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  • Northern Thailand NewsSevere localised storms predicted for central, north and north-east until April 16
    ThaigerPublished: 09:45, 14 April 2019
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    Severe localised storms predicted for central, north and north-east until April 16

    FILE PHOTO The meteorological office (TMD) says there could be localised severe thunder storms for the entire upper area of the country until Tuesday. The north, north-east, eastern seaboard and central regions, including Bangkok and surrounding areas could all be randomly hit by tropical thunderstorms. The TMD office director Phuwiang Prakhammin has warned of rain storms, thunder and lightning, high…

  • Bangkok NewsThe coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun
    ThaigerPublished: 09:28, 14 April 2019
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    The coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun

    PHOTO: A younger King Maha Vachiralongkorn with his father, the Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej May 5, 1950. King Bhumibol Adulyadej was coronated in a grand ceremony at the Grand Palace and around the streets of Bangkok. That’s nearly seven decades ago when the last coronation took place in Thailand. The 1950 coronation ceremony began the reign of King Rama IX,…

  • Bangkok NewsBusinessman could face death penalty for DUI murder of policeman
    ThaigerPublished: 15:47, 13 April 2019
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    Businessman could face death penalty for DUI murder of policeman

    PHOTO: Daily News A leading Bangkok businessman faces the death penalty after being charged with murder for the death of a top Crime Suppression Division policeman and his wife last Thursday night. Pol Col Jatuporn Ngamsuwitchakun died at the scene in his Suzuki Swift. His 44 year old wife Nutchanat died later in hospital. Their 16 year old daughter Piyapha…

  • Thailand NewsSix deaths, many injured as train slams into minivan in Lop Buri
    ThaigerPublished: 11:15, 12 April 2019
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    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…

  • Bangkok NewsMexican restaurant complains about sex toy stall outside his front door
    ThaigerPublished: 14:03, 11 April 2019
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    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…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPassengers injured as bus overturns in Si Saket
    ThaigerPublished: 13:13, 11 April 2019
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    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.  

  • Thailand Election NewsDeputy police chief denies foreign diplomats present at Thanathorn interrogation
    ThaigerPublished: 16:58, 10 April 2019
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    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…

  • Thailand NewsOne killed, another injured after train slams into upside-down van in Ayutthaya
    ThaigerPublished: 16:42, 09 April 2019
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    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…

  • Northern Thailand NewsMotorcyclist survives being run over at traffic light in Nakhon Nayok – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 14:23, 09 April 2019
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    Motorcyclist survives being run over at traffic light in Nakhon Nayok – VIDEO

    VIDEO: Baan Na Police A motorbike driver has survived after a truck trailer ran over him and his motorbike at traffic lights in Nakhon Nayok, just north-east of Bangkok, yesterday. Daily News reports that the motorbike driver had stopped at the traffic light, waling just in front of the truck. The truck driver apparently was unable to see the motorbike.…

  • Hot NewsFake news goes viral about ‘death sentence’ for Phuket airport selfies
    ThaigerPublished: 10:33, 09 April 2019
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    Fake news goes viral about ‘death sentence’ for Phuket airport selfies

    International media are going crazy over a completely nonsense story. But, of course, one outlet posts the fake news and the others copy/paste. “Tourists who take selfies on notorious airport beach are threatened with the death penalty by Thai officials,” trumpets the headline in Daily Mail. (‘notorious’???) “Tourists taking beach selfies while planes take-off have angered airport chiefs in Thailand…

  • Bangkok News3 metre python hides in toilet. Bites man’s penis.
    ThaigerPublished: 09:05, 09 April 2019
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    3 metre python hides in toilet. Bites man’s penis.

    SOURCE: Pattaya One News Before you read the story, The Thaiger notices that the video used in the Pattaya One story dated today, is dated four month’s ago. Slow news day in Pattaya? Maybe. But here’s the harrowing tale anyway about the hungry python and the unlucky Thai 45 year old. 45 year old Terdsak Kaewpangpan, went to the bathroom…

  • Bangkok NewsSurachate has nothing to say to media in his first public appearance
    ThaigerPublished: 08:41, 09 April 2019
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    Surachate has nothing to say to media in his first public appearance

    Former Immigration Bureau chief Surachate Hakparn, and confidant of Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan, said nothing yesterday about his abrupt transfer to an inactive post at the RTP HQ in Bangkok. In his first public appearance following the transfer order from the national police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda back to ‘inactive duties”, Surachate reported to work at the Royal Thai Police…

  • Pattaya News24 year old confesses to the rape and murder of German tourist on Koh Si Chang
    ThaigerPublished: 13:15, 08 April 2019
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    24 year old confesses to the rape and murder of German tourist on Koh Si Chang

    A 24 year old Thai man has now been formally charged over the rape and murder of a German woman on Koh Si Chang. Police on the Chon Buri island, north west of Pattaya, claim Ronnakorn Romruen, a resident of the island village of Moo 2, confessed to killing the German tourist after raping her to prevent her reporting the…

  • Koh Samui News“Nong Gee” turns heads at Koh Samui military conscription
    ThaigerPublished: 14:19, 07 April 2019
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    “Nong Gee” turns heads at Koh Samui military conscription

    Thai media’s fascination with ‘ladyboys’ continues with Daily News reporting about the military conscription event in Koh Samui and, as usual, getting diverted by the one or two “kathoey” who role up, as required by law, to draw lots to see if they will get conscripted into the national Army. “Thai men screamed their appreciation as a very attractive lady…

  • Travel“Thailand Travel Shield” insurance scheme to continue – TAT
    ThaigerPublished: 14:15, 07 April 2019
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    “Thailand Travel Shield” insurance scheme to continue – TAT

    The TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) says that the Thailand Travel Shield insurance project will continue. The service provides online travel insurance for foreign tourists. Reported in Phuketify, TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn, says that the TAT had initiated the creation of the Thailand Travel Shield project as a local insurance scheme alternative back in July 2014. “This year marks the fifth…

  • Songkran NewsOfficials say Songkran can still go ahead on Khaosan Road this year
    ThaigerPublished: 12:03, 07 April 2019
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    Officials say Songkran can still go ahead on Khaosan Road this year

    Today the Bangkok Post did a story headlined ‘No Songkran on Khaosan Road this year’. What?! No Songkran at Thailand’s most popular water splashing location? The story went on… “Business operators on Khaosan Road have decided to cancel activities for Songkran this year to allow authorities to prepare the area for the coronation of His Majesty the King.” “Shows, merit-making…

  • Northern Thailand NewsCounting down PM’s 7 day deadline in Chiang Mai – so far no change
    ThaigerPublished: 11:00, 07 April 2019
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    Counting down PM’s 7 day deadline in Chiang Mai – so far no change

    by Piyaporn Wongruang, Tim Newton Last week PM Prayut Chan-o-cha issued an order to end the haze crisis in the North within seven days and declared the situation part of the national agenda. Two days to go and there is still no respite of the hazardous levels of smoke and smog besetting the northern capital and adjacent provinces. The PM met…

  • Thai LifeSurachate Hakparn: Sidelined and sent back to the operation centre of the RTP
    ThaigerPublished: 18:10, 06 April 2019
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    Surachate Hakparn: Sidelined and sent back to the operation centre of the RTP

    Thailand’s headline policeman, former Immigration Chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, aka. Big Joke, has been transferred to the Operation Centre of the Royal Thai Police. The order was signed by the Thai Police Chief Chakthip Chaijinda. The order was signed and executed last night. As of today, his social media account – Facebook and Twitter – plus the Immigration…

  • Songkran NewsNo foam parties for Songkran
    ThaigerPublished: 18:13, 05 April 2019
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    No foam parties for Songkran

    by Suriya Patathayo, Jessada Chantharak Songkran foam parties are being banned this year in the interest of public safety. The announcement today from the national police deputy commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan.Chalermkiat says there had been several deaths and injuries by electrocution at foam parties during previous Songkran festivals. Police have also been instructed to provide security at Songkran celebration…

  • World NewsProtests turn to Royal Brunei Airlines
    ThaigerPublished: 15:31, 05 April 2019
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    Protests turn to Royal Brunei Airlines

    PHOTO: Paddle Your Own Kanoo Protests over Brunei introducing draconian new laws with brutal punishments for gay sex, adultery and theft are now being aimed at the nationally-owned Royal Brunei Airlines. Virgin Australia Airlines has already confirmed it has cancelled its staff travel deal with the national carrier over the new anti-gay laws. Royal Brunei Airlines also have code-share agreements…

  • Thailand Election NewsRecounts and new elections ordered in eight polling stations
    ThaigerPublished: 14:23, 04 April 2019
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    Recounts and new elections ordered in eight polling stations

    PHOTOS: The Nation The Election Commission has decided that two polling stations should recount their ballots while six others should re-hold the election due to discrepancies in the number of ballots in those booths. The two polling stations that have been ordered to re-count the ballots were in Nam Pong District in Khon Kaen province. The poll results they provided…

  • South Thailand NewsFour kilograms of marijuana found in delivery pickup in Nakhon Si Thammarat
    ThaigerPublished: 10:02, 04 April 2019
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    Four kilograms of marijuana found in delivery pickup in Nakhon Si Thammarat

    PHOTOS: Infantry Division 5 A parcel delivery driver has been found with four kilograms of marijuana in his Kerry Express pickup truck in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The Infantry Division 5 reports that while soldiers from the Infantry Division 5 were on their duty at a normal checkpoint in Chulabhon District, they stopped a pickup truck doing parcel deliveries. They found…

  • Pattaya NewsBig, wide beaches, but where are the stars of the show?
    ThaigerPublished: 15:35, 03 April 2019
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    Big, wide beaches, but where are the stars of the show?

    The video opens with travelogue music from the 1970s and the rest of the segment was missing the main stars – tourists. MCOT Presenter Preewat Bupsiri explains to the viewers about the 400 million baht that had been spent on new sand to widen the beach from a mere 5 metres to the artificially bloated 35 metres wide. A 2.8…

  • Phuket News16 Chinese nationals arrested in Phuket over stock market scam
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 14:45, 03 April 2019
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    16 Chinese nationals arrested in Phuket over stock market scam

    16 Chinese nationals have been arrested in Chalong for allegedly operating an online speculative stock market scam. Their victims are also Chinese. Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn came down from Bangkok to a house on Khwang Road in Chalong where officers arrested the 16 Chinese nationals. During the raid they seized 18 computers, 68 mobile phones, more than…

  • Thailand Election NewsActivist’s car torched – Election Commission impeachment petition damaged
    ThaigerPublished: 10:32, 02 April 2019
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    Activist’s car torched – Election Commission impeachment petition damaged

    PHOTO: Thai PBS A car belonging to one of the activists campaigning for impeachment of the Election Commissioners at a rally in Rajaprasong intersection, Bangkok on Sunday, has had his car torched this morning, the second time in a week. Aekkachai Hongkangwan claims in a Facebook post today that his car was burnt beyond repair and some of his documents,…

  • Thailand Election NewsProtests demand results and transparency from the EC
    ThaigerPublished: 09:10, 01 April 2019
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    Protests demand results and transparency from the EC

    by Kai Chanwanpen and The Thaiger The Thai Election Commission has to keep fending off criticism after protests yesterday were staged over its performance and the number of people demanding its members’ resignations was approaching one million. A former EC commissioner Sodsri Satayathum is calling on the agency to clear up all issues immediately before citizens launch an impeachment process,…

  • Bangkok NewsCanadian woman rescued from air-conditioning shaft at luxury Silom hotel
    ThaigerPublished: 12:39, 31 March 2019
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    Canadian woman rescued from air-conditioning shaft at luxury Silom hotel

    PHOTO: Daily News A 76 year old Canadian woman, missing since last Thursday in Bangkok, ended up spending 12 hours trapped in an air conditioning shaft at a luxury Silom hotel before she was finally found and rescued. Daily News reports that 76 year old Siona Aloni, who suffers from Alzheimers, went missing from her room at the hotel on…

  • Environment NewsAcademics urging a State of Emergency for the North
    ThaigerPublished: 16:01, 30 March 2019
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    Academics urging a State of Emergency for the North

    by Pratch Rujivanarom An academic is calling on the government to declare a state of emergency as Chiang Mai and most Northern Provinces face ‘disastrous’ levels of PM2.5 smog and smoke haze.Citizen in the North are being advised to stay inside air conditioned buildings and avoid all outdoor activities, as some areas of Chiang Mai recorded PM2.5 levels reaching higher…

  • Thailand Election NewsFuture Forward’s 80 new parliamentary faces
    ThaigerPublished: 09:46, 30 March 2019
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    Future Forward’s 80 new parliamentary faces

    The Future Forward Party, making an impressive debut in last Sunday’s election – finishing as the third-most popular choice with more than 6.2 million votes and more than 80 Lower House seats – is composed entirely of completely new faces. These fresh new political voices, partly fueled by the seven million new, young, eligible voters in this year’s poll, provides…

  • Bangkok NewsWife of ‘lovely motorcycle taxi driver’ has her say
    ThaigerPublished: 15:09, 29 March 2019
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    Wife of ‘lovely motorcycle taxi driver’ has her say

    There’s always two sides of a story. This time the wife of the ‘lovely’ motorcycle taxi driver who had his ‘heart-breaking’ story posted all over social media on Tuesday, is having her say. The man, at the time, claimed that he had paid the mortgage for eight years but the house was in her name and she now had another man. So…