Academics baffled over 'political' charges in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Academics accused of violating the military government's ban on political gatherings have again insisted there was nothing political about their July international conference at Chiang Mai University.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999818-academics-baffled-over-political-charges-in-chiang-mai/

 

Amazing app uses selfies to detects early signs of cancer

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A simple smile for a selfie could be all it needs to save your life.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/amazing-app-uses-selfies-detects-early-signs-cancer/23968/

Naresuan University unveils cancer-beating mango

By The Nation

 

 

Researchers at Phitsanulok-based Naresuan University have developed a mango that can reduce the risk of contracting some cancers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999824-naresuan-university-unveils-cancer-beating-mango/

 

UPDATE:

 

Hunt continues after mass croc escape

By Santiparp Ramasut 
The Nation

 

The hunt continues for five of 23 crocodiles that escaped from a Songkhla reptile farm on Sunday after a wall of their enclosure collapsed. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999703-songkhla-villagers-on-high-alert-after-mass-crocodile-escape/?do=findComment&comment=12231053

 

The Ministry of Public Health calls for confidence in its new pharmaceuticals purchasing plan

 

 

BANGKOK, 1 September 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has stated that a new pharmaceutical purchasing plan for 2018 is now being utilized and should remedy the problem of shortages. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999825-thai-health-min-calls-for-confidence-in-its-new-pharmaceuticals-purchasing-plan/

 

Chaturon sedition trial for 2013 lecture continues

By The Nation

 

 

Pheu Thai key figure, Chaturon Chaisang on Friday attended military court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999829-chaturon-sedition-trial-for-2013-lecture-continues/

 

Western Digital unveils world’s largest MicroSD card, with a staggering 400GB capacity

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Western Digital has unveiled a 400GB MicroSD card, which is being touted as offering the largest capacity on the market.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/western-digital-unveils-worlds-largest-microsd-card-staggering-400gb-capacity/23972/

It’s official: Apple to unveil iPhone 8 on September 12

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo

 

Apple has confirmed it hosting a new product launch event on September 12, where it is expected to unveil the iPhone 8.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/official-apple-unveil-iphone-8-september-12/23976/

50 provinces warned by DDPM of heavy rains

 

ANG THONG, 1 September 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has warned at-risk areas in 50 provinces to be on alert for heavy rains. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999830-50-thai-provinces-warned-by-ddpm-of-heavy-rains/

 

Britain cannot be blackmailed by EU over exit bill: minister

By William James

 

Britain's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox speaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/Files

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - British trade minister Liam Fox said on Friday Britain would not be blackmailed into agreeing on the cost of leaving the European Union and urged Brussels to move negotiations on to discuss Britain's future relationship with the bloc.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999832-britain-cannot-be-blackmailed-by-eu-over-exit-bill-minister/

 

Phuket Knowledge Park officially launched

The Phuket News

 

Children are part of the target audience for the 'Life Long Learning Centre housed within the public library of Phuket Municipality in Phuket Town. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The Phuket Knowledge Park (PK Park) was officially launched yesterday with the aim of the park supporting the Phuket Smart City project which falls under the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999833-phuket-knowledge-park-officially-launched/

 

Commission seeks new evidence in red-shirt petition

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is considering a petition filed by a red-shirt leader against former prime minister Abhisit Vejajiva and his deputy Suthep Thausuban in a case concerning the violent crackdown on red shirts in 2010.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999836-commission-seeks-new-evidence-in-red-shirt-petition-against-abhisit-and-suthep/

 

Suspect flees before police raid over illegal wood

By Sirinya Jankantha 
The Nation

 

 

LAMPHUN: -- Thai authorities have confiscated some 200 teak and “mai krayaloei” hardwood planks from a house under surveillance in Lamphun’s Ban Hong district on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999837-suspect-flees-before-police-raid-over-illegal-wood-in-lamphun/

 

UPDATE:

 

Over 20 seized pangolins from the South have died

By Thai PBS

 

 

More than 20 pangolins which customs officials seized from wildlife traffickers three days ago on the way from Malaysian border in Southern Thailand to the Northeast have died, while several others are also in poor condition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999701-smuggled-pangolin-seized-in-pran-buri/?do=findComment&comment=12231297

 

Police remove man showing porn on bus

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Traffic police forced a man out of a bus after he tried to show a porno clip to strangers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999839-thai-police-remove-man-showing-adult-video-clip-on-bus/

 

Parents speak of flawed justice to 2010 crackdown dead

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Families of victims killed in the 2010 crackdown on red-shirt protesters held an activity at Ratchaprasong Intersection on Thursday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999840-parents-speak-of-flawed-justice-to-2010-crackdown-dead/

 

Putin warns North Korea situation on verge of 'large-scale conflict'

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/POOL/Files

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the tense standoff between North Korea and the United States was on the verge of large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear missile programme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999841-putin-warns-north-korea-situation-on-verge-of-large-scale-conflict/

 

Turkey's Erdogan says U.S. indictment of guards from Washington brawl a 'scandal'

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of Victory Day at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - A decision by U.S. authorities to arrest Turkish security guards involved in a brawl in Washington in May is a scandal, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999842-turkeys erdogan says-us-indictment-of-guards-from-washington-brawl-a-scandal/      

 

New Lottery Tickets On Sale For September 1st Draw

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The government lottery office launched a new lottery ticket for the September 1st draw that changes every ticket from a two slip ticket to a one slip ticket in order to tighten fraud prevention and reduce production costs.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999851-new-lottery-tickets-on-sale-for-september-1st-draw/

 

 

Two inmates, not 300, diagnosed with TB: Prison director

By The Nation

 

 

Nakhon Ratchasima Central Prison director Pakdee Tangtham on Friday said that a misunderstanding of information is behind previous news reports that about 300 inmates at the facility had been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999854-two-inmates-not-300-diagnosed-with-tb-prison-director/

 

Phuket Pol Commander declines to comment on reinstatement of officers allegedly involved in corruption

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen. Photo: The Phuket News

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Teeraphol Thipjaroen has today (Sept 1) declined to comment on whether three high-ranking police officers, who in May were transferred pending an investigation into allegations of corruption and malfeasance, have been cleared of the allegations made against them after The Phuket News learned that the three have since been reinstated to their original positions.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999857-phuket-pol-commander-declines-to-comment-on-reinstatement-of-officers-allegedly-involved-in-corruption/

 

13 students hurt in bus-truck crash in Chai Nat

 

 

Thirteen secondary students were injured, three seriously, after their schoolbus was rammed at the rear by a 10-wheel truck on Highway 340 in Muang district of Chai Nat province  on Friday morning (Sept 1).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999859-13-students-hurt-in-bus-truck-crash-in-chai-nat/

 

Bugs are all the rage at Insects in the Backyard

 

From https://www.facebook.com/Insect

 

Did you get the bug yet?

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999861-bugs-are-all-the-rage-at-insects-in-the-backyard/

 

Videos supplied of naked dancers

By Kornkamon Aksorndej 
The Nation

 

 

Outspoken lawyer Songkran Atchariyasap on Friday submitted more evidence to police in Bangkok concerning two websites that hired two women to dance naked in a Facebook Live post last week.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999502-thai-pretty-who-went-topless-online-did-it-to-get-cash-for-mum-and-dad/?do=findComment&comment=12231765

 

Sukhumbhand, auditor-general settle libel case

By The Nation

 

 

Former Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Friday agreed to withdraw his defamation suit against Auditor General Pisit Leelavachiropas over allegations of corruption in his then administration’s Bt39.5-million decorative-light project.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999862-sukhumbhand-auditor-general-settle-libel-case/

 

Bang Khu Underpass to be closed for works tomorrow

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The underpass will officially open in October. Photo: Phuket Highways Dept

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Highways Department have announced that the new Bang Khu Underpass will be closed to all traffic from 9am until to midday tomorrow (Sept 2) while essential works are carried out.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999870-bang-khu-underpass-to-be-closed-for-works-tomorrow/

 

Ghost police pickup truck focus of attention

By The Nation 

 

 

Police said they are investigating a reported police pickup truck seen driving out of the residence of former premier Yingluck Shinawatra on August 23.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999871-ghost-police-pickup-truck-focus-of-attention/

 

Nigerian identified as Phuket shooting suspect by Russian victim

Chutharat Plerin

 

James Chukwunweike Chijioke (right) and Sasipha Nakhonthaisong are presented to media today (Sept 1). Photo: Chutharat Plerin

 

PHUKET:-- The 52-year-old Russian woman who was shot in a bungled burglary attempt at her home in Rawai on Wednesday (Aug 30), has identified the Nigerian man arrested by police yesterday (Aug 31) as the man involved in the incident.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/999781-nigerian-denies-shooting-russian-woman-in-phuket-break-in/?do=findComment&comment=12232114

 

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