Updated: Fire breaks out at Fortune Town shopping mall in Bangkok

 

Photo credit to @news1005fm 

 

BANGKOK: -- Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at the Fortune Town shopping mall at Bangkok’s Din Daeng on Monday morning.

 

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New leak reveals Samsung Galaxy S8 might not be as expensive as first thought

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

New images of the Samsung Galaxy S8 along with pricing information and colour options have been leaked online.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-leak-reveals-samsung-galaxy-s8-might-not-be-as-expensive-as-first-thought/20472/

SET opens up 3.20 to 1,564.18 /Bangkok Post

10% more flights to arrive in Thailand during Songkran Festival

 

BANGKOK, 20 March 2017 (NNT) - Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd (AEROTHAI) has reported that 10% more flights will land in the kingdom this Songkran Festival. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974379-10-more-flights-to-arrive-in-thailand-during-songkran-festival/

 

North Korea rocket-engine test shows 'meaningful' progress - South Korea

REUTERS

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched the ground jet test of a Korean-style high-thrust engine newly developed by the Academy of the National Defence Science in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on March 19, 2017. KCNA/via Reuters

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Monday North Korea's latest rocket-engine test showed "meaningful" advancement in engine function.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974380-north-korea-rocket-engine-test-shows-meaningful-progress-south-korea/

 

Reversing driver thought he had gone over a rock - but he was wrong

 

Picture: 77Jowo

 

KALASIN: -- A tragic accident killed a 45 year old female pedestrian in Kalasin at the weekend - and all because a negligent driver had loaded up his car with vegetation for his cows.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974383-reversing-driver-thought-he-had-gone-over-a-rock-but-he-was-wrong/

 

New app for Thailand minivans – booking and complaining all in one!

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A new application for booking minivans starts today – you can book and pay for a seat, then report the driver if he breaks the law – all in one easy package!

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-app-for-thailand-minivans-booking-and-complaining-all-in-one/20480/

PM May starts UK tour before pulling Brexit trigger

REUTERS

 

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

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Wales on Monday as part of a plan to engage with all the nations of the United Kingdom before she formally launches Britain's departure from the European Union.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974386-pm-may-starts-uk-tour-before-pulling-brexit-trigger/

 

NSB to summon actress Pat for questioning again as suspicion remains over money transactions

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) will summon leading actress "Pat" Naphapa Tantrakul for questioning again after her testimony involving her money transactions to her husband "Benz Racing" remains unclear.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974387-nsb-to-summon-actress-pat-for-questioning-again-as-suspicion-remains-over-money-transactions/

 

More arrests of suspects in Jong-nam’s murder expected

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Malaysian police are poised to make more arrests, including a major suspect, over the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Kuala Lumpur international airport last month, New Straits Times Online reported on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974395-more-arrests-of-suspects-in-jong-nam’s-murder-expected/

 

Airport shooting reignites security debate before French election

By Yann Le Guernigou and Gus Trompiz

REUTERS

 

Emergency services at Orly airport southern terminal after a shooting incident near Paris, France March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Police questioned and then released relatives of a man shot dead at a Paris airport, as investigators sought clues on why he attacked an army patrol in an incident that has pushed security to the forefront of France's election campaign.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974397-airport-shooting-reignites-security-debate-before-french-election/

 

Thais urged to find healthy work, home balance 
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Mental Health has marked International Day of Happiness on Monday by urging Thais to find a healthy balance in their lives.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974399-thais-urged-to-find-healthy-work-home-balance /

 

Russian arrested in crackdown on Eastern European gangsters
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- A Russian man, wanted for a drug case in his home country under an Interpol warrant, is in police custody following a recent crackdown on Eastern European gangsters and other shady figures at eastern tourist destinations – particularly Pattaya.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974401-russian-arrested-in-crackdown-on-eastern-european-gangsters/

 

Phuket rain brings slew of motorbike accidents on wet roads

The Phuket News

 

A dashcam records a motorcyclist sliding into the oncoming car as he descends the hill into Karon. Screengrab: Provided by Kathu Police

 

PHUKET: -- Police are urging motorists to be careful on the roads after sporadic showers across the island over the weekend led to a spate of minor motorcycle accidents, many involving tourists on hills to main tourist beach areas of Patong and Karon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974413-phuket-rain-brings-slew-of-motorbike-accidents-on-wet-roads/

 

Four Mahakan Fort homes levelled 
By Tanatpong Kongsai
The Nation

 

File Photo

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday demolished four more homes in the Mahakan Fort community.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974417-four-mahakan-fort-homes-levelled /

 

Police have launched investigation into death of young Lahu activist
By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- An investigation into a drug dealing network has been launched following the fatal shooting by the army of a young Lahu activist suspected of involement in the drug trade. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974419-thai-police-have-launched-investigation-into-death-of-young-lahu-activist/

 

Phuket partygoers injured in early morning crash

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

The SUV crashed into a power pole near the PTT gas station on Thepkrasattri Road. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: -- Yet another 'drowsy' driver and his two passengers were injured yesterday morning when their vehicle overturned near a Koh Kaew gas station.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974421-phuket-partygoers-injured-in-early-morning-crash/

 

Mail truck drivers arrested for smuggling migrant workers

 

 

CHUMPHON: -- Two mail truck drivers of Thailand Post were arrested after they were found to smuggle illegal migrant workers from Samut Sakhon and Prachuab Khiri Khan to the South early on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974426-mail-truck-drivers-arrested-for-smuggling-migrant-workers/

 

Search continues for weapons

The Nation

 

Photo : Tatchadon Panyaphanitkul

 

BANGKOK: -- Police on Monday continued their raids in nine locations in seven provinces in a hunt for more weapons possibly connected to fugitive red-shirt leader, Wuthipong Kachathamkhun, alias Ko Tee.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974437-search-continues-for-weapons-connected-to-fugitive-red-shirt-leader-ko-tee/

 

Chinese language added to Thai street food app
By The Nation

 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- After recent favourable publicity about Thai street food, the Foreign Affairs Ministry in collaboration with the Thailand Foundation will on Thursday launch a new version of a mobile application for street food, assembling information on the country’s top roadside eateries. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974439-chinese-language-added-to-thai-street-food-app/

 

No explosive device found in Thai Smile Airways flight from Suvarnabhumi to Chiang Rai

 

BANGKOK, 20 March 2017 (NNT) - The Airports of Thailand (AOT) has revealed that no explosive device was found in connection to the recent bomb threat on a Thai Smile Airways flight from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport to Chiang Rai province. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974442-no-explosive-device-found-in-thai-smile-airways-flight-from-suvarnabhumi-to-chiang-rai/

 

Ruangkrai demands Revenue Department to probe General Prawit’s one million baht cheque

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A legal advisor of the Pheu Thai party on Monday asked the Revenue Department to investigate whether Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan had properly paid income tax for the one million baht in cheque he received nine years ago when he served as the defence minister.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974443-ruangkrai-demands-revenue-department-to-probe-general-prawit’s-one-million-baht-cheque/

 

Live coral planted at artificial reef off Phuket

Phuket Gazette

 

Over 250 pieces of coral were added to the artificial reef in Koh Mai Thon. Photo: DMCR

 

PHUKET: -- More than 250 pieces of live natural coral (coralline algae) were added to an artificial coral reef in Koh Mai Thon by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) this past weekend.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974447-live-coral-planted-at-artificial-reef-off-phuket/

 

How small Isaan films are going big in Bangkok

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — It’s rare to see films whose characters don’t speak the central dialect succeed with audiences in the capital city, but a comedy film made in Isaan for Isaan has proven quality matters more than market-proven formula.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974460-how-small-isaan-films-are-going-big-in-bangkok/

 

Probe intensifies to find out if politicians and officials were involved in assassination plot

 

 

Police are investigating whether the nine suspects arrested along with the seizure of a large cache of war weapons from Ko Tee’s company in Pathum Thani last week are linked to any politicians, police or military personnel, Pol Col Krisana Pattanacharoen, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police Office, told the media on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974461-probe-intensifies-to-find-out-if-politicians-and-officials-were-involved-in-assassination-plot/

 

Teacher surrenders for allegedly strangling her tomboy partner

By The Nation

 

 

A female teacher turned herself in to police at midnight on Sunday after she allegedly strangled her tomboy partner in a fit of jealousy, police said on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974462-teacher-surrenders-for-allegedly-strangling-her-tomboy-partner/

 

Thai dog who lost half her face finds forever home in New Jersey

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Screenshot of Teresa from 6ABC video.

 

After almost getting butchered for her meat, former stray dog Teresa was sent from Thailand to a loving owner in New Jersey in January.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974463-thai-dog-who-lost-half-her-face-finds-forever-home-in-new-jersey/

 

Man dies in car crash with son of top comedian

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: FM91 Traffic Pro/ Twitter

 

A man died early this morning after his car collided with the BMW belonging to the son of Thailand’s top comedian “Nong Cha Cha Cha.”

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974465-man-dies-in-car-crash-with-son-of-top-comedian/

 

Every day this stray dog offers a leaf to local woman in trade for food

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Every day, a smart stray dog in Krabi carries a leaf in his mouth to bring to a woman who feeds him as if he’s making a trade with her.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974466-every-day-this-stray-dog-offers-a-leaf-to-local-woman-in-trade-for-food/

 

Baht to strengthen, forecasts Bank of Ayudhya

By The Nation

 

The Bank of Ayudhya, also known as Krungsri, forecasts the baht will strengthen against the US dollar to a range of Bt34.55 to Bt34.85, from Bt34.86 last week.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/974468-baht-to-strengthen-forecasts-bank-of-ayudhya/