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- Environment News
Fishermen catch albino dolphins on video playing in the Gulf of Thailand
A group of albino dolphins have delighted guests and fishermen in a fishing vessel off Songkhla’s Sathing Phra district in the Gulf of Thailand. “SOS”, a LINE group, has posted a video clip of the dolphins. The LINE group’s administrator related the story that three fishermen had seen the dolphins in the boundary area between Kradang Nga and Ja Ting…
- Việt Nam
Hải Dương: Cậu bé lớp 9 phải cắt cụt bàn tay vì mua thuốc nổ trên mạng
Hôm qua, Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức vừa tiếp nhận bệnh nhân N.H.Đ.D (15 tuổi) đến từ Hải Dương, nhập viện trong tình trạng chấn thương nghiêm trọng do tự chế tạo thuốc nổ. Theo thông tin từ người nhà, qua kênh Youtube, cháu D. đã xem cách chế tạo thuốc nổ, sau đó cháu tìm mua thuốc nổ…
- Pattaya News
Thai woman’s car trashed in Sattahip by stray dogs chasing a cat
A woman’s Honda has been trashed by a pack of soi dogs who were trying to get at a local cat that had taken refuge in the engine bay of the car. The 29 year old Thai woman ‘Nichapha’ from Sattahip, south of Pattaya, was called by neighbours who called attention to the state of her car. On first inspection…
- Việt Nam
Hà Nội: Người đàn ông quẫn trí tự cắt rời dương vật
Sau khi uống rượu, một người đàn ông 36 tuổi tại Hà Nội đã dùng dao tự cắt đứt bộ phận sinh dục của mình. Gần đây, Trung tâm Nam học, Bệnh viện Hữu Nghị Việt Đức đã tiếp nhận một trường hợp nghiêm trọng, khi bệnh nhân nhập viện trong tình trạng khó tiếp xúc, có biểu hiện loạn…
- Environment News
Bangchak petrol stations installing EV charging locations and solar panels
“Currently PEA is surveying the sites of Bangchak’s petrol stations that are suitable for installing EV chargers.” This from Somchai Techavanich, Chief of Marketing and VP of Marketing at Bangchak Corporation. The group recently announced that the company is planning to install EV (electric vehicle) charging stations at its petrol stations under an MoU for clean energy business development signed…
- Việt Nam
Trúc Nhân không nhận cát-xê khi đóng phim Bố già
Ảnh: 2sao.vn Bố Già của Trấn Thành là bộ phim đầu tiên Trúc Nhân tham dự khiến anh không khỏi hồi hộp. Để bày tỏ sự quý mến dành cho Trấn Thành, Trúc Nhân đã hỗ trợ hết mình và thậm chí không nhận cát-xê. Trúc Nhân chia sẻ cảm thấy rất vinh dự vì được đóng cùng NSND Ngọc…
- Bangkok News
Shoppers flee smoke-filled mall after overloaded power strip catches fire in central Thailand
PHOTO: sanook.com Customers in a shopping mall in Samut Prakan province, south of Bangkok, raced for the exits as smoke coming from a toy store began to fill the building. The incident, which happened in the Bang Phli district, home to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, is believed to have been sparked by a poor-quality power strip that appears to have shorted and…
- Crime News
Mother cat and 4 kittens poisoned at Sai Kaew Beach, Phuket
On December 11, a report was made following a post from the Facebook page ‘Rain Forest’ about 5 cats that were dumped and poisoned at Sai Kaew Beach, at the far north end of Mai Khao Beach in Phuket. The post shows pictures of a cat and her four kittens that had been poisoned with water and food, probably laced…
- Business News
New Bangkok clinic dedicated to fixing surgery gone wrong
PHOTO: PlastyTalk The director of Yanhee Hospital in Bangkok says 50 million baht is being invested to create a centre dedicated to fixing botched surgical procedures. Dr Supot Sumritvanitcha says Yahnee Hospital will be the first facility in Thailand to offer this service. The Nation reports that the need has arisen due to illegal beauty clinics and other underground facilities…
- Crime News
10 months later, no action to catch Bea’s murderer – Phuket
PHOTO: Dimitrios ‘Dim’ Chairopoulo, wanted and believed to be living in Greece “We are all in desperate need of some answers so that justice can be served for the family.” It’s been over 10 months since the murder of a local Phuket beautician 43 year old Niramon ‘Bea’ Aewkaew. But her alleged Greek murderer Dimitrios ‘Dim’ Chairopoulos remains on the…
- Thai Life
A Thai grandmother, a stroke, four dogs and a cat = musical magic
A Thai grandmother, singing soothing ballads to her chihuahua ‘Jew Jam’, has become an unexpected internet hit. In the video (below) there is also a cat that sings along with the guitar accompaniment provided by Malinda Herman. Malinda says she sings the songs to the pets (the chihuahua is adorable) to “exercise her facial muscles”. Malinda was in a car…
- Business News
Foreign investment applications rise 69% in first nine months
PHOTO: Bloomberg Thailand continues attracting foreign direct investment, with applications rising 69% in the first nine months of 2019, according the Board of Investment (BOI). Applications in the electronics and electrical sector, and the digital and automotive sectors, represented 131.78 billion baht, or 65% of the total. The value of applications, up to September this year, was 203.37 billion baht,…
- News
Tiger Temple will adopt cats and dogs
Authorities in Kanchanaburi have begun building facilities at the infamous Tiger Temple in Sai Yok district to care for about 1,200 stray dogs and cats from a foundation run by a former Bangkok governor. Kanchanaburi’s governor was among those participating in a ceremony to mark the start of construction on Saturday. The temple, formally known as Wat Pa Luang Ta…
- Expats
Thailand’s immigration police catch thousands of overstayers thanks to airport biometrics
The chief of Thailand’s immigration police says the biometrics system in place at sixteen airports across the country has so far netted 1,000 people who are blacklisted or on watch lists, 700 who have arrest warrants out for them, and 45,000 who have overstayed in the country. The Nation reports that the system is also used to detect fake passports…
- Việt Nam
Bé Hoàng Anh nằm ngủ vỉa hè và ước mơ sải bước catwalk sắp thành sự thật
ẢNH: kenh14.vn Ngày 27/10, cô bé Nguyễn Hoàng Anh sẽ chính thức có đêm diễn đầu tiên trên con đường thực hiện khao khát làm người mẫu của mình. Hoàng Anh, năm nay mới 7 tuổi, em nổi tiếng trên mạng xã hội sau đêm giành chiến thắng của đội tuyển Việt Nam. Hình ảnh cô bé xinh xắn, nằm…
- Northern Thailand News
5 more dead elephants located by drone at Khao Yai park waterfall
PHOTO: One of the elephants spotted on Saturday before disappearing in the forest – AFP Sending up the video-enabled drones at the Khao Yai National Park, north east of Bangkok, has spotted five more dead elephants. Park officials are still working out how to retrieve the bodies of six others dead elephants in the same area after a herd stumbled…
- Việt Nam
Đường sắt nghìn tỷ Cát Linh – Hà Đông: hàng loạt sai phạm
Dự án đường sắt nghìn tỷ Cát Linh – Hà Đông sau 11 năm vẫn ngổn ngang chưa biết bao giờ mới hoàn thiện. Đáng nói, trước khi khởi công, bộ GTVT đã biết dự án không hiệu quả kinh tế nhưng các bên vẫn ngó lơ để làm. Kết quả kiểm toán hoạt động xây dựng và việc quản…
- Việt Nam
Kỷ luật gần 40 cán bộ trong vụ cắt xẻ đất rừng Sóc Sơn
UBND huyện Sóc Sơn vừa báo cáo kiểm điểm về chính quyền và kiểm điểm về mặt đảng đối với cán bộ có liên quan vụ “xẻ thịt” đất rừng Sóc Sơn theo kết luận của Thanh tra TP Hà Nội. Cụ thể, Huyện ủy Sóc Sơn đã xem xét kỷ luật về mặt chính quyền đối với 80 trường…
- Politics News
Wissanu admits Thammanat Prompeo’s educational credentials were not checked
Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngarm admits that the Office of the Secretary-General of the Cabinet had not vetted the educational background of Captain Thammanat Prompao, before he was appointed deputy agriculture minister, because the vetting process might have delayed the appointment of the cabinet. But he says the embattled deputy agriculture minister might be replaced “if there is an ethics problem”.…
- World News
Foreign companies looking to relocate factories in Vietnam
At this stage in the US-China trade wars, Vietnam is one of the key economic winners from the ongoing fallout. Many companies are shifting their factories to Vietnam, underlining the potential for the strong development of industrial real estate, as reported in Viet Nam News. Savills Vietnam, a property agent, has released its white paper on Vietnam’s industrial real estate…
- World News
Hurricane Dorian downgraded to Category 1 storm
“Dorian should remain a powerful hurricane as the eye of the storm moves near or along the coast of North Carolina.” Hurricane Dorian has weakened to a Category 1 storm this morning as it approached the coast of North Carolina, according to US meteorologists. At the same time, the death toll rises during the mop-up in the Bahamas which felt…
- Technology News
Copycat – Chinese company announces first cloned kitten
Cats usually have nine lives. This one had ten. ‘Garlic’ the British short-hair died late last year. Garlic’s friend Huang Yu was devastated. So he ordered a new Garlic, a clone, an exact copy of his beloved dead cat. Born on July 21, the new fluffy and purring Garlic was created by Chinese firm Sinogene, China’s first successfully copied cat.…
- Crime News
Thai DJ rounds up stray cats then films killing them for payment
PHOTOS: khaosod.co.th A female DJ has been charged over the killing of 27 stray cats at her home in Thon Buri, according to Khao Sod, a Thai online news portal. According to the police investigation, Miss Wararat Krasae, better known as ‘DJ Sun’, picked up stray cats found on the streets into her home before killing them. The arrest followed…
- Health
Thai Department proceeds with crackdown on shameless price gouging on medications
Despite a lot of resistance from the local Thai private hospital networks, The Department of Internal Trade says they will proceed with its crackdown to control prices of medicines now that it has received their price lists. Once legislation is enacted, hospitals selling medicines above the median price set by the department will face fines and/or imprisonment. Since August 16,…
- Crime News
AMLO warns about fake investment certificate
The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) Acting Secretary General is warning that there has been a group creating fake English certificates, claiming that it comes from the AMLO and being sold to foreign companies. The scammers would approach the foreign companies that expect to invest in Thailand and tell them that they need the certificate from AMLO. So far, there’s already…
- Phuket News
Patong police visit motorbike garages to warn them about illegal modifications
PHOTOS: Patong Provincial Police Patong police paid a visit to several motorcycle garages yesterday (July 25) in order to clarify that motorcycle racing is illegal and modifying motorcycles in certain ways can be illegal as well – modified exhausts, removing side mirrors, extra large tyres, air horns, etc. The police ‘drop in’ only asked for cooperation and requested owners and…
- Phuket News
Lost Leopard Cat kitten being cared by Phang Nga wildlife officials
The small leopard cat kitten, found near a rubber plantation, is doing well and being cared for by Phang Nga wildlife nursery staff. It is not known what happened to the kitten’s mother. It was rescued on Monday near a rubber plantation in Krabi province by a Ban Pho Riang resident. The surprised passerby who found the the kitten fetched called officials at…
- Thai Life
Top 10 world locations where people go to play
Where do people travel in the world for ‘play’, not business? Mastercard unveils the Top Ten locations where people travel to play. International travel continues to grow at an incredible rate, transforming local economies and enabling people to broaden their horizons – whether they travel for work or for play. Building on nearly a decade of insight into international travel trends,…
- Politics News
Petition pushing for Prayut’s disqualification as Cabinet member handed to Constitutional Court
PHOTO: The Nation Lower House speaker, Chuan Leekpai, has forwarded a petition to the Constitutional Court calling for the disqualification of PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha as a Cabinet member. The petition, signed by 101 MPs, was handed to Chuan by opposition Pheu Thai Party member Chonlanan Srikieo. The petition suggests that Prayut does not qualify as a Cabinet member, according to…