Thai navy signs Bt13.5-bn deal for Chinese submarine
By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Thai Navy on Friday signed a Bt13.5-billion deal to buy the first Chinese-made submarine from state-owned China Shipbuilding and Offshore International (CSOC) in Beijing, marking the start of a programme to buy a total of three submarines.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981740-thai-navy-signs-bt135-bn-deal-for-chinese-submarine/

 

Donations handed in after school destroyed in blaze

By The Nation

 

 

TAK: -- Members of the public and Tak disaster prevention and mitigation officials on Friday handed over donated money and some needed items to Mae Pa Nua School in Tak's Mae Sot district which was destroyed by a fire on Thursday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981741-donations-handed-in-after-school-destroyed-in-blaze/

 

 

A hidden feature on the iPhone calculator app sends the internet into meltdown

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A previously undiscovered feature has been unearthed that will change the way you use the iPhone calculator app.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/a-hidden-feature-on-the-iphone-calculator-app-sends-the-internet-into-meltdown/21434/

Ed Sheeran Fans Clamor For Bangkok Show

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Ed Sheeran / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — A slew of dates bringing ginger pop star Ed Sheeran through Southeast Asia have fans in Thailand hoping he will pass through Bangkok on his November tour.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981748-ed-sheeran-fans-clamor-for-bangkok-show/

 

Interpol to assist in hunt for fugitive ‘Boss’

By The Nation

 

Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya

 

Police will contact Interpol to hunt down fugitive Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, whose passport has already been revoked, it was disclosed on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981749-interpol-to-assist-in-hunt-for-fugitive-‘boss’/

 

Srivara checks on progress of probe into underage prostitution ring

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul went to Mae Hong Son on Friday to check the progress of the police investigation into the underage prostitution ring.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981750-srivara-checks-on-progress-of-probe-into-underage-prostitution-ring/

 

35 undocumented migrants arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat

By The Nation

 

Police in Nakhon Si Thammarat arrested 35 people on Friday who had been smuggled from Myanmar and abandoned in Tha Sala district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981751-35-undocumented-migrants-arrested-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

Thai woman accused of procuring women for sex work in South Korea

By Jessada Chantharak

The Nation

 

 

A THAI woman who allegedly procured women from the Northeast to work as prostitutes in South Korea has been arrested in Pathum Thani.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981757-thai-woman-accused-of-procuring-women-for-sex-work-in-south-korea/

 

Phuket-based Siam Real Estate to go head to head in Full Metal Dojo

 

 

PHUKET:-- Kingdom Co Ltd, drivers of Full Metal Dojo (FMD), a favorite Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, has announced an innovative new sponsorship deal that pits two rival real estate firms against each other in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981759-phuket-based-siam-real-estate-to-go-head-to-head-in-full-metal-dojo/

 

Phuket Police dismiss rape rumours in woman’s in four-story fall from building

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Police have dismissed rumours that a 21-year-old woman was raped, leading to her falling from the fourth floor of a building in Phuket Town this morning (May 5).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981760-phuket-police-dismiss-rape-rumours-in-woman’s-in-four-story-fall-from-building/

 

Despite official denial, Bang Kwang Prison lands on world’s most dangerous prisons list

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: The Richest

 

Bang Kwang Central Prison recently earned itself a prized position on a list of the 10 most dangerous prisons in the world.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981761-despite-official-denial-bang-kwang-prison-lands-on-world’s-most-dangerous-prisons-list/

 

Khao Sarn and Yaowarat roads to be turned into street food hubs end of May

 

 

Starting around the end of May, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will create a 600-metre long street food stripe on the left lane of Yaowarat road and another street food stripe on the Khao Sarn road.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981762-khao-sarn-and-yaowarat-roads-to-be-turned-into-street-food-hubs-end-of-may/

 

150-million-year-old fossilised fish species found in Nakhon Ratchasima

By The Nation

 

 

A new fossilised fish species, dating back 150 million years, has been found in Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981763-150-million-year-old-fossilised-fish-species-found-in-nakhon-ratchasima/

 

Alleged Isis-Militant A Regular Visitor To Thailand: Police

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A security checkpoint in Narathiwat province on 24 March 2015.

 

BANGKOK — An alleged Islamic State militant on the run is a regular visitor to Thailand and could be hiding in the kingdom, a regional police commander said Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981764-alleged-isis-militant-a-regular-visitor-to-thailand-police/

 

Broken-hearted tomboy jumps off Phuket building

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- An agitated tomboy with relationship troubles was injured this morning after she jumped off the third floor of a building in Phuket Town.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/981760-phuket-police-dismiss-rape-rumours-in-woman’s-in-four-story-fall-from-building/?do=findComment&comment=11859237

 

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