Month: April 2019

  • Thailand NewsSix deaths, many injured as train slams into minivan in Lop Buri

    Six deaths, many injured as train slams into minivan in Lop Buri

    PHOTOS: อาสาสมัครมูลนิธิร่วมกตัญญู เขตพัฒนานิคม จังหวัดลพบุรี Six people have died while many others are injured after a train collided with a minivan in Lop Buri, north of Bangkok, early this morning. At 4am this morning the train collided with the minivan on the Lop Buri – Bang Muang Road in Pattananikom, Lop Buri. Six deaths have been reported and another 10 injured…

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  • Thailand NewsGetting ready for 5G. NCPO extends digital band payments.

    Getting ready for 5G. NCPO extends digital band payments.

    Thailand’s mobile phone operators using the 900Mhz band and digital TV licensees have been given an extension for their concession fee payments. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, as head of the NCPO, has invoked Article 44 of the interim Constitution, to extend the concession fee payment schedule for mobile phone operators from 4 months to 10 months. The relaxation in the timing of payments to be made to the NBTC will greatly ease the financial…

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  • Krabi NewsThe case of the 255,000 baht Krabi curry

    The case of the 255,000 baht Krabi curry

    A British tourist has been repaid 255,000 baht following an accidental overpayment at an Indian restaurant in Krabi this week. 48 year old British man Simon and his ten friends went to a restaurant near Noppara Thara Beach in Krabi on Tuesday night for dinner. After they have finished the meal Mr Simon put the 2,857 baht bill on his…

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  • Songkran NewsPrincess celebrates Songkran at Laos mission in Bangkok

    Princess celebrates Songkran at Laos mission in Bangkok

    Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn graciously attended a Songkran ceremony at the Lao Embassy in Bangkok yesterday. The Princess, who visits the Lao mission on Songkran every year, participated in the ceremonial tying of white thread on people’s wrists for good luck, and watched a performance of traditional Thai dance. Thailand and Laos mark the traditional New Year…

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  • Phuket NewsNo deaths in the first day of Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    No deaths in the first day of Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    PHOTO: Newshawk Phuket As reports are tallied for the first full day (April 11) of the ‘Seven Days of Danger’ Songkran road and marine safety campaign, no deaths were reported but five people were injured on the island. According to statistics issued by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Phuket the island saw 4 road accidents on Day One…

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  • Phuket News‘Seastead’ set up off coast of Phuket

    ‘Seastead’ set up off coast of Phuket

    PHOTOS: Nation TV A Thai couple has successfully set up a ‘Seastead’ near Phuket. Seasteading is aiming to build floating societies with “significant political autonomy”. Nearly half the world’s surface is unclaimed by any nation-state, and many coastal nations can legislate “seasteads” in their territorial waters (like a “homestead” but wetter). The nation TV reports that website ‘Bitcoin.com’ and ‘Ocean.builders’…

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  • Songkran NewsThailand swelters under the Songkran sun

    Thailand swelters under the Songkran sun

    Temperatures are soaring around the country, right on time, as the Songkran holiday kicks in. People are heading home for the annual Thai New Year break whilst the tourists are flooding into the main hot spots for the water fights. The annual celebration is meant to provide a ritual washing of Buddha images, ‘gentle’ splashing of family and friends and…

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  • World NewsJulian Assange arrested in London after Ecuador pulls asylum

    Julian Assange arrested in London after Ecuador pulls asylum

    “I can confirm that Julian Assange is now in police custody and rightly facing justice in the UK.” British Home Secretary – Twitter. The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s nearly seven year stay as guest at Ecuador’s embassy in London has come to a sudden end after police entered the building and arrested him. Ecuador had withdrawn his asylum. Assange has been…

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  • South Thailand NewsPolice officer and wanted insurgent shot in Songkhla clash

    Police officer and wanted insurgent shot in Songkhla clash

    One policeman has been injured along with an alleged insurgent when troops and southern insurgents clashed in Songkhla’s Sabayoi district today. The exchange of gunfire happened at 10:30am this morning when troops and police reportedly searched for suspects in Ban Long Khuan village in Tambon Khuha. The team received a tipoff that December 26’s Khuan Niang district bombing suspects might…

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  • Songkran NewsDutch tourist becomes first fatality of ‘Seven Dangerous Days’

    Dutch tourist becomes first fatality of ‘Seven Dangerous Days’

    A Dutch tourist is the first official Songkran fatality when his car hit the rear of a trailer truck in Kanchanaburi, in Thailand’s far west, early today. Officials say Roi Fanh Veeland (not official spelling) was the first casualty of Kanchanaburi’s “Seven Dangerous Days” Songkran road reporting period. Police say the accident happened at an intersection on the Tha Muang-Kanchanaburi…

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  • EntertainmentWill music history repeat itself this Saturday? The Beatles vs BTS

    Will music history repeat itself this Saturday? The Beatles vs BTS

    Beatles, BTS, Boy with Luv, Persona, Saturday Night Live February 19, 1964 was a big day in music history. The most popular show in the US at the time, and musically extremely influential, was the Ed Sullivan Show. What now seems to be a rather stiff, old-fashioned variety show was, at the time, a maker and breaker for new music…

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  • Bangkok NewsMexican restaurant complains about sex toy stall outside his front door

    Mexican restaurant complains about sex toy stall outside his front door

    PHOTO: Manager Online Ay, caramba! A Mexican restaurant owner in Silom Soi 4, Bangkok, has had enough of a stall selling sex toys and sex aids in front of his store. He’s complaining that his customers have to push their way past the vibrators and fake Viagra to get to his nachos and tacos. He says he’s convinced that ‘persons of…

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  • Northern Thailand NewsPassengers injured as bus overturns in Si Saket

    Passengers injured as bus overturns in Si Saket

    PHOTOS: ร่วมด้วยช่วยกัน / ธนบุรี 12 No deaths have been reported following a bus overturning in Si Saket in eastern Thailand today. The bus, travelling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani, overturned on Rattana Buri – Sisaket Road in Si Saket, east of Bangkok on the Cambodian border. No deaths were reported but there were some injuries in the incident.  

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  • Songkran NewsThai authorities target 10% fewer Songkran accidents

    Thai authorities target 10% fewer Songkran accidents

    PHOTO: Daily News The chief of the communications ministry says that the Thai authorities are aiming for a 10% reduction in accidents on selected and particularly dangerous roads. They also want to see a 5% reduction in the country’s total number of road accidents. They have identified 111 roads around the country deemed as high risk for road fatalities that will…

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  • Bangkok NewsUPDATE: 2 confirmed dead, 20 injured in Central World Bangkok fire

    UPDATE: 2 confirmed dead, 20 injured in Central World Bangkok fire

    The Erawan Medical Centre has confirmed that two people were killed and another 20 injured in last evening’s fire at Centara Grand Hotel and CentralWorld Shopping Centre at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong Intersection. One person was found dead at the scene (a staff member who jumped out of a fourth storey window), whilst the other fatality, identified as 50 year old Arthit…

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  • Northern Thailand NewsRescued baby elephant transferred to specialist elephant hospital in Surin

    Rescued baby elephant transferred to specialist elephant hospital in Surin

    PHOTOS: The Nation A baby elephant, rescued from an unused drain in Bueng Kan, on the Laos border near Vientienne, has been transferred to a specialist elephant hospital in Surin for treatment. Wildlife officials moved the baby elephant, now named ‘Chabakaew’, from Bueng Kan’s Bungkla district yesterday. It reached the elephant hospital in Surin this morning. A team of veterinarians…

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  • Phuket NewsThree people injured, two chickens die in Chalong crash

    Three people injured, two chickens die in Chalong crash

    A motorbike sidecar (saleng) has collided with a motorbike in Chalong where two people sustained serious injuries and two chickens died yesterday in Chalong. The Chalong Police were notified of the incident on Chao Fa West Road at at the entrance of Soi Baan Klang in Chalong at 7pm last night. Police and emergency responders arrived to find a damaged…

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  • Phuket NewsPWA urges Phuketians to save water

    PWA urges Phuketians to save water

    The Phuket Water Work Authority (PWA) is urging people to save water during dry season under the slogan ‘Save Water, you make it’. Despite the slogan making absolutely no sense we understand the PWA is asking us to conserve the remaining water supplies. The campaign comes as residents around the island complain about very low pressure or no water supply…

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  • Thailand Election NewsUS Embassy responds to Don’s rebuke over Thanathorn case

    US Embassy responds to Don’s rebuke over Thanathorn case

    PHOTO: The Nation The Thai Foreign Minister yesterday formerly summoned foreign diplomats yesterday afternoon, one by one, in a diplomatic dressing down about their appearance at a police station last Saturday morning. The official ministry memo objected to the presence of envoys at the Pathumwan Police Station on Saturday when the Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit reported in to…

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  • Bangkok NewsUPDATE: 2 dead and 15 injured in Central World shopping complex fire, Bangkok

    UPDATE: 2 dead and 15 injured in Central World shopping complex fire, Bangkok

    At least two people have died with 15 others reported injured and hospitalised after a blaze broke out at the Central World shopping complex last night around 5.40pm in Bangkok. Many were hospitalised with smoke inhalation. The popular Central World shopping mall is close to the corner of Sukhumvit and Ratchadamri Roads, aka. Ratchprasong intersection. Some people were seen jumping…

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  • Hot NewsThree people reported dead, others injured, 100s flee blaze at Central World Hotel Bangkok

    Three people reported dead, others injured, 100s flee blaze at Central World Hotel Bangkok

    PHOTO: Orchidmo A big fire has broken out on Ratchadamri Road, Pathumwan in the busy Sukhumvit shopping zone in Bangkok. Videos and photos posted online show the blaze and thick smoke spreading from the Centara Grand Hotel, located next to the CentralWorld shopping mall. The Bangkok governor has reported that the death toll of the blaze is three people. One…

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  • Thailand Election NewsDeputy police chief denies foreign diplomats present at Thanathorn interrogation

    Deputy police chief denies foreign diplomats present at Thanathorn interrogation

    The deputy national police commissioner is denying that a group of foreign diplomats were present at a questioning session when the Future Forward party leader reported to Bangkok police on Saturday morning over sedition charges. Pol General Srivara Rangsibhramanakul said the diplomats were invited to a briefing after the interrogation of Thanathorn Jungrungruengkit at Pathum Wan police station. The Future…

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  • Phuket NewsPhuket’s water supply scraping the bottom of the three dams

    Phuket’s water supply scraping the bottom of the three dams

    The temperature hit 34 degrees today, light winds and 10% chance of rain for the rest of today (code for a slight chance of a tropical storm cell dropping its load on some small part of the island). And there’s little rain in sight until maybe Sunday. Meanwhile the remaining supply in Phuket’s three main catchments continues to evaporate today.…

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  • Pattaya NewsDeath of Spanish man in Pattaya. Massuese wasn’t qualified.

    Death of Spanish man in Pattaya. Massuese wasn’t qualified.

    PHOTO: Sanook The Department of Public Health say they will prosecute the Pattaya massage spa where a Spanish man died while having an oil massage. Yesterday a 67 year old Spanish man telephoned a massage shop on Central Pattaya Road to say that he wanted a massage before returning to his home country for medical treatment. The shop was not…

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  • Krabi NewsTwo young men killed in Krabi hit-and-run

    Two young men killed in Krabi hit-and-run

    Police in Krabi are hunting for the driver of a pickup truck whose vehicle hit and killed two young boys riding a motorcycle. He failed to stop and drove away.The boys, 14 and 12 years old, who have not been officially identified, were killed just after midnight on Sai Khao-Klong Thom Road in the village of Ban Klong Raed, Klong…

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  • South Thailand NewsFour dead in Narathiwat minivan accident – PHOTOS

    Four dead in Narathiwat minivan accident – PHOTOS

    PHOTOS: Mettatham Rescue Foundation Four people are dead after a minivan collision in Narathiwat early today. The Mettatham Rescue Foundation reports that they were notified of the accident early this morning in Bajoh, Narathiwat, in the far south of Thailand. The minivan was carrying 12 teachers from a school in Narathiwat, from Malaysia back to the border province. Four people died…

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  • Phuket NewsChinese tour companies in Phuket being checked

    Chinese tour companies in Phuket being checked

    Officers have made random checks on tour companies in Phuket today after receiving complaints. Tourist Police, soldiers and officers from the Tourism Business and Guide Southern Division 2 have descended on 10 tour companies in the Wichit and Phuket Town areas, based in the Phuket Villa 3 housing estate, Panason housing estate, Phuket Villa Dawroong housing estate and Soi Poonphon. Chief…

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  • Northern Thailand NewsNorthern smoke haze easing slowly

    Northern smoke haze easing slowly

    Either by hard work, serendipity or pure luck, the smog and haze in the North has eased considerably within the seven-day timeframe set last Tuesday by the Thai PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha. The PM flew into the smoke-stricken Chiang Mai last Tuesday to meet with northern provincial governors to work out active solutions. During the visit, the premier made clear that…

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  • Hot NewsRe-enacment of Koh Si Chang rape and murder case

    Re-enacment of Koh Si Chang rape and murder case

    A 24 year old Thai, charged over the rape and murder of a 27 year old female German backpacker on Chon Buri’s Koh Si Chang on Sunday, has re-enacted the horrific crime that has shaken public morale on the popular island. Koh Si Chang injuste north-west of Pattaya in the Gulf of Thailand. Ronnakorn Romruen, a resident of the Moo…

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  • Thailand Weather UpdatesSituation critical for Phuket’s water supply

    Situation critical for Phuket’s water supply

    Phuket has an acute water shortage. But there has been no warnings or even suggestions of restrictions from the Phuket Water Authority. Instead residents are heading to the local media to vent their frustration. On February 6 the PWA foreshadowed odd/even day water restrictions for some residential areas of the island, only to rescind the action the next day saying…

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  • Krabi NewsDriver says sacred amulet saved her in Krabi collision – VIDEO

    Driver says sacred amulet saved her in Krabi collision – VIDEO

    PHOTOS: Krabi Pitak Pracha Rescue Foundation A female driver has sustained minor injuries after driving into the back of a trailer carrying a backhoe in Krabi. Emergency responders headed to the scene of the accident on Monday night in Krabi City. They arrived at the scene to find a wrecked sedan that had collided with the back of a truck which…

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  • Songkran News400,000 take to the skies during Songkran

    400,000 take to the skies during Songkran

    The Airports Department expects over 400,000 passengers to pass through the nation’s 25 airports during the Songkran holiday break. Ampawan Wannako, the director-general of the Airports Department, says passenger projections for the holidays was 404,778 for the period from April 11 (tomorrow) to April 17, or an average of 57,224 passengers per day. This projection is up on last year’s…

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  • Pattaya NewsPattaya ladyboys nabbed for stealing credit cards from South Korean tourist

    Pattaya ladyboys nabbed for stealing credit cards from South Korean tourist

    A pair of ladyboys have been nabbed for allegedly stealing a wallet with three credit cards from a South Korean tourist in Pattaya. The two suspects were identified as 33 year old Sawarin Silaket and 35 year old Onkaew Homdok . Pattaya police chief Pol Colonel Prawit Chorseng said the arrest was made after 44 year old Hojun Cho filed…

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  • Phuket NewsVachira Phuket Hospital sets new after hours fee, other public hospitals to follow

    Vachira Phuket Hospital sets new after hours fee, other public hospitals to follow

    Vachira Phuket Hospital, Phuket’s largest public hospital, will charge non-emergency patients 100 baht for after-hours treatment. The new charge kicks in on May 1. The new 100 baht fee co-incides with a change in policy by the Thai Ministry of Health that has ordered all hospitals in the country to charge fees for non-emergency patients arriving for treatment outside normal…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsChiang Mai to Chiang Rai coach bursts into flames – VIDEO

    Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai coach bursts into flames – VIDEO

    A tour bus has been erupted into flames in a dramatic roadside fire on a road just out of Chiang Mai. Channel 3 reports that the bus burst into flames 39 kilometres out of Chiang Mai on the Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai Road early this afternoon. The 55 year old driver noticed smoke coming from one of the rear wheels and…

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  • Bangkok NewsPM uses Article 44 powers to sack Surachate

    PM uses Article 44 powers to sack Surachate

    PHOTO: Spring News Thai media is reporting that the PM Prayut Chan-ocha used his Article 44 powers to remove Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn from his job as Immigration chief and side-line him to office duties, pending an enquiry. Following Friday night’s transfer of the Immigration chief it has now been announced that PM Prayut placed the Lt-Gen on a list of…

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  • Thailand NewsOne killed, another injured after train slams into upside-down van in Ayutthaya

    One killed, another injured after train slams into upside-down van in Ayutthaya

    PHOTO: Matichon Online One man is dead and another severely injured after their van hit a road barrier and flipped onto railway tracks before being hit by a train in Ayutthaya, just north of Bangkok, early today. The Ayutthaya police station was alerted of the accident at the u-turn under the Ban Ma flyover on the Asia highway’s frontage in…

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