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Five foreign tourists say they were robbed and left stranded in northern Thailand

 

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CHIANG MAI: -- Five foreign tourists who were dumped at a petrol station in northern Thailand by their bus driver have said they also had a large amount of cash stolen from their bags

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967676-five-foreign-tourists-say-they-were-robbed-and-left-stranded-in-northern-thailand/

 

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Phuket shakedowns, extortion, corruption not on list of ‘urgent issues’ handed to army

The Phuket News

 

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Phuket Vice Governor Snith Sriwihok at the meeting yesterday, which was not attended by Phuket Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- Despite the ongoing headlines, illegal hotels and the corruption allegations into Phuket officials extorting money from migrant workers and targeting other foreign workers in cash shakedowns were not identified as key areas that Phuket officials needed assistance from the Royal Thai Army in resolving.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967687-phuket-shakedowns-extortion-corruption-not-on-list-of-‘urgent-issues’-handed-to-army/

 

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'Drunken Noodles' shop hires models to entertain, watch you slurp noodles

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

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Kathawut Chumjai, owner of Drunken Noodles, seems to enjoy the company of his waitresses. Photo: Drunken Noodles/ Facebook

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Noodles taste best when you slurp loudly, and at "Drunken Noodles" shop in Chiang Mai, you can do so with cute girls in jean shorts watching and smiling at you.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967690-drunken-noodles-shop-hires-models-to-entertain-watch-you-slurp-noodles/

 

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'Pai One Point' denies link to drug lord suspect as more celebs swept into net

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

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Auto racer Pai Leeke, aka Pai One Point, speaks briefly outside the Bangkok headquarters of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau. He is the latest celeb to be caught up in a widening investigation into Thai links to a suspected Lao drug lord.

 

BANGKOK — A famous auto racer turned himself in Tuesday afternoon after the Narcotics Suppression Bureau sought him and three others for questioning as part of an inquiry into Thai links to an alleged Laotian drug lord.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967693-pai-one-point-denies-link-to-drug-lord-suspect-as-more-celebs-swept-into-net/

 

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Golden chariot restored for Thai king's "ascent to heaven"

REUTERS

 

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A view of the Royal Chariot, which will be used during the late King Bhumibol's cremation, is seen at the National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Inch by gilded inch, the chariot to take Thailand's late king on his last journey is being restored by workers in Bangkok in a labour that will last months.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967696-golden-chariot-restored-for-thai-kings-ascent-to-heaven/

 

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King appoints new Supreme Patriarch in surprise announcement

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Phra Maha Muneewong gives a lecture on July 12, 2016, to monks at Wat Paknam in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Exercising his royal power under a recently amended law, His Majesty the King Tuesday named a new leader of Thai Buddhist authorities, ending years of vacancy on the ecclesiastic throne.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967701-king-appoints-new supreme-patriarch-in-surprise-announcement/

 

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Wanted drug dealer arrested by Phuket Tourist Police

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Jeerasak “Ball” Sitthichock, 36, was arrested on an arrest warrant issued on Jan 23. Photo: Tourist Police

 

PHUKET:-- Tourist Police in Phuket yesterday arrested a 36-year-old Thai man wanted on an arrest warrant issued on January 23 for drug possession. The warrant was issued following the arrest of another man on December 28 who told police he was carrying drugs for the wanted man.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967718-wanted-drug-dealer-arrested-by-phuket-tourist-police/

 

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Police seize a tour bus for inspection after the driver dumped passengers

 

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Police seized a tour bus in Saraphi district of Chiang Mai on Monday after five foreign tourists lodged a complaint that they were dumped at a gas station in Saraphi district instead of their destination in Chiang Mai township and that foreign currencies cash kept in their baggage stored in the baggage room of the bus were stolen.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967676-five-foreign-tourists-say-they-were-robbed-and-left-stranded-in-northern-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=11599722

 

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Is Wu-Tang Clan really coming to Bangkok in May?!

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

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Photo: Wu-Tang Clan / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Call it a long shot, but a cryptic tease for an upcoming concert got the internet humming Tuesday at the possibility a legendary New York hip-hop band could be coming to Thailand this May.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967731-is-wu-tang-clan-really-coming-to-bangkok-in-may/

 

 

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Thai said to be among suspected ISIS militants arrested in malaysia

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Worshipers at a mosque in Pattani province crowd around the body of a Muslim ranger shot to death on Thursday, one of the latest fatalities in over a dozen years of separatist violence in the region.

 

BANGKOK — Six people arrested by Malaysian authorities near the Thai-Malaysian border on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State terror group included a Thai national, the Thai army chief announced Tuesday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/967732-thai-said-to-be-among-suspected-isis-militants-arrested-in-malaysia/

 

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