Thai Airways to merge with Thai Smile to ‘reduce losses’ | Thailand News Today

This week, Thailand has seen a variety of news stories, from scammers nabbing 16 million baht from a Chon Buri businessman to an electrical short circuit closing the runway at Krabi Airport. Police in Rayong also destroyed thousands of guns, while Thai Airways announced plans to merge with Thai Smile to ‘reduce losses’. Finally, Netflix cut subscription fees in over 30 countries, including Thailand, in an effort to outmanoeuvre its rivals.

The scammers tricked 40 year old Kh. Watchara into installing an app, claiming it was a new policy from the Internal Trade Department. In the 10 minutes that followed, nine messages of money being withdrawn from his business account were sent, followed by the emptying of over 150,000 baht from his personal accounts. Call centre scams have become increasingly common in Thailand in recent years, with fraudsters impersonating government…