Playboy Cafe arrives in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

Lam Yook Millennium (2002) Co, the distributor of Playboy clothes in Thailand, has diversified by opening the first Playboy Cafe in Asia in a move to strengthen Playboy’s brand here.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971217-playboy-cafe-arrives-in-thailand/

 

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Randy pachyderm tries to mount tourists' female elephant - three injured

 

Picture: Thairath

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- Two tourists and a mahout were injured when a bull elephant tried to mount the female elephant they were riding on.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971265-randy-pachyderm-tries-to-mount-tourists-female-elephant-three-injured/

 

Contractor dies in circular saw accident

 

PIcture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A building contractor died after he fell from the roof of a house when a circular saw cut into his mouth and neck.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971267-contractor-dies-in-circular-saw-accident/

 

New "Model policemen" to be launched in Bangkok - better than the flesh and blood variety!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A new kind of "model policeman" is undergoing testing in Bangkok with traffic chiefs confident they will be much better than the real living thing.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971268-new-model-policemen-to-be-launched-in-bangkok-better-than-the flesh-and-blood-variety/

 

Filthy dirty stinking rubbish just yards from Pattaya city hall - it's a disgrace say residents

 

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PATTAYA: -- Residents in North Pattaya are calling for action in a soi polluted by tons of stinking and rotting rubbish.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971269-filthy-dirty-stinking-rubbish-just-yards-from-pattaya-city-hall-its a-disgrace-say-residents/

 

Shotgun wedding: many arrests including the groom after death of innocent villager

 

Picture: Thairath

 

PATTAYA: -- Police in Pattaya have made many arrests including the groom after shots in the air caused the death of a local on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971270-shotgun-wedding-many-arrests-including-the-groom-after-death-of innocent-villager/

 

Midweek Rant

 

Save our children – it’s about time cruel teachers were jailed

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- There are certain stock phrases in Thailand that even relative newbies following the Thai news will be aware of. Such phrases as ‘the driver fled the scene’, ‘managed to escape in the confusion’ and ‘transferred to an inactive post’ are all such basic examples.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971271-midweek-rant-save-our-children-–-it’s-about-time-cruel-teachers-were-jailed/

 

Man held for beating his 3-year old stepson to death

 

 

UDON THANI: -- The stepfather of a three-year old boy was arrested by police in Kumpawapee district of Udon Thani on Tuesday on charges of assault causing the death of his stepson.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971272-man-held-in-udon-for-beating-his-3-year-old-stepson-to-death/

 

Entry fees into national parks for foreign tourists remain unchanged

 

 

KRABI: -- The national park advisory committee on Tuesday decided to maintain the current entry fee rate charged on foreign tourists at 400 baht for adults and 200 baht for children at Hat Nopparattara- Mu Ko Phi Phi national park.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971273-entry-fees-into-national-parks-for-foreign-tourists-remain-unchanged/

 

City Hall predicts influenza cases this year will jump twofold

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has predicted that the number of influenza cases in Bangkok this year is likely to double to over 300,000.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971274-bma-predicts-influenza-cases-this-year-will-jump-twofold/

 

Policemen attending a meeting were made to undergo urine tests for drug use

 

BANGKOK: -- About 50 police officers attached to the 8th division of Metropolitan Police Bureau were caught by a surprise when they were unexpectedly told that they would have their urines tested.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971276-thai-policemen-attending-a-meeting-were-made-to-undergo-urine-tests-for-drug-use/

 

DSI set to summon 10 Dhammakaya protesters amid crackdown
By Anan Wichitpracha,
Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) has enough evidence to summon 10 protesters, including monks and laymen, and has identified 20 individuals who helped with crowd mobilisation at Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang Market, DSI deputy chief Songsak Raksaksakul said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971277-dsi-set-to-summon-10-dhammakaya-protesters-amid-crackdown/

 

Bad weather blamed for bear’s death plunge from chopper
By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A MEMBER of a team responsible for reintroducing a bear back into nature yesterday said the animal’s fatal plunge from a helicopter was an unavoidable accident caused by sudden turbulent weather.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971278-bad-weather-blamed-for-bear’s-death-plunge-from-chopper/

 

Power in South stable without Krabi plant: academics
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

Short-term supply sufficient although annual growth set at 4%

 

BANGKOK: -- ACADEMICS said yesterday that the southern region would still have stable power generation in the near future even without the proposed Krabi coal-fired power plant, although Thailand would have to invest in some form of new power generation in the long term.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971279-power-in-south-stable-without-krabi-plant-academics/

 

Trump's economic policy will benefit Thailand by THB2 bn

 

BANGKOK, 1 March 2017 (NNT) - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has predicted that the economic policy of U.S. President Donald Trump will benefit the Thai export sector by more than 2.5 billion baht. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971280-trumps-economic-policy-will-benefit-thailand-by-thb2-bn/

 

Thailand feels the Trump effect

By Brian Klaas

 

Brian Klaas is a Fellow in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and author of “The Despot’s Accomplice: How the West is Aiding & Abetting the Decline of Democracy.”

 

BANGKOK: -- I arrived at Government House, the headquarters of Thailand’s military government, on a sweltering afternoon in mid-February. After convincing an assault-rifle packing solider that I wasn’t a confused tourist, I found my way to the office of the government’s spokesman.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971282-thailand-feels-the-trump-effect/

 

Universities must spearhead the shift to ‘Thailand 4.0’  
By Nophakhun Limsamarnphun 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- To successfully implement the national modernisation programme dubbed Thailand 4.0, the government needs to work closely with the private sector as well as educational institutes, since human resources are crucial to success.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971283-universities-must-spearhead-the-shift-to-‘thailand-40’- /

 

Trump mulling immigration bill with pathway to legal status - CNN

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering introducing legislation to provide a pathway to legal status, but not immediately to citizenship, for illegal immigrants in the United States, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a senior White House official.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971284-trump-mulling-immigration-bill-with-pathway-to-legal-status-cnn/

 

French police sharpshooter accidentally wounds two during president's speech

REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A police sharpshooter accidentally wounded two people as French President Francois Hollande was giving a speech in the south-west of France on Tuesday, a police source said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971285-french-police-sharpshooter-accidentally-wounds-two-during-presidents-speech/

 

Russia, China block U.N. sanctions on Syria over gas attacks

By Michelle Nichols

REUTERS

 

Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov raises his arm to vote against a United Nations Security Council resolution to ban the supply of helicopters to the Syrian government and to blacklist Syrian military commanders over accusations of toxic gas attacks at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday cast its seventh veto to protect the Syrian government from United Nations Security Council action, blocking a bid by Western powers to impose sanctions over accusations of chemical weapons attacks during the six-year Syrian conflict.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971286-russia-china-block-un-sanctions-on-syria-over-gas-attacks/

 

Bangkok murder suspect Artur Segarra claims he was framed by Thai woman

 

Artur Segarra. Image source: Internet

 

BANGKOK: -- Artur Segarra, the Spanish national, accused of murdering compatriot David Bernat in Bangkok in 2016 has denied all charges against him and reiterated his innocence in the final hearing of his trial held at a Bangkok court on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971287-bangkok-murder-suspect-artur-segarra-claims-he-was-framed-by-thai-woman/

 

Tunisia says six guards charged in 2015 hotel attack probe

REUTERS

 

A general view shows the Imperial Marhaba resort hotel in the town of Sousse in Tunisia, February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

 

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian investigative judge has charged six security guards with failing to help tourists under attack during a 2015 massacre at a beach resort claimed by Islamic State, a counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971288-tunisia-says-six-guards-charged-in-2015-hotel-attack-probe/

 

Islamic State militants being killed at level they cannot sustain - UK general

By Kylie MacLellan

REUTERS

 

A member of the Iraqi security forces is pictured during a battle with Islamic State militants in west Mosul, Iraq February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition effort against Islamic State is killing the group's fighters more quickly than it can replace them, a senior British general said on Tuesday, with more than 45,000 killed by coalition air strikes up to August last year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971290-islamic-state-militants-being-killed-at-level-they-cannot-sustain-uk-general/

 

EU lawmakers vote to lift Marine Le Pen's immunity over tweets

By Francesco Guarascio

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO:Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, attends a political rally in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, France, February 17, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers "overwhelmingly" voted on Tuesday to lift the EU parliamentary immunity of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for tweeting pictures of Islamic State violence.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971291-eu-lawmakers-vote-to-lift-marine-le-pens-immunity-over-tweets/

 

Policy details and tone will be key in Trump speech to Congress

By Steve Holland

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles at the applause as he arrives for a National Governors Association meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a turbulent start to his presidency, Donald Trump goes before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday night to give a speech that will be closely watched for details of his plans for the economy and whether he can strike a more conciliatory tone.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971292-policy-details-and-tone-will-be-key-in-trump-speech-to-congress/

 

Australia to bring back ambassadors to shape foreign policy - report

By Swati Pandey

REUTERS

 

Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will temporarily bring back every ambassador from across the world to help shape the final components of its new foreign policy, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Wednesday citing the Foreign Ministry.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971294-australia-to-bring-back-ambassadors-to-shape-foreign-policy-report/

 

Penguin Random House lands book deal with Obamas

REUTERS

 

File Photo U.S. President Barack Obama gestures to himself as he and First Lady Michelle Obama await the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan, for a State Dinner at the White House, in Washington, September 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Theiler/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Penguin Random House has landed a deal to publish two forthcoming books by former U.S. President Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, with one volume to be written by each, the publishing company said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971307-penguin-random-house-lands-book-deal-with-obamas/

 

NCPO agrees to measures to remedy public transport woes in Bangkok

 

BANGKOK, 1 March 2017 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has agreed to guidelines for improving public transport in Bangkok in acknowledgement that citizens continue to suffer from unfit vehicles and redundant routes. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/971309-ncpo-agrees-to-measures-to-remedy-public-transport-woes-in-bangkok/

 

Here’s why the new Nokia 3310 is flawed and may not be sold in Thailand

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

Image: Reuters

 

In case you missed it, Nokia has relaunched its iconic and hugely popular phone the 3310.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-why-the-new-nokia-3310-is-flawed-and-is-unlikely-to-be-sold-in-thailand/20114/

Disruption in Amazon’s cloud service ripples through internet

BY REUTERS

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Some web surfers on Tuesday experienced glitches on media outlets and other sites whose data is hosted by Amazon.com Inc’s popular cloud business, which Amazon said suffered a technical disruption.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/disruption-in-amazons-cloud-service-ripples-through-internet/20121/