Artikel erschien Februar 2019

  • National Geographic tries to secure rights to produce Tham Luang rescue doco

    National Geographic tries to secure rights to produce Tham Luang rescue doco

    National Geographic has made top level contact with the government-appointed Creative Media Committee to negotiate shooting a documentary about last July’s dramatic rescue operation at the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai. British diver Rick Stanton, who was actively involved in the complicated rescue operation to save the 13 young Mu Pa footballers, says that the British cave diving team wrote a letter to the guardians about their project to shoot a film for National Geographic. The team says the film would be directed by David McDonald, who won an Oscar for “The Last King of Scotland” and he wants to capture the real story of the dramatic operation, the spirit of international cooperation and the experiences of the 13 who were trapped underground for almost three weeks.

  • Foreign woman jumps into the water chasing ferry in Koh Lanta – VIDEO

    Foreign woman jumps into the water chasing ferry in Koh Lanta – VIDEO

    A foreign woman has jumped into the sea in Krabi chasing a departing ferry. The boat captain Jennarong Srisuksai says, “The foreign woman was travelling with her boyfriend. They were too late for the car ferry.” “When the boat was already moving away from the pier at Koh Lanta, the woman leapt out of the car and jumped towards the boat but ended up in the water.” “Other passengers on the boat were stunned

  • Air quality in 9 northern provinces worse in March-April

    Air quality in 9 northern provinces worse in March-April

    Smog problems in nine of Thailand’s northern provinces is forecast to get worse during the next two months due to forest fires. This is despite a complete ban on the open burning of vegetation or trash. Chongklai Worapongsathorn, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation spoke to local fire fighters before they are sent to the northern provinces to fight forest fires which have been raging for weeks, belching PM2.5 micron dust and smoke particles into the air and threatening the health of the residents in the north and north-eastern population centres.

  • Weather for February 27

    Weather for February 27

    Bangkok Partly cloudy. High 33ºC. Winds S at 10 to 15 km/h.

  • Using religion in your election campaign is OK: Election Commission

    Using religion in your election campaign is OK: Election Commission

    The Election Commission (EC) has ruled that it is acceptable to use religion and religious symbolism while campaigning for the upcoming general election. EC secretary-general Jarungwit Phumma said this decision was made in response to a petition from a Buddhist coordination centre, which questioned a candidate’s use of the Lord Buddha in his campaign banner.

  • Day One in the second Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam

    Day One in the second Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam

    PHOTO: A fake Kim Jong-un has been deported from Hanoi, Vietnam in the lead up to the second Trump-Kim Summit. Vietnam is letting fake Trump stay though. b y The Korea Herald –  Asia News Network US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet for two hours today in the first day of their second summit, according to Yonhap news agency

  • Air quality for Thailand – February 27

    Air quality for Thailand – February 27

    Central Thailand Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.

  • Phitsanulok man arrested for sex blackmail of 200 women

    Phitsanulok man arrested for sex blackmail of 200 women

    A man in Phitsanulok province has been arrested for allegedly luring some 200 women to videotape sex on their phones and later extorting them for money. Pol Lt-General Surachate Hakparn, in his role leading Thailand’s Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression (TACCTICS), held a media conference yesterday to announce the arrest of 35 year old Kittisak Nimboonchuen

  • PM disses debates “I just don’t see the necessity to take part”

    PM disses debates “I just don’t see the necessity to take part”

    by Kas Chanwanpen A prime ministerial candidate is refusing to take part in any of the televised political debates in the lead up to the election on March 24. Dismissing growing calls to join the up-coming round of debates, NCPO chief General Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed that he attached no importance to the calls for him to outline his vision, arguing the debate stage was more about politics than policy discussions

  • Lemon-sized hailstones hit 700 homes around Udon Thani

    Lemon-sized hailstones hit 700 homes around Udon Thani

    by Seksanti Kalayanawisut “Some of the hailstones were as big as a lemon.” Udon Thani provincial authorities have inspected around 700 homes in Mueang, Phen, Ban Phue, Si That and Kumphawapi districts that were damaged in a freak hailstorm last night. At Tambon Nikhom Songkhro in Mueang district, Udon Thani deputy governor Pramote Thanyapheud led officials to check out damage and offer assistance to affected residents – two of whom had suffered slight injuries from lemon-sized hailstones