road-rage-as-motorcyclist-kicks-brother-and-sister-off-their-bike/

 

Siberian husky pups rescued from Nonthaburi house

 

Image: Thairath

 

NONTHABURI:-- Police and animal welfare have rescued three Siberian huskies who were abandoned by their owner who went to work up country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946327-siberian-husky-pups-rescued-from-nonthaburi-house/

 

Mum asked me to kill her, says son, 35.

 

Image: Sanook

 

PETCHABUN:-- A son strangled his mother to death then waited three days before reporting what he had done and turning himself in to police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946328-mum-asked-me-to-kill-her-says-son-35/

 

Coca-Cola-led project lifts Thai women’s skills in finance, agriculture

THE NATION

 

Caption: (From left to right) Pornwut Sarasin, Chairman, ThaiNamthip Limited, Sruangkanok Sirisom, female sugarcane grower from Phetchabun who has join the project; Somsak Jantararoungtong, Secretary-General of Office of the Cane and Sugar Board, Ministry

 

RUNGWARA Mongkolchareon, 25, from Phetchabun’s Wichian Buri district decided to follow in her parents’ footsteps and farm sugarcane after college graduation to give her family a brighter future.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946330-coca-cola-led-project-lifts-thai-women’s-skills-in-finance-agriculture/

 

Ministry vows to work with Amnesty to end torture

PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- THE Justice Ministry has pledged to work closely with Amnesty International to stop torture at the hands of officials and gave an assurance that Thailand aimed to put an end to such practices.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946331-ministry-vows-to-work-with-amnesty-to-end-torture/

 

Mahakan Fort residents keep 24-hour guard on homes amid eviction fears

PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

BANGKOK:-- RESIDENTS of the Mahakan Fort community face major struggles, as uncertainty, strain and fear of eviction by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) makes their daily lives more difficult.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946332-mahakan-fort-residents-keep-24-hour-guard-on-homes-amid-eviction-fears/

 

NRSA to discuss proposals on draft EC law on October 3

Kitti Cheevasittiyanon

 

BANGKOK, 2 October 2016 (NNT) - The National Reform Steering Assembly is scheduled to discuss proposals concerning a draft organic law related to the Election Commission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946333-nrsa-to-discuss-proposals-on-draft-ec-law-on-october-3/

 

Key witness emerges in body-in-freezer case

THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

BANGKOK:-- POLICE have spoken to a key female witness about the case in which a dismembered body was found in the freezer at a Bangkok building and are confident they will have significant evidence this week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946261-corpse-in-the-freezer-now-has-a-name-is-hungarian-born-us-citizen/

 

Why Thailand is moving closer to decriminalizing meth

Patrick Winn

 

The war on drugs is futile. So why not just decriminalize meth?

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946335-why-thailand-is-moving-closer-to-decriminalizing-meth/

 

Payet evokes memories of Maradona with West Ham solo goal 

ROB HARRIS, AP Global Soccer Writer

 

LONDON (AP) — Thirty years after Diego Maradona's goal of the century, West Ham winger Dimitri Payet wound back the clock with a brilliantly executed solo goal on Saturday evoking memories of the Argentina great.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946336-payet-evokes-memories-of-maradona-with-west-ham-solo-goal/

 

Sevilla flying high in Spain after Ben Yedder brace

JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press

 

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Seville and the Spanish language have been puzzling French forward Wissam Ben Yedder.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946338-sevilla-flying-high-in-spain-after-ben-yedder-brace/

 

Cavani scores twice for PSG in 2-0 win over Bordeaux 

SAMUEL PETREQUIN, AP Sports Writer

 

PARIS (AP) — Edinson Cavani doesn't have the charisma of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But the Uruguay striker is proving he has all the skills needed to eclipse the Swedish star's achievements at Paris Saint-Germain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946339-cavani-scores-twice-for-psg-in-2-0-win-over-bordeaux/

 

Chievo continues impressive start with 2-0 win at Pescara

 

MILAN (AP) — Chievo Verona maintained its impressive start to the season by beating Pescara 2-0 to move to within two points of Serie A leader Juventus on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946340-chievo-continues-impressive-start-with-2-0-win-at-pescara/

 

Cologne draws 1-1 as Bayern drops 1st Bundesliga points

CIARAN FAHEY, Associated Press

 

BERLIN (AP) — Cologne became the first side to stay undefeated against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga this season, working hard to come from behind and snatch a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/946341-cologne-draws-1-1-as-bayern-drops-1st-bundesliga-points/