Visitors to Thailand now enjoy visa fee exemption

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK, 2 December 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior has exempted the visa fee for tourists to Thailand as part of the government’s high-season campaign.

 

Full story:   http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956583-thailand-waives-tourist-visa-fee-for-all-nationalities/?page=7#comment-11391999

The week that was in Thailand news: It’s all about face – saving it or smacking it.

 

 

For those looking for a window into Thai culture and the relationship hierarchy there was the perfect story this week highlighting the subject in all its glory – though in the case of the incident at the Malin Sky bar that would more appropriately be vainglory.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956864-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-it’s-all-about-face-–-saving-it-or-smacking-it/

 

First the pier - now soldiers intend to clear up Beach Road in Pattaya

 

Image: Manager

 

PATTAYA:-- Following operations to clear up the pier area in Pattaya soldiers are now trying to reign in bike rental companies and public transport on Beach Road.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956860-first-the-pier-now-soldiers-intend-to-clear-up-beach-road-in-pattaya/

Gun maker who sold weapons on LINE says "I'm only doing repairs"

 

Image: Thairath

 

Police arrested a gun maker in Ban Pong yesterday who was selling locally manufactured guns on the Line application.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956861-gun-maker-who-sold-weapons-on-line-says-im-only-doing-repairs/

Tiger Temple: Large tracts of land reclaimed for public use in Kanchanaburi

 

Image: Daily News

 

Public officials were busy in the Sai Yok area yesterday reclaiming three plots of land comprising some 3,000 rai.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956858-tiger-temple-large-tracts-of-land-reclaimed-for-public-use-in-kanchanaburi/

Live streaming on YouTube just got a whole lot better

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Live streaming on YouTube just got a whole load better after they officially added support for 4K live streams.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/live-streaming-on-youtube-just-got-a-whole-lot-better/18870/

Homeless man blamed for Phuket Town fire

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET: A mentally unstable homeless man is suspected to have started a fire that burnt down a house in Phuket Town about 5am today.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956879-homeless-man-blamed-for-phuket-town-fire/

 

Army invites people to attend charitable activity as tribute to late King

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 December 2016 (NNT) – The Army is inviting the general public to attend charitable activity as a tribute to the late His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on his birthday anniversary, 5 December 2016.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956881-army-invites-people-to-attend-charitable-activity-as-tribute-to-late-king/

 

Many people wait in line to pay homage to late king

supawadee wangsri

 

BANGKOK, 3 December 2016 (NNT) – A large number of people have come to wait in line at Sanam Luang to pay homage to the late His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956882-many-people-wait-in-line-to-pay-homage-to-late-king/

 

Special area provided for elderly and disabled mourners at Sanam Luang

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 December 2016 (NNT) – The Joint Command Center for Peace and Order will erect special tents at Sanam Luang for handicapped and elderly mourners to wait outside of a regular queue as about 50,000 mourners were expected on 3 December.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956884-special-area-provided-for-elderly-and-disabled-mourners-at-sanam-luang/ 

 

Your credit card details can be stolen in just SIX SECONDS

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Fraudsters can steal your credit card details in just six seconds, researchers have discovered.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/your-credit-card-details-can-be-stolen-in-just-six-seconds/18872/

Cyclists set off from Phuket to Bangkok to honour the late HM King Bhumibol 

The Phuket News

 

A group of 40 local cyclists set off to Bangkok to honour HM. Credit: Phuket PR Office

 

PHUKET: Severe weather failed to prevent 40 Phuketians from cycling to the capital to honour the late HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956885-cyclists-set-off-from-phuket-to-bangkok-to-honour-the-late-hm-king-bhumibol/

 

Trump supports war on drugs: Duterte

 

 

MANILA:-- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has claimed that US President-elect Donald Trump is supporting his war on illegal drugs and that he could “sense a good rapport” with Trump, the Philippine Inquirer Onlinereported on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956887-trump-supports-war-on-drugs-duterte/

 

Seven anti-Jokowi figures charged with treason

 

 

JAKARTA:-- Seven known political opponents of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo were arrested on charges of treason on Friday ahead of the large-scale rally by conservative Muslims in Jakarta against Jakarta governor Basuki“Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, The Jakarta Post Online reported on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956888-seven-anti-jokowi-figures-charged-with-treason/

 

King Sihanoni pardoned Kem Sokha

 

 

PHNOM PENH:-- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday granted a Royal pardon for Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) acting president Kem Sokha, quashing a five-month prison term in connection with his marital infidelity, The Phnom Penh Post Online reported on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956889-king-sihanoni-pardoned-kem-sokha/

 

Polish tourists beaten, robbed by Phuket teenagers

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET: Phuket police yesterday evening apprehended four teenagers who brutally attacked and robbed two Polish tourists at Karon viewpoint on Thursday night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956890-polish-tourists-beaten-robbed-by-phuket-teenagers/

 

Here’s why you should never use a fake iPhone charger

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Fake or third party chargers for iPhones and MacBooks may be cheap, but a new study has found that they could be seriously dangerous to use.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-why-you-should-never-use-a-fake-iphone-charger/18875/

 

 

Seasonal mushroom picking turns profits

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

KRABI: Krabi locals are cashing in on a wild cash crop of mushrooms which only appear for about three months a year between October and early December.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956895-seasonal-mushroom-picking-turns-profits/ 

 

Phuket King's Cup marks 30th anniversary

Nick Davies

 

 

PHUKET: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Under Royal Patronage since its inception in 1986.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956896-phuket-kings-cup-marks-30th-anniversary/

 

Acting abbot charged with harbouring Dhammachayo

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

POLICE yesterday charged the acting abbot of Wat Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province with harbouring fugitive abbot Phra Dhammachayo.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956897-acting-abbot-charged-with-harbouring-dhammachayo/

 

‘Assembly ban may hinder poll preparations’

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- KEY PHEU THAI Party figure Sudarat Keyuraphan said yesterday she was convinced that the government would not allow assembly by political parties, given that they wanted to control politicians – but they could not quash the profound relationship between politicians and the people.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956899-‘assembly-ban-may-hinder-poll-preparations’/

 

Drug suspect killed in gunfight with police in Chiang Rai

By NATTHAWAT LAPING, 
CHIDCHANOK PUDTHONG 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

CHIANG RAI:-- ONE drug suspect was killed and two alleged accomplices were wounded in a gunfight after a gang fled from a road checkpoint in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district and police gave chase yesterday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956900-drug-suspect-killed-in-gunfight-with-police-in-chiang-rai/

 

Nine dead, dozens missing after fire breaks out at California warehouse party

 

 

At least nine people have been killed and more than two dozen are still unaccounted for after a massive fire broke out at a warehouse in the city of Oakland in California.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956901-nine-dead-dozens-missing-after-fire-breaks-out-at-california-warehouse-party/

 

Brazil holds massive memorial for Chapecoense football team

 

 

A huge memorial service has been held for the victims of the deadly plane crash which wiped out a Brazilian football team.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956902-brazil-holds-massive-memorial-for-chapecoense-football-team/

 

Trump talks Taiwan on the telephone China lodges complaint

Chris Cummins

 

 

China’s foreign ministry has lodged an official complaint after President-elect Trump held a telephone conversation with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956903-trump-talks-taiwan-on-the-telephone-china-lodges-complaint/

 

Ronaldo and Mourinho defend tax arrangements

 

 

Two of the top names in football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho, have strenuously denied suggestions based on leaked documents that their financial arrangements may have amounted to tax evasion.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956904-ronaldo-and-mourinho-defend-tax-arrangements/

 

Juventus ends Atalanta's dream run in Serie A with a 3-1 win

ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer

 

ROME (AP) — Since the end of September, no one had been better in Serie A than Atalanta.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956905-juventus-ends-atalantas-dream-run-in-serie-a-with-a-3-1-win/

 

Montpellier upsets PSG in France; Lyon 'keeper hospitalized 

SAMUEL PETREQUIN, AP Sports Writer

 

PARIS (AP) — Montpellier abruptly halted Paris Saint-Germain's 12-match unbeaten run with the defending French league champion losing 3-0 Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956907-montpellier-upsets-psg-in-france-lyon-keeper-hospitalized/

 

Ramos strikes in 90th as Madrid draws 1-1 at Barcelona

JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press

 

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sergio Ramos stepped up once more for Real Madrid in a major match, scoring in the 90th minute to secure a 1-1 draw at Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956908-ramos-strikes-in-90th-as-madrid-draws-1-1-at-barcelona/

 

Dortmund recovers in Bundesliga, Leipzig returns to the top

CIARAN FAHEY, Associated Press

 

BERLIN (AP) — With stinging criticism ringing in their ears, Borussia Dortmund's players responded to a disappointing defeat with a 4-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956909-dortmund-recovers-in-bundesliga-leipzig-returns-to-the-top/