White House defends Trump invitation to Duterte despite human rights criticism

By Matt Spetalnick

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns from a day trip to Atlanta on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's decision to invite Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to Washington, saying his cooperation was needed to counter North Korea, even as the administration faced human rights criticism for its overture to Manila.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981039-white-house-defends-trump-invitation-to-duterte-despite-human-rights-criticism/

 

Wary of Trump, EU courts Iran to boost moderates before polls

By Alissa de Carbonnel

REUTERS

 

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iranian officials and ambassadors of Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, April 25, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS

 

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Wary of U.S. President Donald Trump's tough talk on Iran, the European Union is courting Tehran to show Iranians preparing to vote in a May 19 presidential poll that it is committed to a nuclear deal and they stand to benefit, EU diplomats say.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981041-wary-of-trump-eu-courts-iran-to-boost-moderates-before-polls/

 

Bangkok Taxi Drivers Have Only Themselves To Blame For The Rise Of Uber

Derek Hopper 

 

Featured image is by m-louis .® (CC BY-SA 2.0 licence)

 

I have had some bad experiences with Thai cabs.

 

On Vibhavadi Rangsit road a driver saw red and I watched helplessly from the back seat as he overtook cars at insane speeds in order to give someone a piece of his mind. I’ve been refused fares countless times.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981042-bangkok-taxi-drivers-have-only-themselves-to-blame-for-the-rise-of-uber/

 

When foreigners think of Thailand they think of sex, say Thais

 

Picture: File photo

 

BANGKOK: -- A poll about attitudes towards prostitution has clearly indicated that Thais believe foreigners think of sex when they think about Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981044-when-foreigners-think-of-thailand-they-think-of-sex-say-thais/

 

"Possessed man" has locals scurrying for lottery tickets in north-central Thailand

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PHETCHABUN: -- A man who locals believed was possessed with the spirit of a tree stump has caused a stampede for lottery numbers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981045-possessed-man-has-locals-scurrying-for-lottery-tickets-in-north-central thailand/

 

BKK Deputy Governor encourages citizens to play a more active role against corruption

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 May 2017 (NNT) – Bangkok’s deputy governor has reminded the capital’s citizens that they can play a part in preventing corruption and graft. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981046-bkk-deputy-governor-encourages-citizens-to-play-a-more-active-role-against-corruption/

 

Labor Day observed nationwide

 

 

SONGKHLA, 1 May 2017 (NNT) – Agencies across the nation have organized activities to observe National Labor Day today with holidaying laborers seen crowding the Thai-Malaysia border to enjoy their day off.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981047-labor-day-observed-nationwide/

 

UPDATE:

 

PM accepts Trump’s invitation to Washington

 

 

BANGKOK: -- President Donald Trump has invited Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to Washington amid growing tension in the Korean Peninsula.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981012-trump-invites-leaders-of thailand-singapore-to-the-white-house/?do=findComment&comment=11845222

 

34 smuggled Myanmar workers arrested 
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Troops and police arrested 34 Myanmar workers early Monday morning for trying to sneak into Thailand to work without proper documentation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981051-34-smuggled-myanmar-workers-arrested/

 

Mystery surrounds death of Englishman found in north-east rubber plantation

 

Picture: 77jowo 

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have said that they are at a loss to explain the death of a Coventry man found in a house in a rubber plantation in Bung Kan province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981054-mystery-surrounds-death-of-englishman-found-in-north-east-rubber-plantation/

 

Licensing requirement removed from media bill
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The media reform panel of the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) on Monday voted to remove the proposed licensing requirement for media professionals from its draft media regulation bill, its chairman has told NRSA meeting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981055-licensing-requirement-removed-from-media-bill/

 

Towering ghost "saves life" of Sattahip woman - now scramble begins for lottery numbers

 

Source: Sanook

 

SATTAHIP: --  The mother of a woman who had a miraculous escape in an overturned pick-up said her daughter swerved to avoid a shadowy ghost that was "as clear as day", reported Sanook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981056-towering-ghost-saves-life-of-sattahip-woman-now-scramble-begins-for lottery-numbers/

 

Fire breaks out in downtown Patong

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket firefighters brought the flames under control within about 20 minutes. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Traffic in the heart of Patong was brought to a standstill last night (April 30) as Phuket firefighters brought a blaze in a shophouse in a densely populated part of the beach resort town under control.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981058-fire-breaks-out-in-downtown-patong/

 

Samsung expected to launch another flagship device later this year, tipped to be the Galaxy Note 8

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

Note 7

 

Samsung will be launching a new device in the latter part of 2017 once all the furore about the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones have started to cool.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/samsung-expected-to-launch-another-flagship-device-later-this-year-tipped-to-be-the-galaxy-note-8/21343/

Dodgy tour operators to be eradicated

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 May 2017 (NNT) - The Department of Tourism is set to launch an operation to crack down on illegal tour agencies in an effort to improve the Thai tourism image. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981061-thai-tourism-dept-to-crack-down-on-dodgy-tour-operators/

 

BOI to find out why investment growth is slow

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 May 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Finance has instructed the Board of Investment (BOI) to find out why investment growth had been slow. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981062-boi-to-find-out-why-investment-growth-is-slow/

 

 

No refund for B6.7mn house in shambles

Phuket Gazette 

 

          

The couple has been having problems with the house for about three years. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- Dhamrongtham center staff and representatives of the Engineering Institute of Thailand on Thursday inspected a ‘questionable’ housing project in Koh Kaew.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981063-no-refund-for-b67mn-house-in-shambles/

 

Don't judge a book by its cover! Shabby uncle pulls out 600,000 in cash and drives off on a Harley!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A fun story is doing the rounds of Thai social media about an old Thai man who went in several bike dealerships but no one would pay him any attention.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981065-dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-shabby-uncle-pulls-out-600000-in cash-and-drives-off-on-a-harley/

 

Tourists injured as digger rips open tour bus roof north of Phuket

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The impact with the digger's excavating arm ripped open the tour bus roof. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Two Chinese tourists have been hospitalised after the tour bus they were travelling in slammed into a roadside digger in Thai Muang, north of Phuket, yesterday (April 30).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981069-tourists-injured-as-digger-rips-open-tour-bus-roof-north-of-phuket/

 

Find the dog killer! Reporters called in after dozens of deaths from strychnine poisoning

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHANTHABURI: -- An orchard owner in Chanthaburi has demanded police find a person who has been poisoning dozens of dogs in the village.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981071-find-the-dog-killer-reporters-called-in-after-dozens-of-deaths-from strychnine-poisoning/

 

Prawit denies ordering Navy to buy Chinese submarines 
By The Nation

 

Filephoto: Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said on Monday that neither he nor Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha had told the Royal Thai Navy to buy three submarines from China.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981075-prawit-denies-ordering-navy-to-buy-chinese-submarines/

 

Motorbike trio arrested for stealing from Chinese tourist, marijuana

Phuket Gazette

 

The suspects point at the cash and items they stole from the Chinese tourist. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Three men were arrested yesterday in Phuket town with assorted currencies amounting to at least 200,000 baht as well as electronics they stole from a Chinese tourist’s hotel room in Patong. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981076-motorbike-trio-arrested-for-stealing-from-chinese-tourist-marijuana/

 

Thailand seeks help from Interpol to locate Red Bull heir “Boss”

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thai police now turn to the Interpol to help them locate the whereabout of Red Bull heir, Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, after the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court issued him arrest warrant last week for hit-and-run and reckless driving causing death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981077-thailand-seeks-help-from-interpol-to-locate-red-bull-heir-“boss”/

 

Several injured as Aeroflot flight hits turbulence before landing in Bangkok

REUTERS
 

BANGKOK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Several passengers were injured on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok when their Boeing 777 ran into "severe turbulence" 40 minutes before landing at the Thai capital on Monday, the Russian airline said in a statement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981080-several-injured-as aeroflot flight-hits-turbulence-before-landing-in-bangkok/

 

Boy found dead in Samut Prakan canal
By The Nation

 

SAMUT PRAKAN: -- An eight-year-old boy was found dead in a canal near his parents’ rented house in Samut Prakan province on Monday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981084-boy-found-dead-in-samut-prakan-canal/

 

Labour organisations march for minimum wage rise
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Some 3,000 members of labour organisations joined a rally on Monday to mark International Worker's Day and call for the government to solve inequity while taking care of workers' quality of life and security.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981085-labour-organisations-march-for-minimum-wage-rise/

 

Samui tour guide found dead after 'feeling the heat'

Phuket Gazette

 

          

Police officer and rescue workers stand beside Mr Thongchai's bed where he was discovered. Photo: Suchat Hankij

 

SAMUI: -- A Pathum Thani native was found dead in a rented room on Samui Island yesterday, from what police believe to have been heatstroke. The room is in a restaurant building on Chaweng Beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981086-samui-tour-guide-found-dead-after-feeling-the-heat/

 

UPDATE:

 

Police seek to revoke Vorayuth’s passport
By The Nation

 

Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya

 

BANGKOK: -- Police are taking steps to revoke the Thai passport of Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, the heir to the Red Bull fortune who is accused of running over and killing a police officer in 2012.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981077-thailand-seeks-help-from-interpol-to-locate-red-bull-heir-“boss”/?do=findComment&comment=11846246

 

UPDATE:

 

Arrest warrants for cops sought in child sex scandal
By The Nation

 

 

Mae Hong Son police applied for arrest warrants for six police officers under the Kong Koy precinct in Mae Sariang district over their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a minor, in a case linked to the province’s child prostitution scandal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981000-cover-up-fears-no-arrests-yet-over-mae-hong-son-underage-prostitutes-case/?do=findComment&comment=11846258

 

American man found dead in Pattaya

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- An American man was found dead in a house in the Nong Prue area of Pattaya on Monday morning, police have confirmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981091-american-man-found-dead-in-pattaya/