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  • Air Asia loyalty program email scams on the loose again

    Air Asia loyalty program email scams on the loose again

    AirAsia Big Loyalty CEO Spencer Lee has issued an alert on the airline’s corporate website about an email scam. The company is warning the public not to engage with an online scam circulating with the subject line ‘AirAsia Big Loyalty Bonus’. The latest ‘loyalty program’ scam surfaced on June 21. It’s not the first time scammers have targeted AirAsia, routinely credited as the world’s best low-cost airline by SkyTrax.

  • The Tesla of Thailand takes on the big car-makers

    The Tesla of Thailand takes on the big car-makers

    There are less than 1,500 battery-powered vehicles in Thailand. Thai billionaire Somphote Ahunai wants to change that with his Energy Absolute. He envisions a total closed universe where he makes the cars, builds the charging stations, then provides the electricity to power the charging stations.

  • Thai and royal flags ‘disrespected’ in Pai, northern Thailand

    Thai and royal flags ‘disrespected’ in Pai, northern Thailand

    PHOTO: Khaosod English “It was farangs.” Locals in Pai, northern Thailand, are reacting angrily to tourists who damaged a royal insignia flag and Thai national flag.

  • Phang Nga OrBorTor President forced to resign over pedophilia

    Phang Nga OrBorTor President forced to resign over pedophilia

    PHOTOS: social.tvpoolonline.com An OrBorTor President in Tai Muang District, Phang Nga has been forced to resign from his duties after a video clearly showing him sexually abusing a twelve years old girl went viral over the Internet last week (June 26). Government officials went to visit the girl in the video and found that she lives with her 54 year old grandmother and 16 year old sister since her parents were divorced. She told the officials that the man had taken her to his car and tried to touch her, claiming that it was needed for curing his Coronary Artery Disease, according to traditional Chinese medicine, and promised to pay her for her ‘assistance’

  • Tourism Authority of Thailand downgrades revenue from tourism in 2019

    Tourism Authority of Thailand downgrades revenue from tourism in 2019

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand is being forced to revise down its tourism revenue growth projections for 2019, but they’ve only cut their projections .5% from 10% growth predicted earlier this year, down to 9.5% growth instead.

  • Nakhon Ratchasima 7-Eleven store robbed of 2 million baht

    Nakhon Ratchasima 7-Eleven store robbed of 2 million baht

    FILE PHOTO A man has robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store in Nakhon Ratchasima this morning, making off with 2 million baht in cash. At this stage police suspect the robbery was an inside job. The entire robbery took only two minutes. The Jor Hor police station was alerted at 2.28am that the 7-Eleven store in the Ban Pho community had been robbed.

  • Thai PM apologises for weekend bickering from Palang Pracharat factions

    Thai PM apologises for weekend bickering from Palang Pracharat factions

    FILE PHOTO The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has issued an apology and expressed “discomfort” over Palang Pracharat’s internal bickering that has dominated headlines over the weekend. The Prime Minister returned from the G20 meetings in Japan yesterday.

  • Phuket ramps up surveillance, detection and better education about illicit drugs

    Phuket ramps up surveillance, detection and better education about illicit drugs

    With increased scrutiny at the island’s northern checkpoint at Tha Chatchai, drug smugglers have been rolling out fresh ways of getting illicit drugs onto the island. A meeting of the provincial government has noted that the interception of drugs in Phuket and the increasing use of illicit drugs by local youths are the major challenges for law enforcement officials. The meeting, chaired by VG Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai, noted that although Tha Chatchai checkpoint was still a major location for interception, the Marine Police and Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command have been stepping up measures to identify and intercept drug shipments onto the island around the coast.

  • China starts to roll out epic 8K TV technology on the back of 5G

    China starts to roll out epic 8K TV technology on the back of 5G

    HD TV was a huge step up (most of what we still watch on our TVs is HD – high definition). 4K provided us with almost ‘cinematic’ experiences of detail and quality (most modern cinemas use a 5K format… there are variations).

  • Thai energy billionaire becomes the second richest person in Thailand

    Thai energy billionaire becomes the second richest person in Thailand

    Sarath Ratanavadi has swiftly climbed up the list of Thai billionaires to become the nation’s second-richest man.