Thailand News Summary for Monday 3 June 2013
All the latest news from Bangkok and Thailand for Monday and what’s on this week can be found on RichardBarrow.com updated throughout the day and also on Twitter @RichardBarrow
LIVE UPDATES FROM MONDAY
- Phuket illegal taxi driver maintains innocence in allegations of sex assault of Chinese tourist http://buff.ly/11y9gsf
- Russian nabbed in connection with loan shark racket | http://buff.ly/11deUAc
- Three junior high studens shot by gunmen in Narathiwat #Thailand (Bangkok Post) http://goo.gl/7p5JN
- Thailand: Judicialization of politics or politicization of the judiciary? | @bangkokpundit http://buff.ly/17hVRNn ]
- Phuket lifeguards warn tourists of dangerous surf at beaches http://bit.ly/ZnNbjx
- Dog saves abandoned baby in Ayutthaya (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/14nCdsM
- Twins Wed Twins In Kalasin Province (KhaoSod) http://buff.ly/11yJZht
- Press body decries Thai royal insult arrests – New Straits Times http://buff.ly/10LBcNM
- Rival masked rallies face off in Bangkok (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/15uUeZc
- Police tackle foreign drug scam; 100’s of Thai women jailed abroad after being tricked into smuggling (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/11l8YZU
- Flawed airport exposed by ‘Great Escape’ (Bangkok Post: opinion) http://buff.ly/15uUHdY
- 12 Myanmar bodies found floating in sea off Thailand’s coast (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/15uUNCx
- Protecting Thai student privacy in the online world – The Nation http://buff.ly/149CjaV
- Public Health Ministry wants to make Thais taller – The Nation http://buff.ly/18Kwggt
- The moderate southwest monsoon covers the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand. These will cause more rainfall with isolated heavy rain in the Western and the East. The wind waves in the upper Andaman Sea are likely to be about 2 meters and above 2 meters in thundershower areas. All ships should proceed with caution during 3-6 June. [MORE]
- Weather for Bangkok: Scattered thundershowers mostly in the lower areas. Temperature 25-37°C. Southwesterly winds 15-30 km/hr [Live Rain Radar]
EVENTS COMING SOON IN BANGKOK AND THAILAND:
- The next Bangkok Farmers Market is on Saturday 8 June 2013 http://buff.ly/16DrRw9
- The rally against “Formula 1 Race in Bangkok” will take place at the Democracy Monument on Saturday from 4pm. They will parade on bicycles.
- Phi Ta Khon Ghost Mask Festival in Loei Confirmed for 10-12 July 2013 http://buff.ly/111xxel
- Anantara Announces Dates of Elephant Polo Tournament http://buff.ly/17Yy2dz
- Siam Tulip Festival (เทศกาลท่องเที่ยวดอกกระเจียว) in Chaiyaphum from 9 June-31 August
