Amazon Prime Video to launch in Thailand as part of global expansion

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Amazon is set to rival Netflix with reports that it is about to launch its on demand video streaming service globally.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/report-amazon-prime-video-to-launch-in-thailand-as-part-of-global-expansion/18617/

Fire Breaks Out at Thong Lor Korean Restaurant

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Tor Sattahip / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A fire broke out late Friday afternoon at a Korean restaurant in Soi Thong Lor 2. No injuries were reported.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954390-fire-breaks-out-at-thong-lor-korean-restaurant/

 

More conveniences provided to mourners at Sanam Luang

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

BANGKOK, 18 November 2016 (NNT) – The Joint Command for Peace and Order is providing more conveniences to mourners at Sanam Luang waiting to enter the Grand Palace to pay homage to the late His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954392-more-conveniences-provided-to-mourners-at-sanam-luang/

 

Authorities to ensure orderliness around Grand Palace this weekend

Surapan Laotharanarit

 

BANGKOK, 18 November 2016 (NNT) – The government is preparing measures to accommodate an expected influx of mourners around the Grand Palace this weekend.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954393-authorities-to-ensure-orderliness-around-grand-palace-this-weekend/

 

Anti-coal power plant protesters seek pledge from PM to pursue renewable energy

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK:-- Opponents of the Krabi coal-fired power plant began a meditation protest outside Government House Friday, urging the government to honour its promise to defer construction of the proposed Bt48-billion project.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954394-anti-coal-power-plant-protesters-seek-pledge-from-pm-to-pursue-renewable-energy/

 

Some roads to re-open around Grand Palace and Sanam Luang: police

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK:-- TRAFFIC Police will cancel the closure of 27 roads around the Grand Palace and Sanam Luang – although eight main roads will remain shut – from Saturday, deputy national police spokesman Maj General Piyapan Pingmuang said Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954395-some-roads-to-re-open-around-grand-palace-and-sanam-luang-police/

 

Carabao inks landmark Bt800-m sponsorship deal with English Football League

By WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP 
The Nation

 

THAI ENERGY drink firm Carabao Group aims to capture a 10 per cent share of the global market within the next decade after striking a Bt800-million (18 million pounds) sponsorship agreement with the English Football League (EFL).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954396-carabao-inks-landmark-bt800-m-sponsorship-deal-with-english-football-league/

 

39 Phuket motorists arrested or fined at Kathu checkpoint 

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Police check vehicles passing through the Kathu Police Station Checkpoint. Photo: Kathu Traffic Police

 

PHUKET: Traffic Police from Kathu Police Station arrested or fined 39 people for various offences after carry out routine checks on motorists passing through at the Kathu Police Station checkpoint this morning (Nov 18).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954397-39-phuket-motorists-arrested-or-fined-at-kathu-checkpoint/

 

Supreme Court issues warning over threats in Yingluck case

By WASAMON AUDJARINT, 
KESINEE TAENGKHIO 
THE NATION

 

THE SUPREME Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders has issued a warning over the alleged harassment of a state |prosecutor in the case concerning former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s alleged negligence of duty in her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954398-supreme-court-issues-warning-over-threats-in-yingluck-case/

 

Crocodile spotted in Nan river in Phitsanuloke

 

 

Rescue workers and villagers tried unsuccessfully to catch a crocodile found in the Nan river in Muang district of Phitsanuloke province on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954400-crocodile-spotted-in-nan-river-in-phitsanuloke/

 

PTT plans sixth subsidiary to handle retail operations

By SUCHAT SRITAMA 
THE NATION

 

Tevin Vongvanich, centre, president and chief executive officer of PTT, appears at a press conference on the company's reorganisation. PTT will establish a new company that will focus on the retail business in the face of the tough energy climate.

 

PTT has spun off its retail business into a new subsidiary that will eventually be called PTT Oil Retail Business Co.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954401-ptt-plans-sixth-subsidiary-to-handle-retail-operations/

 

65,000-plus new business registrations expected in 2017

By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI 
THE NATION

 

NEW company registrations are expected to surge beyond 65,000 next year from about 60,000-65,000 anticipated this year, based on the Commerce Ministry’s positive outlook on economic growth and more efficient management of its business-registration procedure.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954402-65000-plus-new-business-registrations-expected-in-2017/

 

No political agenda in transfers, Prayut says

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday stressed that the junta order to transfer three governmental officials, including a member of the Shinawatra family, is not part of a political agenda.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954403-no-political-agenda-in-transfers-prayut-says/

 

Korean man bailed after arrest for 2009 murder

By SUPACHAI PHETCHTHEWEE 
THE NATION

 

A 57-year-old South Korean man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday for the alleged murder in 2009 of a compatriot in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954404-korean-man-bailed-after-arrest-for-2009-murder/

 

Prayut vows to push power plants, water storage areas

By NATTHAPAT PHROMKAEW 
THE NATION

 

 

Country needs energy security, premier says, and it was time people get help to stop the cycle of droughts and floods.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954405-prayut-vows-to-push-power-plants-water-storage-areas/

 

Pattani car bomb which wounded five weighed 200 kilograms, police reveal

By PARES LOHASAN, 
SAKDA SAMERPOP 
THE NATION

 

 

THE car bomb used in the attack outside a co-operative shop in Pattani’s Yaring district on Thursday evening consisted of home-made explosives attached to two 15 kilogram cooking cylinders and weighed around 200 kilograms, a police source revealed yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954407-pattani-car-bomb-which-wounded-five-weighed-200-kilograms-police-reveal/

 

 

 

PM urges loyalty to Rama X

By NATTHAPAT PHROMKAEW, 
JUTHATHIP LUCKSANAWONG 
THE NATION

 

 

Prayut says people must always remember His Majesty King Bhumibol; plans special activities on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954408-pm-urges-loyalty-to-rama-x/

 

Tensions high as migrant camp attacked

Catherine Hardy

 

 

Tensions are high on the Greek island of Chios after rocks and petrol bombs were hurled at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954409-tensions-high-as-migrant-camp-attacked/

 

When is rape not a crime? Turkey considers proposal for controversial sexual abuse law

Euronews

 

 

Turkey’s ruling AK Party has been widely condemned for a proposal that would, critics say, legalise rape in some cases.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954410-when-is-rape-not-a-crime-turkey-considers-proposal-for-controversial-sexual-abuse-law/

 

Donald Trump right on European defence spending, says NATO chief

Euronews

 

 

US President-elect Donald Trump is right to call on Europeans to spend more on defence, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954411-donald-trump-right-on-european-defence-spending-says-nato-chief/

 

Two dead as BMW rolls and hits tree in Hua Hin

 

Image: Sanook

 

HUA HIN:-- Our picture today shows all that is left after a BMW collided with a road sign, rolled and hit a tree in Hua Hin in the early hours of Thursdaymorning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954413-two-dead-as-bmw-rolls-and-hits-tree-in-hua-hin/

Commissioner wants to talk to Thai men who trafficked women to Malaysia

 

Image: Thai News Agency

 

BANGKOK:-- The commissioner of police Jakthip Chaijinda has appealed for help from the Malaysian authorities in the case of 21 Thai women arrested in that country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954414-commissioner-wants-to-talk-to-thai-men-who-trafficked-women-to-malaysia/

Udon woman says her mother in law has stolen her four year old daughter

 

Image: Sanook

 

A distraught Udon woman has told police that she believes her mother in law has arranged to abduct her four year old daughter.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954415-udon-woman-says-her-mother-in-law-has-stolen-her-four-year-old-daughter/

Three year old boy found dumped by roadside north of Bangkok was murdered

 

Image: Daily News

 

The three year old boy found mostly naked by the side of the Sena - Ayuthaya road was murdered by his stepfather.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954416-three-year-old-boy-found-dumped-by-roadside-north-of-bangkok-was-murdered/

National police spokesman tells the public: Be fair to us, don't damage our image

 

Image: Sanook

 

A national police spokesman has called on members of the public to be fair to the force.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954420-national-police-spokesman-tells-the-public-be-fair-to-us-dont-damage-our-image/

Trump agrees to $25M settlement to resolve Trump U. lawsuits

DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press
ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press

 

SAN DIEGO (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump agreed Friday to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits against his now-defunct Trump University for real estate investors, averting a trial in a potentially embarrassing case that he had vowed during the campaign to keep fighting.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954423-trump-agrees-to-25m-settlement-to-resolve-trump-u-lawsuits/

 

Dutch man electrocuted after falling in Hua Hin swimming pool

 

Image: Daily News

 

HUA HIN:-- A 66 year old man from the Netherlands was killed last night when he apparently fell in a swimming pool and was electrocuted.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954430-dutch-man-electrocuted-after-falling-in-hua-hin-swimming-pool/

5G: a faster, even more connected world

BY EURONEWS

 

 

Mobile communication has completely changed the way we live, work and play. When they come online in the next five to ten years, 5G networks are expected to revolutionise the ways we do business and drive unprecedented economic and societal growth.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/5g-a-faster-even-more-connected-world/18630/

Google is testing out a new feature in Google Maps that will be an absolute lifesaver if you are ever caught short

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Just when you thought Google Maps had everything you could ever need, it goes one step further!

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-is-testing-out-a-new-feature-in-google-maps-that-will-be-an-absolute-lifesaver-if-you-are-ever-caught-short/18626/

Samsung Gear S3: Thailand price and release date for Samsung’s latest smartwatch

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Samsung have now revealed that its new Gear S3 smartwatch will be released in Thailand on 7 December, priced at THB12,900.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-gear-s3-thailand-price-and-release-date-for-samsungs-latest-smartwatch/18624/