Police warn teens going "Live on Facebook": behave obscenely and you could face jail

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Teens going live on Facebook to dance or behave provocatively have been warned their actions could land them in jail.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968868-police-warn-teens-going-live-on-facebook-behave-obscenely-and-you could-face-jail/

 

North Korean leader's half brother killed in Malaysia - source

By Ju-min Park and Joseph Sipalan

 

 

SEOUL/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, a South Korean government source told Reuters on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968855-north-korean-leaders-half-brother-killed-in-malaysia-source/

German couple killed on motorcycle at Cha-Am U-turn

 

Picture: Thairath

 

CHAI-AM: -- An elderly German husband and wife were killed instantly at a U-turn on the Petchkasem Road in Cha-Am yesterday. Their motorbike collided with a Bangkok bound car.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968870-german-couple-killed-on-motorcycle-at-cha-am-u-turn/

 

International school is ripping off parents say Thai and foreign mums and dads

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- Angry parents in Pattaya have gone to the government's help group Damrongtham Centre to complain about their children's international school.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968871-international-school-is-ripping-off-parents-say-thai-and-foreign-mums-and-dads/

 

Four year old twins "marry" in Lampang on Valentine's Day

 

Picture: Thairath

 

LAMPANG: -- Four year old twins got married in Lampang yesterday according to local beliefs.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968872-four-year-old-twins-marry-in-lampang-on-valentines-day/

 

More bungling as six out of seven pick-ups escape Prachuap Khiri Khan police

 

Picture: Thairath

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: -- Police in Prachuap Khiri Khan who had information that seven pick ups were on their way carrying pirated goods from Malaysia managed to stop just one in the convoy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968873-more-bungling-as-six-out-of-seven-pick-ups-escape-prachuap-khiri-khan-police/

 

UPDATE:

 

Police chief orders defamation charges to be filed against Sangsit

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaichinda has ordered metropolitan police to file defamation charges against dean of the College of Social Innovations of Rangsit University Associate Professor Sangsit Piriyarangsan and the former deputy commander of Chainat provincial police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968847-police-file-libel-suit-against-forum-for-performance-criticism/?do=findComment&comment=11622104

 

PM warns coal-fired power plant protesters not to protest in Bangkok

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Opponents of the coal-fired power plant project in Krabi province were told by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to not come to Bangkok to hold a protest, but to wait for a decision from the Energy Ministry about the project on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968849-prison-for-protesters-opposing-coal-fired-power-plant-warns-pm/?do=findComment&comment=11622135

 

 

Cabinet OKs fund to bring electrical cables underground in 4 cities

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to set aside 11,668 million baht fund for the Provincial Electricity Authority to bring all the overhead electrical cables in Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Pattaya and Nakhon Ratchasima underground and to boost the efficiency of power transmission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968875-thai-cabinet-oks-fund-to-bring-electrical-cables-underground-in-4-cities/

 

UPDATE:

 

Foreign man’s attempted suicide visa related, say Phuket police

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police at the scene of the attempted suicide. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Tourist Police investigating the attempted suicide of a foreign man in Thalang this morning have said they believe the man attempted to take his own life as he had overstayed his visa and was concerned that he would be blacklisted from re-entering the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968761-foreigner-spared-from-hanging-as-rope-breaks-over-major-phuket-road/?do=findComment&comment=11622124

 

Breaking: Anti-Corruption agency, Phuket Gov lock horns over corruption

Phuket Gazette

 

         

Gov Chokchai set up a committee to look into each allegation. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Governor has denied accepting bribes and urgently ordered officers to investigate corruption allegations made by the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand in a Facebook post yesterday. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968876-anti-corruption-agency-phuket-gov-lock-horns-over-corruption/

 

OPINION:

Thai Buddhism in need of immediate, serious reform

 

BANGKOK: -- Religious flaws begin like tiny black stains on our shirt. The specks are small but the ugliness is creeping. Until, of course, the whole cloth is dyed black.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968877-thai-buddhism-in-need-of-immediate-serious-reform/

 

DSI decision due today on case involving Thaksin’s son
By THE NATION

 

Panthongtae

 

Agency to assess if evidence is adequate to press charges in Krungthai bank money-laundering case

 

BANGKOK: -- THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) will make a decision today on whether to file charges against Panthongtae Shinawatra, the son of former premier Thaksin, and two others in a money-laundering case connected with malfeasance at the state-owned Krungthai Bank.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968878-dsi-decision-due-today-on-case-involving-thaksin’s-son/

 

Parties call for democratic rule as part of reconciliation process
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN 
JITRAPORN SENAWONG 
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- RECONCILIATION should begin with democratic rule, inclusive discussion, and the lifting of a ban on political gathering, said leaders of the political parties who joined the first reconciliation talks yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968880-parties-call-for-democratic-rule-as-part-of-reconciliation-process/

 

Prayut offers ‘papers’ to guide reform and reconciliation committees
By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- WHILE THE reconciliation preparation committee met the first group of invited political parties yesterday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha released his own summary on past reform and reconciliation recommendations to guide the newly established committees.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968881-prayut-offers-‘papers’-to-guide-reform-and-reconciliation-committees/

 

More primary students step forward with molestation charges
By Thanapon Saengthong
The Nation
CHAI NAT

 

CHAI NAT: -- As more primary schoolgirls step forward to say they were victims of alleged molestation by teacher Anupan Kuijard, Ban Kluay Municipality School director Kasamaporn Buapiban said yesterday that the accused has been suspended from civil service by the Muang Chai Nat Municipality to make way for investigation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968882-more-primary-students-step-forward-with-molestation-charges/

 

Graft network urges inquiry into forensic officers in Jomsap case
By THE NATION

 

JOmsap

 

NAKHON PHANOM: -- THE Anti-Corruption Network Foundation yesterday urged the national police chief to launch an inquiry into the two forensic police officers who inspected the evidence in the 2005 hit-and-run case that led to the arrest of former teacher Jomsap Saen-muangkhot.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968883-graft-network-urges-inquiry-into-forensic-officers-in-jomsap-case/

 

Young Buddhists group urges Supreme Patriarch to defrock Dhammachayo
By PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE YOUNG Buddhists Association of Thailand (YBAT) has urged the Supreme Patriarch to consider expelling the highly controversial Phra Dhammachayo from the monkhood.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968884-young-buddhists-group-urges-supreme-patriarch-to-defrock-dhammachayo/

 

Miss Thailand Universe visits ‘cute’ PM at Government House
By WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION

 

Miss Thailand Universe 2016 Chalita “Namtan” Suansane, centre, talking with PM Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House.

 

BANGKOK: -- MISS Thailand Universe 2016 Chalita “Namtan” Suansane, took advantage of Valentine’s Day yesterday to visit “cute” Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968885-miss-thailand-universe-visits-‘cute’-pm-at-government-house/

 

New law to make Thailand more competitive in targeted industries
By  THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- A LAW AIMING to enhance Thailand’s competitiveness in targeted industries came into force yesterday, waiving corporate income taxes for up to 15 years and subsidising investment expenses for research and development and innovation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968887-new-law-to-make-thailand-more-competitive-in-targeted-industries/

 

UPDATE:

 

North Korea suspected behind murder of leader's half-brother - U.S. sources

By Emily Chow and Ju-min Park

REUTERS

 

People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 14, 2017. Lim Se-young/News1 via REUTERS

 

KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. government strongly believes that North Korean agents murdered the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia, U.S. government sources said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968855-north-korean-leaders-half-brother-killed-in-malaysia-source/?do=findComment&comment=11622197

 

Trump knew for weeks that aide was misleading over Russia: White House

By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan

REUTERS

 

File photo - National security adviser General Michael Flynn arrives to deliver a statement during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump knew for weeks that national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the White House about his contacts with Russia but did not immediately force him out, an administration spokesman said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968889-trump-knew-for-weeks-that-aide-was-misleading-over-russia-white-house/

 

Russian jets in 'unsafe' encounters with destroyer - U.S. official

REUTERS

 

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Multiple Russian military aircraft came close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on Feb. 10, incidents considered "unsafe and unprofessional," a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968890-russian-jets-in-unsafe-encounters-with-destroyer-us-official/

 

Nervous NATO allies seek reassurance from Trump's defence chief

By Robin Emmott and Phil Stewart

REUTERS

 

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis attends a joint breifing with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ed Jones

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European allies will tell the United States' new defence secretary on Wednesday that NATO is not the weak alliance U.S. President Donald Trump has accused it of being, at one of the most anticipated NATO meetings in years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968891-nervous-nato-allies-seek-reassurance-from-trumps-defence-chief/

 

Exclusive - Australia increases pressure, cash offers for PNG asylum seekers to return home

By Colin Packham and Aaron Bunch

REUTERS

 

Detainees walk around the compound among water bottles inside the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea, February 11, 2017. Behrouz Boochani/Handout via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Officials at an Australian immigration centre in Papua New Guinea are increasing pressure on asylum seekers to return to their home countries voluntarily, including offering large sums of money, amid fears a deal for the United States to take refugees has fallen through.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968893-exclusive-australia-increases-pressure-cash-offers-for-png-asylum-seekers-to-return-home/

 

Many U.S. Democrats sceptical on chances to reset Netanyahu tiesBy Patricia Zengerle

REUTERS

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu's first Trump-era Washington visit offers a chance to repair ties to Democrats that frayed during years of chilly relations under the Obama administration, but many party members said they do not expect much improvement given the Israeli prime minister's close alignment with Republicans.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968896-many-us-democrats-sceptical-on-chances-to-reset-netanyahu-ties/

 

True love says Aussie with Thai wife - and she puts my socks and undies on too!

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A 78 year old Aussie man has met the woman of his dreams- his Thai bride puts his socks and undies on for him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968912-true-love-says-aussie-with-thai-wife-and-she-puts-my-socks-and-undies-on-too/

 

Police on Khao San Road spread the love saying it with roses!

 

Picture Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Top cops descended on Khao San Road last night armed with bundles of deep red roses for tourists and locals to celebrate Valentine's Day.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968913-police-on-khao-san-road-spread-the-love-saying-it-with-roses/

 

Authorities rush to collect marine garbage off Chumphon

 

CHUMPHON, 15 February 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is expediting the collection of a large amount of garbage found in the Gulf of Thailand and has ordered officials to lay down long-term solutions. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968915-authorities-rush-to-collect-marine-garbage-off-chumphon/

 

Trump backs Middle East peace, even if not tied to two-state solution

REUTERS
 

A Palestinian demonstrator holds placard during a protest against a promise by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to re-locate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, in the West Bank near Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump supports the goal of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, even if it does not involve the two-state solution, a senior White House official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/968917-trump-backs-middle-east-peace-even-if-not-tied-to-two-state-solution/