THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 25 May 2017

[Jonathan Fairfield]

TAT points bloggers to Bangkok riverside

 

Foreign bloggers and journalists will be “Exploring Bangkok’s Hidden Riverside Heritage” on Tourism Authority of Thailand walking tours as winners of the agency’s second annual “Newsroom Blogger Campaign”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984789-tat-points-bloggers-to-bangkok-riverside/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Save on flights with Thai Smile

 

Couples flying somewhere less rainy can get a deal with Thai Smile Airways. The “Smile Price Fly Together” package costs Bt1,111 for domestic flights in “standard class” (standard leg room) and Bt2,222 for overseas flights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984791-save-on-flights-with-thai-smile/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bitcoin soars above $2,400 to all-time high

 

 

REUTERS – Digital currency bitcoin hit a fresh record high on Wednesday, surging above $2,400, as demand for crypto-assets soared with the creation of new tokens to raise funding for start-ups using blockchain technology.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/bitcoin-soars-above-2400-to-all-time-high/21872/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

TOT picks DTAC as partner for 4G-2.3GHz broadband service

 

 

TOT has selected Total Access Communication (DTAC) as partner to develop its fourth-generation wireless broadband service on the state telecom agency’s 2.3-gigahertz spectrum.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/tot-picks-dtac-as-partner-for-4g-2-3ghz-broadband-service/21875/

[webfact]

Poor woman with swollen stomach appeals for help to Paweena

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A desperate woman with a swollen stomach has appealed for help to the Paweena Hongsakul Foundation after being unable to find the treatment she needs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984798-poor-woman-with-swollen-stomach-appeals-for-help-to-paweena/

 

[webfact]

Counselling clinics to prevent repeat of crimes ‘a success’

By Piyanuch Tamnukasetchai
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Psycho-Social Clinics set up to provide counselling to convicts, defendants on bail pending trial and suspects accused of drug taking and domestic violence have been successful in lowering the repeat of such offences over the past three years, Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) secretary-general Sirinya Sitdhichai said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984799-counselling-clinics-to-prevent-repeat-of-crimes-‘a-success’/ 

 

[webfact]

Lower Northeast sees 460 cases of dengue fever in 5 months

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- There have been 460 cases of dengue fever in the lower Northeast this year, a senior public health official said on Thursday. None have proved fatal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984801-lower-isaan-sees-460-cases-of-dengue-fever-in-5-months/

 

[webfact]

Phuket lifeguards warn of Portuguese man o’ war at west coast beaches

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The Portuguese man o'war come with the southwesterly monsoons. Photo: Phuket Lifeguard Services

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket lifeguards have put out a warning to beachgoers to be careful of Portuguese man o’ war when entering the water at the island’s west coast beaches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984803-phuket-lifeguards-warn-of-portuguese-man-o’-war-at-west-coast-beaches/

 

[webfact]

CCTV caught the moment two Thai tourists on phones were struck by lightning on Cha-Am beach

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHA-AM: -- A Thai woman died and her male companion was injured when lightning struck at the northern end of Cha-Am beach yesterday.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984807-cctv-caught-the-moment-two-thai-tourists-on-phones-were-struck by-lightning-on-cha-am-beach/

 

[webfact]

Chinese tourist loses 30,000 of valuables in Pattaya snatch robbery

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- A Chinese tourist out for a stroll in North Pattaya fell victim to a lone motorcycle snatch thief yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984808-chinese-tourist-loses-30000-of-valuables-in-pattaya-snatch-robbery/

 

[webfact]

Two more Nonthaburi men held in northern sex scandal

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Two more men implicated in the Mae Hong Son underage-prostitution scandal appeared in court in the northern province on Thursday and were remanded in police custody for an initial detention period.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984812-two-more-men-held-in-mae-hong-son-sex-scandal/

 

[webfact]

Phuket Police hunt fades for foreign attacker of Patong toilet attendant

Shela Riva

 

Police are no longer actively searching for the man in the blue shirt, who attacked Bangla toilet attendant Abdulloh Saesaheh (left). Image: Tohee Seesa / Facebook

 

PHUKET: -- Patong Police have laid off their hunt for the foreign man caught on CCTV hitting a toilet attendant off Soi Bangla in the early hours of May 3.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984813-phuket-police-hunt-fades-for-foreign-attacker-of-patong-toilet-attendant/

 

[webfact]

Bangkok now is under more electronic eyes

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok is now put under tighter security watch following three small bomb explosions in the past few months as more surveillance cameras are being installed and those not functioning replaced.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984817-bangkok-now-is-under-more-electronic-eyes/

 

[webfact]

Close call for abbot in Chiang Mai temple blaze

By Watcharapong Jingkhaojai
The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Police are looking for the cause of an early-morning fire at Wat Chaiyasathan in Chiang Mai’s Saraphi district that left the abbot suffering from smoke inhalation and gutted his residence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984819-close-call-for-abbot-in-chiang-mai-temple-blaze/

 

[webfact]

Education authority excuses teacher who beat nine year old girl with a stick as just "old school"

 

Picture: Sanook

 

RATCHABURI: -- An education authority in Ratchaburi has excused a teacher who assaulted a little girl who couldn't keep up with her reading.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984824-education-authority-excuses-teacher-who-beat-nine-year-old-girl-with-a stick-as-just-old-school/

 

[webfact]

Not child abuse but Thai culture! - where students suffer agonies for the sake of classical dance

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

ANG THONG: -- A teacher and his 13 year old student have become internet celebrities after a million people watched a video of training for Thai classical dance.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984827-not-child-abuse-but-thai-culture-where-students-suffer-agonies-for the-sake-of-classical-dance/

 

[webfact]

Oil spills threaten Koh Phangan beaches

 

 

Oil spills, believed to be from foreign fishing boats, have tainted the beaches and mangrove shores of Koh Pha-ngan in Surat Thani province forcing local authorities to investigate and seek assistance from relevant government agencies to help clean it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984828-oil-spills-threaten-koh-phangan-beaches/

 

[webfact]

Phuket transport of the future - pictures and details revealed of province's "Tramway" project

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PHUKET: -- The first electric tram in the Southern region is set to be built in Phuket starting next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984831-phuket-transport-of-the-future-pictures-and-details-revealed-of provinces-tramway-project/

 

[webfact]

Fly tippers caught red handed dumping rubbish in Pattaya

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

PATTAYA: -- A contingent of municipal workers, soldiers and police laid in wait behind Lotus in North Pattaya yesterday hoping to catch fly ippers dumping trash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984833-fly-tippers-caught-red-handed-dumping-rubbish-in-pattaya/

 

[webfact]

Prawit is back to work

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan is now back to work and dismissed speculation that he was recuperating from sickness at hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984835-prawit-is-back-to-work/

 

[webfact]

UK stops sharing information on Manchester attack with United States after leaks - BBC

REUTERS

 

A tribute to the victims of the Manchester Arena attack is displayed at Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have stopped sharing information about a suicide bombing in Manchester with U.S. authorities following leaks of details of the investigation that has angered the government, the BBC said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984839-uk-stops-sharing-information-on-manchester-attack-with-united-states-after-leaks-bbc/

 

[webfact]

No arrests made in Phramongkutklao Hospital bombing

 

 

BANGKOK, 25 May 2017 (NNT) - Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Sriwara Rangsipromkul said no arrests have been made following an explosion at Phramongkutklao Hospital on Monday as the investigation is still underway. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984843-no-arrests-made-in-phramongkutklao-hospital-bombing/

 

[webfact]

More details of Thai-China rail cooperation ready for vetting by Cabinet

 

 

BANGKOK, 25 May 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport is set to propose more matters on Thailand-China rail cooperation for Cabinet vetting in June. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984845-more-details-of-thai-china-rail-cooperation-ready-for-vetting-by-cabinet/

 

[webfact]

Social Development Ministry calls meeting on beggar control

 

 

BANGKOK, 25 May 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has called a meeting with related officials on its draft beggar control strategy for the next five years. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984847-social-development-ministry-calls-meeting-on-beggar-control/

 

[webfact]

Dozens of aboriginal Australians walk out of meeting at Uluru in dispute over recognition

REUTERS

 

Local performers dance during the opening ceremony for the National Indigenous Constitutional Convention, a three day conference designed to come up with a consensus response on how indigenous people should be recognised in Australia's constitution, at Mutitjulu near Uluru in central Australia, May 23, 2017. AAP/Lucy Hughes Jones/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dozens of Australian indigenous leaders walked out of a national meeting on Thursday in protest against a plan to accept constitutional recognition, indigenous leader Geoff Clark told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984851-dozens-of-aboriginal-australians-walk-out-of-meeting-at-uluru-in-dispute-over-recognition/ 

 

[webfact]

One suspect, two girlfriends captured after videotaped jail break

By The Nation

 

 

ROI ET: -- A suspect in a drugs case, Surasak Khanthamat – who fled a local police station’s detention cell in Roi Et’s Phon Thong district on Saturday with another suspect, Surachai Phumipak, and their two girlfriends – was recaptured along with the two women in a wooded area of Kalasin’s Na Mon district on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984858-one-suspect-two-girlfriends-captured-after-videotaped-jail-break/

 

[snoop1130]

Doggy Paddle: Soi dogs have the time of their lives in floodwater

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Here’s something to lighten your mood after all the rain and flooding earlier this morning — at least these dogs are having a blast underwater.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984868-doggy-paddle-soi-dogs-have-the-time-of-their-lives-in-floodwater/

 

[snoop1130]

Myanmar extradites former Thai police doctor facing death sentence

By The Nation

 

 

Myanmar police on Thursday handed over to their Thai counterparts a fugitive former police doctor who has been sentenced to death for a murder conspiracy involving one of his Myanmar employees.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984869-myanmar-extradites-former-thai-police-doctor-facing-death-sentence/

 

[snoop1130]

Srivara to lead hospital bombing investigation

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy national police chief Pol General Srivara Rangsibhramanakul has been appointed by the national police chief to be the chief investigator for the Phramongkutklao Hospital bomb attack on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/984870-srivara-to-lead-hospital-bombing-investigation/

 

[snoop1130]

Millions of Kodi, VLC and Popcorn Time users at risk from hackers – update NOW

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Users of Kodi, VLC and Popcorn Time are being urged to download a new security update following the discovery of a vulnerability that could allow hackers to take control of your device.

 

Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/millions-of-kodi-vlc-and-popcorn-time-users-at-risk-from-hackers-update-now/21877/