Thailand News Summary for Thursday
All the latest news from Bangkok and Thailand for today and what’s on this week can be found on RichardBarrow.com updated throughout the day and also on Twitter @RichardBarrow
- Thailand Denies Cambodian Opposition Leader Entry – Voice of America http://buff.ly/14hRMWi
- Thai Govt blasts Moody’s rice loss claims as exaggerated (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/16LcnpK
- Sukkhachart denies car scam tie (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/14hRRth
- Road map for a low-carbon Thailand (The Nation) http://buff.ly/14hRVcg
- Emergency decree is extended in the deep South for the 32nd consecutive time (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/16LcvFI
- Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, debuted its Surface tablet in the Thai market yesterday (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/15Cf34s
- Pay-TV providers battle for subscribers (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/17q3W2E
- Oil slick hits Koh Samui beach (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/15CfKdW
- RT @EdwinWiek: Tonight I join the panel at the FCCT in Bangkok: “Taking On Thailand’s Canine Traffickers” http://buff.ly/11iLkcD
- RT @Journotopia: Is “Thailand’s Got Talent” mocking people with special needs? Mother of an autistic child writes: Ridiculing people with special needs simply isn’t funny
- Swedish Film Festival until Sunday in Bangkok http://buff.ly/1845xw2
- How to Watch English Premier League in Thailand http://buff.ly/15L2rsv
- 144,499 Thais visited the UK in 2012 making it the most popular long-haul destination for Thais http://buff.ly/11lVXMw
- New Movies in #Thailand this Week: After Earth, Hummingbird, นางฟ้า and Tom Gay
- Police pin down suspect in Phuket elephant smuggling http://buff.ly/18YXsbz
- Tourism imperils way of life for Thai sea gypsies (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/18YXoIM
- Daddy Dough will giveaway 5,000 donuts from 6am on skywalk at BTS Chong Nonsi on National Donut Day on Friday http://buff.ly/11hnZJ3
- Full List of the 142 Channels on CTH including 6 for English Premier League football – http://www.cth.co.th/all-channels/
- Fox will introduce online TV services in Thailand (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/18Z6SUm
- It never ends: “Indian tourists extorted by jet ski mafia in Pattaya” (Bangkok Post) http://goo.gl/X3Xrx
- VIDEO: Route of Proposed Grand Prix in #Bangkok: http://youtu.be/G2Tzty_0jMA /via @iPattt
- Skytrain beams fall on cars in Bangkok (Bangkok Post) http://buff.ly/17qyr8x
- Old men stab each other to death in Phuket bank (Phuket News) http://bit.ly/185FuEH
- Phuket crackdown on foreign guest reporting pays off http://buff.ly/11iYpTh
- Good question: “Why Do Thai Crime News Sound Like Police Reports?” (Khao Sod)http://buff.ly/17qOGTe
- The moderate southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand, and the southeasterly wind from the South China Sea prevails over the Northeast. Torrential rain and isolated heavy fall is likely overall country especially in the western portion, the East and the upper South. The wind waves in the Andaman Sea are likely about 2 meters high. All ships should proceed with caution. In comparison with yesterday rainfall distribution, its amount is as much as today. It is expected to decrease during 7-8 June 2556 [MORE]
- Weather for Bangkok: Fairly widespread thundershowers. Temperature 25-33 °C. Southwesterly winds 15-30 km/hr. [Live Rain Radar]
- New Movies in #Thailand this Week: After Earth, Hummingbird, นางฟ้า and Tom Gay
- Swedish Film Festival until Sunday in Bangkok http://buff.ly/1845xw2
- Thai Food Festival at Central World 13-16 June 2013 http://buff.ly/1377eBS
- Mass alms giving in front of Phra Samut Chedi in Samut Prakan on 16 June with 11,111 monks pic.twitter.com/AWXI5O4L1e
- Thailand Tourism Festival is on Wednesday 5th June to Sunday 9th June 2013 in Muang Thong Thani http://buff.ly/16IP7bU
- 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
