Handicapped burger seller says his "life has collapsed" after media attention

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The westerner with no legs who created a sensation on social media after being featured selling burgers in Bangkok says his life is being ruined.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964434-handicapped-burger-seller-says-his-life-has-collapsed-after-media-attention/

 

Online drive to ease haze over Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

 

The Warm Heart Foundation is seeking donations for a Bt1 million project to eliminate 9,640 kilograms of smoke from the air over Chiang Mai during the agriculture fire season. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964389-online-drive-to-ease-haze-over-chiang-mai/

Relatives scream blue murder after pick-up driver fails to let ambulance pass

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A pick-up driver is at the center of a big controversy after he refused to let an ambulance pass after a minor scrape on his vehicle.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964433-relatives-scream-blue-murder-after-pick-up-driver-fails-to-let-ambulance-pass/

 

Hong Kong star Andy Lau seriously injured from horse-riding accident in Thailand

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Flickr

 

Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau suffered a spinal injury after he fell from horseback while filming in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964398-hong-kong-star-andy-lau-seriously-injured-from-horse-riding-accident-in-thailand/

 

 

Did a knicker nicker decorate this roadside tree?

 

Picture: Thairath

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- Reporters were called to Ayutthaya yesterday after locals found more than 100 pairs of ladies kickers and bras adorning a roadside tree.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964435-did-a-knicker-nicker-decorate-this-roadside-tree/

 

"You've got the wrong guy!" - humble Krabi hotel worker has to go to Bangkok after being implicated in police exam scandal

 

Picture: Thairath

 

KRABI: -- A humble young Ao Nang hotel employee had to go to Bangkok after being summonsed for involvement in the ongoing police entrance exam scandal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964436-youve-got-the-wrong-guy-humble-krabi-hotel-worker-has-to-go-to bangkok-after-being-implicated-in-police-exam-scandal/

 

Fears mount for safety of missing Japanese backpacker

 

Picture: Kapook

 

BANGKOK: -- The family of a Japanese backpacker missing for three weeks are increasingly worried about him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964437-fears-mount-for-safety-of-missing-japanese-backpacker/

 

4 billion baht to be sought from cabinet next week to help farming sector in South

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will ask the cabinet next Tuesday for an emergency fund amounting to 4 billion baht from the Central Fund to help farmers and livestock raisers affected by recent flooding in southern provinces.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964438-4-billion-baht-to-be-sought-from-cabinet-next-week-to-help-farming-sector-in-south/

 

Archaeological sites and places of worshipping damaged by flood

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Ten archaeological sites, one museum and six cultural centres in 12 southern provinces were damaged by recent flooding, Culture Minister Veera Rotepojnajarat disclosed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964439-archaeological-sites-and-places-of-worshipping-damaged-by-flood/

 

Phuket women fight, knife pulled, over market trousers

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The fight got out of hand and a knife was pulled, all over market trousers. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Police were called to intervene in a fight between two young women at a Phuket Town market on Monday after insults came blows, then a knife was pulled, after one of the women decided not to buy a pair of women’s trousers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964440-phuket-women-fight-knife-pulled-over-market-trousers/

 

Thailand unveils campaign to attract tourists from Asean nations
By SUCHAT SRITAMA
THE NATION 
SINGAPORE

 

BANGKOK: -- THAILAND is showcasing a tourism campaign in the Asean market called “Unique Thai Local Experience” with the expectation of attracting 9.2 million visitors from the region this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964441-thailand-unveils-campaign-to-attract-tourists-from-asean-nations/

 

Phuket taxi driver’s licence suspended for six months

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

The driver of the taxi crashed into the back of the parked truck while trying to overtake on the inside lane. Photo: Phuket Public Group

 

PHUKET: -- An officer from the Phuket City Police has today (Jan 18) confirmed to The Phuket News that the driver of a taxi that smashed into the back of a parked truck on Dec 14 leaving himself and two Chinese passengers injured has had his licence suspended for six months.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964442-phuket-taxi-driver’s-licence-suspended-for-six-months/

 

Man, 26, pleads guilty to brutally murdering victim for iPhone
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Kittikorn Wikaha, 26, yesterday pleaded guilty at Bangkok’s Ratchadapisek Criminal Court to stabbing to death university graduate Wasin Luangjame for his iPhone 6 in a January 4 robbery.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964444-man-26-pleads-guilty-to-brutally-murdering-victim-for-iphone/

 

THAI launches probe into Rolls-Royce bribery charges
By THE NATION
AGENCIES

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THAI AIRWAYS International (THAI) yesterday decided to set up a committee to probe allegations of bribery in the purchase of engines from British engineering giant Rolls-Royce.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964445-thai-launches-probe-into-rolls-royce-bribery-charges/

 

Change of plan in bid to arrest fugitive monk Dhammachayo
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is ready to change its previous action plan to launch a joint DSI-police-Army operation to arrest fugitive Phra Dhammachayo, the former abbot of Wat Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani, DSI chief Pol Colonel Paisit Wongmuang said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964446-change-of-plan-in-bid-to-arrest-fugitive-monk-dhammachayo/

 

 

Police aim to reapply for 100 arrest warrants in examination scandal
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are gathering more evidence to reapply for arrest warrants for 100 police force applicants who allegedly cheated by copying answers in the police entrance examination last month, deputy Bangkok police chief Pol Maj-General Adul Narongsak said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964447-police-aim-to-reapply-for-100-arrest-warrants-in-examination-scandal/

 

Prayut orders complete surveys of flood damage
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed authorities to conduct comprehensive surveys of the southern flood damage so that effective rehabilitation measures can be taken.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964448-prayut-orders-complete-surveys-of-flood-damage/

 

Somkid orders rural market development
By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- DEPUTY PRIME Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has instructed the Commerce Ministry to establish general and specialty central markets in key provinces, while also developing local community markets in linkage with tourism and e-commerce in order to strengthen local growth. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964450-somkid-orders-rural-market-development/

 

Index Creative Village to build, run Thailand Pavilion at Expo 2017
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- INDEX CREATIVE Village has won a Bt250-million bid to build and manage the Thailand Pavilion of the Energy Ministry at Expo 2017.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964451-index-creative-village-to-build-run-thailand-pavilion-at-expo-2017/

 

Police ‘prove’ Jomsap plot
By The Nation

 

Panya

 

Senior officers claim new evidence shows conspiracy to persuade court on retrial

 

NAKHON PHANOM: -- POLICE YESTERDAY revealed information they claimed proved a network of people set up evidence that backed former teacher Jomsap Saenmuangkhot’s claim of innocence in a 2005 fatal hit-and-run accident.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964452-police-‘prove’-jomsap-plot/

 

Court dismisses murder charges against factory owner
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

Prachob

 

BANGKOK: -- THE APPEAL court has dismissed charges against a factory owner who allegedly hired a hitman to kill community leader Prachob Naowa-o-pas, who stood against the disposal of industrial waste in Chachoengsao’s Phanom Sarakham District.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964453-thai-court-dismisses-murder-charges-against-factory-owner/

 

Free trade to be cornerstone of US policy, Davies assures
By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN
THE NATION

 

US Ambassador Glyn Davies speaks to Thai media yesterday about US-Thai relations under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

 

Ambassador urges wait-and-watch approach while easing worries about Trump’s likely protectionist policies; says close ties with Thailand, Asia to continue

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964454-free-trade-to-be-cornerstone-of-us-policy-ambassador-davies-assures/

 

Turning provincial governors into professional managers  
By Attayuth Bootsripoom
The Nation
 

Somkid

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister and economics tsar Somkid Jatusripitak has proposed changing the selection process for provincial governors to ensure candidates are professional managers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964455-turning-provincial-governors-into-professional-managers/

 

 

Govt should adapt past studies on reconciliation: peace advocate
By THE NATION

 

Ekachai

 

BANGKOK: -- A RESPECTED peace advocate has suggested the government bring past studies on conflict and reconciliation to the table to help to guide its renewed efforts toward reconciliation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964456-govt-should-adapt-past-studies-on-reconciliation-peace-advocate/

 

UK top court says ex-Libyan rebel commander can sue former minister

By Michael Holden

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - Abdul Hakeem Belhadj, leader of the Al-Watan party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A former Libyan Islamist commander, who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and U.S. spies handed him over to Libya, was given permission on Tuesday to sue the British government and its former foreign secretary.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964457-uk-top-court-says-ex-libyan-rebel-commander-abducted-by-cia-agents-in-thailand-can-sue-former-minister/

 

UPDATE:

 

Ex-US President George Bush senior in intensive care

 

 

HOUSTON: -- The former US President George H.W. Bush is in intensive care in a Houston hospital with pneumonia.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964343-former-us-president-george-hw-bush-hospitalized-media/?do=findComment&comment=11536340

 

Obama talks Trump, Russia, Israel and democracy in his final news conference as US president

Chris Cummins

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- Barack Obama has held his final news conference as president of the United States.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964458-obama-talks-trump-russia-israel-and-democracy-in-his-final-news-conference-as-us-president/

 

Trump struggles to add star power to his moment of glory, faces boycott

Robert Hackwill

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- The inauguration of the president of the United States will bring eight hundred thousand supporters of Donald John Trump together in triumph. Yet the occasions’s federating patriotism appears weakened, marked more by what is missing than is present and on display.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964460-trump-struggles-to-add-star-power-to-his-moment-of-glory-faces-boycott/

 

Senegal army ready to enter Gambia if president refuses to quit

By Tim Cocks

REUTERS

 

Tourists wave as their tour bus leaves for the airport a day after the country declared a state of emergency, in Banjul, Gambia January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

 

BANJUL (Reuters) - Senegal's army spokesman said on Wednesday that its forces are at the Gambian border and will enter at midnight if the veteran president, Yahya Jammeh, refuses to relinquish power.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964461-senegal-army-ready-to-enter-gambia-if-president-refuses-to-quit/

 

South Korean court dismisses arrest warrant for Samsung chief

By Joyce Lee

REUTERS

 

Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, leaves after attending a court hearing to review a detention warrant request against him at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday dismissed a warrant to arrest the head of the Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], the country's largest conglomerate, amid a graft scandal that has led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/964463-south-korean-court-dismisses-arrest-warrant-for-samsung-chief/