Thais face UPHILL TASK

By THE NATION

 

Thailand coach Kiatisak Senamuang

 

NATIONAL FOOTBALL team coach Kiatisak Senamuang acknowledged things were not going to be any easier for his charges after going down 3-0 at home to Saudi Arabia on Thursday when they go up against four-time Asian champions Japan in the World Cup qualifier in Saitama next week.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975288-thais-face-uphill-task/

 

Oppo maintains its sharp focus with R9s smartphone

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng

THE NATION

 

 

With the R9s phone, you’re guaranteed great pictures from both front and back

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/oppo-maintains-its-sharp-focus-with-r9s-smartphone/20598/

 

 

Lose the tangle and listen up with BeatsX wireless earphones

By Paisal Chuenprasaeng

THE NATION

 

 

Impressively adaptable, BeatsX wireless in-ear headphones are good company on the go

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/lose-the-tangle-and-listen-up-with-beatsx-wireless-earphones/20595/

 

 

 

Rising bad debts to continue affecting banking, Fitch says

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

THE OUTLOOK of the Thai banking sector remains “negative” as bad debts will continue to rise, says Fitch Ratings. “Non-performing loans are expected to peak by the end of this year or early next year,” Parson Singha, Fitch Ratings Thailand’s senior director, said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975292-rising-bad-debts-to-continue-affecting-banking-fitch-says/

 

$20 bn goal for Myanmar trade

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION
MAE SOT

 

THAILAND and Myanmar are aiming to achieve US$20 billion (Bt690 billion) worth of cross-border trade in 2021, more than three times the $6 billion targeted for this year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975294-20-bn-goal-for-myanmar-trade/

 

Everything you needed to know

By The Nation

 

 

If you’re wondering about a career change or want some tips of child rearing, there’s plenty of advice available today and next Saturday as TK Park plays host to the TK (S)park Learning Festival, featuring talks by experts in different fields including translation, music and investment.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975295-everything-you-needed-to-know/

 

Some absolute genius has gone and invented the drip free wine bottle!

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

 

Stop whatever you are doing, sit down and take a moment to reflect on what you are about to read.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/some-absolute-genius-has-gone-and-invented-the-drip-free-wine-bottle/20602/

No celebration activities on Khao San road this coming Songkran water festival

 

 

Khao San road will have no Songkran water celebration activities this year as the country is still mourning the passing of the beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975298-no-celebration-activities-on-khao-san-road-this-coming-songkran-water-festival/

 

Bangkok joins ‘lights off’ campaign tonight

By The Nation

 

 

People nationwide have been urged to turn off all unused lights for one hour on Saturday night in a campaign aimed at reducing global warming.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975303-bangkok-joins-‘lights-off’-campaign-tonight/

 

U.S. judge grants Singaporean blogger's asylum request

By Timothy Mclaughlin

 

FILE PHOTO: Teen blogger Amos Yee arrives at the State Courts in Singapore September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration judge in Chicago on Friday granted asylum to a Singaporean blogger, saying he was persecuted for his political opinions in the Southeast Asian city-state.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975304-us-judge-grants-singaporean-bloggers-asylum-request/

 

Venezuela's Maduro asks U.N. to help ease medicine shortages

 

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with ministers in Caracas, Venezuela March 14, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he has asked the United Nations to help the South American nation alleviate medicine shortages, which have become increasingly severe as the oil-producing nation's economic crisis accelerates.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975306-venezuelas-maduro-asks-un-to-help-ease-medicine-shortages/

IS gunmen target civilians fleeing Mosul by night

By Angus MacSwan

 

Displaced Iraqis flee their homes as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

 

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State gunmen are opening fire on men, women and children as they try to flee Mosul under cover of darkness, civilians who escaped the besieged Iraqi city said on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975307-is-gunmen-target-civilians-fleeing-mosul-by-night/

 

U.S. Speaker Ryan dented by healthcare debacle, but keeps support

By Susan Cornwell

 

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a news conference after Republicans pulled the American Health Care Act bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act act known as Obamacare, prior to a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday acknowledged the unthinkable for a Republican leader: he could not deliver the votes to repeal and replace Obamacare, even though he and his fellow Republicans had vowed to do so for seven years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975309-us-speaker-ryan-dented-by-healthcare-debacle-but-keeps-support/

 

France's Macron seen winning first round of presidentials, Fillon slips - BVA poll

 

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche ! (Onwards !) and a candidate for the 2017 presidential election, leaves the Paris book fair after a visit, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron is set to win the first round of the French general election in four weeks time, BVA pollsters said, becoming the latest survey team to put the independent centrist ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen for the first time.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975310-frances-macron-seen-winning-first-round-of-presidentials-fillon-slips-bva-poll/

Obamacare exploding? Maybe just a slow burn

By Caroline Humer and Yasmeen Abutaleb

 

Activists protest against the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare during a rally in Freedom Plaza in Washington March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Obamacare was "exploding" after Republican lawmakers shelved legislation that would have dismantled the healthcare law.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975312-obamacare-exploding-maybe-just-a-slow-burn/

 

Splash On! Songkran to Go Off Wild as Ever

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Songkran revelers celebrate April 2014 on Khaosan Road in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — The Thai New Year festival, or Songkran, will be as fun as ever despite the ongoing mourning period for His Majesty the Late King, a top tourism official said Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975314-splash-on-songkran-to-go-off-wild-as-ever/

 

Motorcyclist, 18, killed in collision with taxi on Bypass Rd in Phuket 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

Phuket: An 18-year-old male motorcyclist died after he was struck at high speed by a taxi on the Bypass Rd in the early hours of the morning (March 25).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975316-motorcyclist-18-killed-in-collision-with-taxi-on-bypass-rd-in-phuket/

 

Muslim engineer of tambon administration shot dead in Pattani

By The Nation

 

A Muslim man, who was the chief engineer of a tambon administrative organisation in the restive southern province of Pattani was gunned down Friday night, police said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975317-muslim-engineer-of-tambon-administration-shot-dead-in-pattani/

 

Man, woman found dead in SUV at Bangkok petrol station

By The Nation

 

Two persons were found dead with no trace of injuries inside a sports utility vehicle at a Bangkok petrol station on Saturday morning, police said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975318-man-woman-found-dead-in-suv-at-bangkok-petrol-station/

 

DSI sends arms seizure suspects to court for detention

 

 

Department of Special Investigation (DSI) police today escorted nine suspects with close link to the wanted red-shirt hardcore leader Wuthipong Kochathamakun, alias Ko Tee, to the Criminal Court for detention permission.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975319-dsi-sends-arms-seizure-suspects-to-court-for-detention/

 

Military raid Pheu Thai’s book launch party

 

 

A combined force of soldiers and police today raided a book launch party of former Pheu Thai party's MPs at a restaurant inside the Wachirabenchathat park or known as State Railway public park in Chatuchak and ordered them to stop the party, reasoning what they did is a defiance of the military junta's order.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975320-military-raid-pheu-thai’s-book-launch-party/

 

New Excise Tax Act to take effect in September

By The Nation

 

Caption: Somchai Poolsavasdi, director-general of the Excise Department, right, seen during a press conference on the crackdown on smuggling of illegal alcohol and cigarettes on February 3, 2016.

 

A new Excise Tax Act will come into effect this September, the top Excise Department figure said. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975321-new-excise-tax-act-to-take-effect-in-september/

 

Malaysian Bar backs removing mandatory death penalty for drug offences

 

 

The Malaysian Bar has welcomed the government’s move to do away with the mandatory death penalty for illicit drug offences and restoring judicial discretion in sentencing, according to New Straits Times Online on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975326-malaysian-bar-backs-removing-mandatory-death-penalty-for-drug-offences/

 

Hamilton takes pole for Mercedes at Australian GP

By Ian Ransom

 

Formula One - F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, Australia - 25/03/2017 - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain reacts after setting pole position in qualifying. REUTERS/Jason Reed

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Briton Lewis Hamilton took pole for Mercedes in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, edging Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel into second on the grid.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975328-hamilton-takes-pole-for-mercedes-at-australian-gp/

 

iPhone 8 will go on sale in September but you might have a long wait until you can buy one

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

It may be the most eagerly anticipated smartphone of all time but millions of Apple fans could be disappointed when the iPhone 8 is finally launched later this year.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/iphone-8-will-go-on-sale-in-september-but-you-might-have-a-long-wait-until-you-can-buy-one/20606/

Drop ‘Retard’ and Other Harmful Language, Thai-Language News Media Urged

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Reporter Nalutporn Krairiksh, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, on March 17 in the Prachatai newsroom.

 

BANGKOK — Those who only read news in English might be surprised to pick up a Thai-language newspaper and find the developmentally disabled called “retards” (panya orn, or soft-minded) and unsympathetic characters “cripple” or “lame.”

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975329-drop-‘retard’-and-other-harmful-language-thai-language-news-media-urged/

 

New Windows security exploit hijacks your antivirus and turns it into malware

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A report claims criminals could hijack your antivirus software and use it to launch a cyber attack against your computer.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-windows-security-exploit-hijacks-your-antivirus-and-turns-it-into-malware/20608/

 

 

One man dead, another injured after fleeing police traffic stop in Phuket Town 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

Phuket: One man is dead and another injured after attempting to flee police during a routine traffic stop near Rassada Pier in Phuket Town yesterday (March 24).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975351-one-man-dead-another-injured-after-fleeing-police-traffic-stop-in-phuket-town/

 

Dhammakaya’s deputy abbot and 19 others released on bail

By The Nation

 

Dhammakaya Temple's deputy abbot Phra Thatthacheevo and 19 others accused of forest encroachment were each released on Bt100,000 bail on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975357-dhammakaya’s-deputy-abbot-and-19-others-released-on-bail/

 

Blocking of book launch was to prevent people getting confused: NCPO

By The Nation

 

Spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order Winthai Suvaree

 

Spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order Winthai Suvaree said on Saturday that intervention by security officers during a book launch by some Pheu Thai MPs was to prevent people from “getting confused”. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975358-blocking-of-book-launch-was-to-prevent-people-getting-confused-ncpo/