Russian tourism to Phuket rising sharply

Phuket Gazette

 

 

PHUKET:-- Last year, rebounding Russian tourism contributed an estimated 30 billion baht (approximately US$848 million) to Phuket’s economy, according to C9 Hotelworks' latest report on the segment. One clear-cut metric of the attraction of Phuket for Russians is that 51 per cent of the country’s travelers to Thailand now come here. 

 

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English Premier League to crackdown on people illegally streaming matches

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Fans of English football who use a Kodi box to watch pirated streams of Premier League matches could soon be prevented from doing so.

 

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Boxer arrested for snatching fake bling from Bangkok Monk's pig

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Retired boxer Songpol Buasoot “re-enacts” his alleged crime of lifting a golden* necklace from a monk’s pig traveling companion Monday at Bangkok’s Tha Rua Police Station (*not actually gold).

 

BANGKOK — A former boxer fallen on hard times was arrested for allegedly snatching what he thought was a gold necklace from a pig walking with a monk Monday morning in a Bangkok market.

 

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Wissanu defends sending 46 Thai delegates to human rights session in Switzerland

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Monday defended an apparently high number of Thai delegates – 46 in total – participating in a rights review session in Geneva, Switzerland, saying it was due to various missions the delegation had to handle.

 

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Woman, 34, charged with stealing five-day-old baby

By Arithat Pornasawayothin

The Nation

 

A 34-year-old Thai woman was arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing a Myanmar couple's five-day-old baby boy from Nakhon Phathom Hospital on Sunday.

 

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He pledged to unite Thais under world's tallest flagpole. Now he's accused of fraud.

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

In a 2015 promotional video, Trin Nilprasert points at map as he inspects the site in Chiang Rai province for what he promised to be the world’s tallest flagpole. Image: Sak Atthaklit Kawngern / YouTube

 

CHIANG RAI — It seems Thailand won’t see its colors fly atop the world’s tallest flagpole as promised by a businessman last year after all.

 

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Stabbed Silpakorn University student died from bleeding in brain, second autopsy confirms

By The Nation

 

A university student who was beaten up and stabbed in the head with a screwdriver during an attack at his dormitory in Phetchaburi on the night of February 25 died from bleeding in the brain, a second autopsy has found.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973426-stabbed-silpakorn-university-student-died-from-bleeding-in-brain-second-autopsy-confirms/

 

British, Australian nationals jailed in Bali for murder of policeman

By Tommy Ardiansyah

 

 

DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - A court in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali jailed a British man and his Australian girlfriend on Monday for their roles in the murder of a traffic policeman on a popular surfing beach.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973427-british-australian-nationals-jailed-in-bali-for-murder-of-policeman/

 

Exclusive - Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say

By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo

 

A helicopter lands on the Izumo, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force's (JMSDF) helicopter carrier, at JMSDF Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.

 

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UK will not let lawmakers tie May's hands in Brexit talks - spokesman

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a news conference during the EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will not agree to any changes to its Brexit legislation that would tie Prime Minister Theresa May's hands in exit negotiations with the European Union, May's spokesman said on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973429-uk-will-not-let-lawmakers-tie-mays-hands-in-brexit-talks-spokesman/

 

Russia says ready to resume contacts with USA on Syria - Ifax

 

Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov addresses the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday that Moscow was ready to resume contacts with the United States on Syria, the Interfax news agency reported.

 

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Airport rail link breaks down during Monday rush, passengers trapped

By Khaosod English

 

Passengers aboard an Airport Rail Link car in a 6:35pm tweet. Photo: @ThongThongZa / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — Passengers were stranded aboard the Airport Rail Link on Monday evening when the line broke down following the sound of an explosion, according to social media reports.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973432-airport-rail-link-breaks-down-during-monday-rush-passengers-trapped/

 

Philippines' Duterte links miners to destabilization plot, wants mining ban

 

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a visit in Baguio city, Philippines March 11, 2017. Picture taken March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Harley Palangchao

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday accused some miners of funding efforts to destabilise his government as he talked about a possible plan to impose a ban on mining given the environmental damage producers have caused.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973433-philippines-duterte-links-miners-to-destabilization-plot-wants-mining-ban/

 

Scotland's Sturgeon says: I can win an independence vote

 

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon poses for a photograph at SSE's new Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre, in Pitlochry, Scotland, Britain, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that she believed she could win a second independence vote which she has demanded to be held before the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973434-scotlands-sturgeon-says-i-can-win-an-independence-vote/

 

Phuket taxi driver charged after cab flips in home-bound drive

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- A Phuket taxi driver was charged with reckless driving causing damage to government property today (Mar 13) after his vehicle struck a pole and flipped onto its roof after dropping passengers off at Phuket International Airport.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973435-phuket-taxi-driver-charged-after-cab-flips-in-home-bound-drive/

 

 

REVEALED: Latest leak gives hint at Samsung Galaxy S8 specs & release date

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

It’s now only a couple of weeks before the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 but the rumours and leaks are still coming out.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/revealed-latest-leak-gives-hint-at-samsung-galaxy-s8-specs-release-date/20370/

Surin vendors upset over exclusion from 10-percent zone

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET:-- A number of vendors working in the vicinity of Surin this morning submitted a letter to the Cherng Talay OrBorTor demanding a 10-percent zone to operate in, similar to the arrangement at other Phuket beaches (except Laem Sing which is now apparently private).

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/973444-surin-vendors-upset-over-exclusion-from-10-percent-zone/

 

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