Concerned about refugees, U.N. experts add to censure of Trump move

REUTERS

 

People gather outside the Federal Building to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher

 

(Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts warned that asylum seekers could face torture if not given safe harbor and the Vatican called for openness to other cultures on Wednesday, adding to a drumbeat of international criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump's travel curbs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966843-concerned-about-refugees-un-experts-add-to-censure-of-trump-move/

 

Ban on gas cylinders to prevent bomb-making
By The Nation

 

 

YALA: -- Steel cooking-gas cylinders weighing 15 kilograms or less have been banned in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani and in the Chana, Na Thawi, Saba Yoi and Thepha districts of Songkhla province except with permission from the provincial energy office.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966850-ban-on-gas-cylinders-to-prevent-bomb-making/

 

Prolific paedophile Mark Frost admits to abuse in UK and Asia

 

LONDON: -- A prolific paedophile faces years in jail after admitting to 45 sex offences against children in the UK and abroad.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966849-prolific-paedophile-mark-frost-admits-to-abuse-in-uk-and-asia/

 

US military exercise Cobra Gold set to kick off
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand and the United States will co-host the annual multilateral Exercise Cobra Gold military exercises in various areas throughout the Kingdom from February 14 to 24.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966851-us-military-exercise-cobra-gold-set-to-kick-off/

 

Govt says ‘men in black’ case not linked to reconciliation
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE GOVERNMENT urged people not to connect the sentence of two “men in black” on Tuesday to its current effort towards reconciliation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966852-govt-says-‘men-in-black’-case-not-linked-to-reconciliation/

 

As South flood situation eases, officials warn of Leptospirosis threat
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE FLOOD situation in the South, which has claimed 96 lives, has improved and only six districts in three provinces are still inundated, but the Ministry of Public Health has warned residents in Prachuap Khiri Khan and 11 other southern provinces of the emerging threat of Leptospirosis.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966853-as-south-flood-situation-eases-officials-warn-of-leptospirosis-threat/

 

Princess gives Prince Mahidol Award to medical researchers
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- TWO DEDICATED medical researchers, who won the Prince Mahidol Award for 2016, pledged to carry on their research and continue their work to help humanity.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966854-princess-gives-prince-mahidol-award-to-medical-researchers/

 

Woman rescued from 20-metre-deep hole
By The Nation

 

 

KANCHANABURI: -- A 26-year-old Thai woman, who had slipped and fallen into a 20-metre-deep hole on Khao Chang Phuak mountain in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum district on Tuesday night, was rescued at 2am yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966856-woman-rescued-from-20-metre-deep-hole/

 

Vet Products to establish new Bt40m R&D centre at Thailand Science Park
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- VET PRODUCTS Group has invested more than Bt40 million to set up a research and development centre at Thailand Science Park.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966857-vet-products-to-establish-new-bt40m-rd-centre-at-thailand-science-park/

 

White House says has updated guidance for green card holders

REUTERS

 

Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks as television screen displays journalists who participate in the daily briefing via Skype at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday it has issued updated guidance on President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration clarifying that legal permanent residents, or green card holders, do not require a waiver to enter the United States.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966858-white-house-says-has-updated-guidance-for-green-card-holders/

 

New charter focuses on ethical standards: DPM

 

BANGKOK, 2 February 2017 (NNT) – The new constitution focuses on the raising of ethical standards as a working guideline for government agencies, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Kruea-ngam. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966859-new-thai-charter-focuses-on-ethical-standards-dpm/

 

Trump adopts aggressive posture towards Iran after missile launch

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

REUTERS

 

National security adviser General Michael Flynn (R) delivers a statement next to Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House put Iran "on notice" on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, taking an aggressive posture towards Tehran that could raise tensions in the region.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966860-trump-adopts-aggressive-posture-towards-iran-after-missile-launch/

 

Australian PM describes frank call with Trump after Post reports angry exchange

 

FILE PHOTO - Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looks at his phone during House of Representatives Question Time in Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, November 9, 2016. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday he had spoken candidly and frankly with U.S. President Donald Trump, but would not confirm a Washington Post report that Trump had berated him over a refugee swap deal and cut the call short.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966878-australian-pm-describes-frank-call-with-trump-after-washington-post-reports-angry-exchange/

 

Narcotic police search big bikers’ idol Benz Racing’s apartment in Huey Kwang 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A combined force of over a hundred narcotic suppression police and officials from the Anti Money Laundering Office launched simultaneous searches on 15 targets in Bangkok in the bid to root out the narcotic network of the Laotian drug baron Xaysana Keopimpha earlier arrested by police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966880-narcotic-police-search-big-bikers’-idol-benz-racing’s-apartment-in-huey-kwang/

 

Thailand and China: Brothers in arms

MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent

 

Bangkok looks to Beijing for military supplies after US relations sour

 

BANGKOK Thailand will buy submarines "not for battle, but so that others will be in awe of us," Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the nation's former military chief and current head of its ruling junta, said at a 2016 press conference.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966881-thailand-and-china-brothers-in-arms/

 

Serbian gang arrested in Bangkok for selling fake gold

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A gang of Serbians have been arrested for selling fake gold to shops in the Banglampu area of the capital

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966886-serbian-gang-arrested-in-bangkok-for-selling-fake-gold/

 

Beggar at temple fair found with 100,000 baht cash on him

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

 

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket police were in shock yesterday when they searched an elderly beggar they arrested at a temple fair and found that the old man had THB100,000 cash in possession.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966889-beggar-at-temple-fair-found-with-100000-baht-cash-on-him/

 

30 media organizations demand change of reform panel chief
By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The 30 media organizations stepped up their measure against the media regulatory bill, submitting an open letter to the National Reform Steering Assembly to replace media reform chief.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966891-30-media-organizations-demand-change-of-reform-panel-chief/

 

Hospital ambulance driver arrested for drug charge

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Narcotic suppression police this morning arrested a drug trafficker and seized 20 kilos of ketamine during a search of a rented house in Nonthanuri.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966892-hospital-ambulance-driver-arrested-for-drug-charge/

 

Pattaya terrorized by knife-wielding, naked farang

 

A Police officer trails an agitated man with a knife menacing people Wednesday night in downtown Pattaya city.

 

PATTAYA — Cops were called in Wednesday night to apprehend a Caucasian man who went on a naked rampage in Central Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966894-pattaya-terrorized-by-knife-wielding-naked-farang/

 

Nasty Thai guide leaves Chinese tour group stranded in Pattaya - then sends them message to say he's scarpered!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- Police have arrested a Thai tour guide who brought five tourists to visit Pattaya from Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966895-nasty-thai-guide-leaves-chinese-tour-group-stranded-in-pattaya-then sends-them-message-to-say-hes-scarpered/

 

Kanchanaburi National Park ordered closed after tourist falls down a hill

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- National Park authorities in Kanchanaburi have ordered the closure of a tourist area after a visitor was injured in a fall on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966896-kanchanaburi-national-park-ordered-closed-after-tourist-falls-down-a-hill/

 

That's not our bus - transport department deny 20-seater is minivan replacement

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- The Land Transport department have said that a minibus widely reported as a replacement for minivans last week is not one of theirs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966902-thats-not-our-bus-transport-department-deny-20-seater-is-minivan-replacement/

 

Thai woman, 29, dead after Phuket motorbike crash

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Rescue worker attend to the woman at the scene of the accident. Photo: Chalong Police

 

PHUKET: -- A 29-year-old Thai woman died in the early hours of this morning after crashing her motorbike into an electricity pylon on Soi Towdang Uthit Rd in Rawai.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966906-thai-woman-29-dead-after-phuket-motorbike-crash/

 

Prayuth's Workout Wednesday continues, but with stand-by ambulance

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Royal Thai Government 

 

BANGKOK: -- PM Prayuth Chan-ocha decided to continue his Workout Wednesday policy, even after the Phra Nakhon district governor collapsed during the exerciseand was later pronounced dead last week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966909-prayuts-workout-wednesday-continues-but-with-stand-by-ambulance/

 

Korean tourist injured after fight with gang of youths in Pattaya

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- A Korean tourist required hospital treatment after being attacked by a gang of 10 Thai youths during the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966910-korean-tourist-injured-after-fight-with-gang-of-youths-in-pattaya/

 

Thai stepfather assaulted boy, 5, after he soiled himself at playgroup

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: - Reporters have investigated an alarming incident at a playgroup in the Klong Hat area of Sa Kaew province .

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966912-thai-stepfather-assaulted-boy-5-after-he-soiled-himself-at-playgroup/

 

 

UPDATE:

 

Soap star's husband investigated for laundering drug money

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

Akarakit 'Benz' Worarojcharoendet in an image posted to Instagram in December.

 

BANGKOK — The owner of a moto racing business who gained fame recently for marrying a popular actress has been linked by narcotics investigators to a notorious drug kingpin from Laos.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966880-narcotic-police-search-big-bikers’-idol-benz-racing’s-apartment-in-huey-kwang/?do=findComment&comment=11583956

 

Merkel visits Turkey with ties frayed over fight against terror, free speech

REUTERS

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko address a news conference in Berlin, Germany, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey on Thursday for the first time since July's failed coup, seeking to bolster a relationship frayed by differences over issues from the fight against terrorism to free speech.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966920-merkel-visits-turkey-with-ties-frayed-over-fight-against-terror-free-speech/

 

Philippine president says he will issue an order on military role in drug war

REUTERS

 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a late night news conference at the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ezra Acayan/Files

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he intended to write an executive order that would allow the military to help in his fight against illicit drugs, which he said was a national security threat.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/966924-philippine-president-says-he-will-issue-an-order-on-military-role-in-drug-war/