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Phuket police launch search for man in Facebook post pointing a gun at his head

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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Last night Phuket Police launched a manhunt after a photo of a man pointing gun at his head went viral in social media.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078497-phuket-police-launch-search-for-man-in-facebook-post-pointing-a-gun-at-his-head/

 

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Hundreds in new U.S.-bound migrant caravan cross into Guatemala

By Jorge Cabrera

 

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Hondurans, part of a new caravan of migrants traveling to the United States, walk toward the Agua Caliente border checkpoint in Guatemala, in the municipality of Ocotepeque, Honduras January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

 

AGUA CALIENTE, Guatemala (Reuters) - Several hundred Honduran migrants in a new U.S.-bound caravan crossed into Guatemala on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump seized on news of the advancing group to try to build support for a wall along his country's border with Mexico.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078499-hundreds-in-new-us-bound-migrant-caravan-cross-into-guatemala/

 

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Talks planned with oil refineries to upgrade quality of diesel to deal with pollution

 

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In yet another attempt to ease the health hazards posed by PM2.5 dust particles, the Energy Business Department plans to hold a meeting with oil refineries this week about the possibility of upgrading the quality standard of diesel from Euro 4 to Euro 5.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078502-talks-planned-with-oil-refineries-to-upgrade-quality-of-diesel-to-deal-with-pollution/

 

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‘Haute Cuisine:’ Weed Tom Yum Lands Briton In Hot Water

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Gary Coughlan, center, stands between two police officers Wednesday on Koh Samui.

 

KOH SAMUI — A British businessman on Koh Samui ran foul of the law Wednesday for innovating in the kitchen by adding cannabis to his tom yum goong.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078504-‘haute-cuisine’-weed-tom-yum-lands-briton-in-hot-water/

 

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Artificial intelligence to run traffic lights at all Bangkok intersections

By The Nation

 

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Artificial intelligence will be operating the traffic lights at all 505 intersection in Bangkok “soon”, rather than police officers manually working the switches, according to a senior policeman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078510-artificial-intelligence-to-run-traffic-lights-at-all-bangkok-intersections/

 

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For Teachers’ Day, Prayuth Says They Should Adapt To Tech

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha with children for Children’s Day on Saturday. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Educators should adapt themselves to the fast-paced technological world, the junta leader said Wednesday during his Teachers’ Day address.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078514-for-teachers’-day-prayuth-says-they-should-adapt-to-tech/

 

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As kindergarteners ail, Bangkok joins top 10 for smog

By The Nation

 

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Photo credit: FM91 Trafficpro’s Facebook fan page

 

A kindergarten in Chatuchak district has suspended classes because of air pollution that has landed Bangkok on the top 10 list of worst-polluted cities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078528-as-kindergarteners-ail-bangkok-joins-top-10-for-smog/

 

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Phuket house keeper keeps 2,600 meth pills and 3kg of marijuana at house in Rawai

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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A Rawai house keeper has been arrested with 2,600 methamphetamine pills and three kilograms of marijuana.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078548-phuket-house-keeper-keeps-2600-meth-pills-and-3kg-of-marijuana-at-house-in-rawai/

 

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PM publicly admits election might be postponed

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha makes a gesture at a ceremony held to mark National Teachers' Day.//Photo : Prasert Thepsri

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha admitted on Wednesday that the election might be postponed but gave assurances it would be within the timeframe of May 9.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078549-pm-prayut-publicly-admits-election-might-be-postponed/

 

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Eight Thais arrested for running gambling website

By The Nation

 

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Police have arrested eight Thais for allegedly running a gambling website with transactions of about Bt200 million a month, Immigration Bureau police chief Pol Lt-General Surachate Hakpal announced on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078550-eight-thais arrested-for-running-gambling-website/

 

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Samui police find Briton a little too relaxed

By The Nation

  

A British businessman’s bedtime snack of marijuana-laced tom yam kung landed him in police custody on Koh Samui on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078504-‘haute-cuisine’-weed-tom-yum-lands-briton-in-hot-water/?do=findComment&comment=13744436

 

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Karen on border receive welfare cards

By Tossapol Boonpat 
The Nation

 

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Underprivileged ethnic Karen people in a village on the Myanmar border received welfare cards on Tuesday under the government’s Thai Niyom Yangyuen (Sustainable Thainess) scheme.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078554-karen-on-border-receive-welfare-cards/

 

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Saving their breath

By Tanachai Pramarnpanich 
The Nation

 

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Students of Chitralada School’s vocational stream in Bangkok’s Sanam Suea Pa area shyly giggle as they participate on Wednesday in a demonstration by Public Health Ministry officials.

 

ull story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078560-bangkok-pollution-saving-their-breath/

 

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Superstar cop 'Big Joke' on his rise and plans for expats, visas

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — The announcement that Thailand’s best-known police officer had arrived sent gasps of shock across a news conference at Royal Thai Police headquarters.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078581-superstar-cop-big-joke-on-his-rise-and-plans-for-expats-visas/

 

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Urgent : Court petition to push for turning Bangkok into pollution-control zone

By The Nation

 

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Photo : Rachanon Intharagsa

 

Environment activist Srisuwan Janya will file a petition with the Administrative Court to have the prime minister, the national environment panel and the Bangkok governor declare the capital as a pollution-control zone. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078582-urgent-court-petition-to-push-for-turning-bangkok-into-pollution-control-zone/

 

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Police nearly double checkpoints for exhaust-spewing vehicles

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation

 

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To help curb fine-particle dust pollution in Bangkok, traffic police have increased the number of checkpoints where they will check vehicles spewing black exhaust smoke.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078484-pollution-crisis-bangkok-police-set-up-emissions-roadblocks/?do=findComment&comment=13744973

 

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Filipinos arrested for raising cash for poor children

By The Nation

 

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Three Filipino women were arrested for soliciting donations for a foundation for poor children in the Philippines without a permit.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078568-philippine-women-arrested-in-pattaya-collecting-money-for-bogus-charity/?do=findComment&comment=13744988

 

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'Delicious food' may have drawn terrorists to Thai hotel: Prawit

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

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Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan talks to reporters Wednesday at the Defense Ministry.

 

BANGKOK — Thailand’s deputy junta leader said Wednesday it was “good enough” that no Thais were killed in an apparent terror attack on a Thai-owned hotel complex in Kenya that left at least 14 people dead.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078586-delicious-food-may-have-drawn-terrorists-to-thai-hotel-prawit/

 

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The original ‘Ghostbusters’ movies are getting a brand new sequel

by Sam Moore

 

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A Ghostbusters sequel set in the same universe as the two original films has been confirmed, with Jason Reitman hired to direct and co-write the new movie.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078587-the-original-‘ghostbusters’-movies-are-getting-a-brand-new-sequel/

 

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YouTube bans dangerous or harmful pranks

by  Dave Lee

 

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The film Birdbox led to a craze in which people attempt everyday tasks while blindfolded / Image copyright GETTY IMAGES

 

YouTube clips that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078589-youtube-bans-dangerous-or-harmful-pranks/

 

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Korean tourists given rustic welcome as airport taxi hits cow

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Thankfully, the cow did not make it through the windscreen. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Two Korean tourists arriving on Phuket were given a rustic welcome when the taxi they were travelling from in airport in hit cow early yesterday morning (Jan 15).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1078593-korean-tourists-given-rustic-welcome-as-airport-taxi-hits-cow/

 

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