September 5th 2018 current events

1. Current Events
9/5/18

2. Insurance fraud at Mount Everest
People climbing Mount
Everest are often “rescued”
by a helicopter even when
they don’t need it. The
insurance company has to
pay money to the
helicopter company and
hospitals.

3. Bitcoin investment fraud การหลอกลวง การลงทุน
The man from Finland gave the Thai men 797,000,000 baht of bitcoin to
invest in Thailand. They did not invest, they just stole the money.

4. Thailand railway
They are building it now.
It will go from Bangkok to China.
It will stop in Korat and Khon Kaen.
It will open in 2021.

5. 19 year old British girl raped on Koh Tao

6. Koh Tao is nicknamed “death island”
• 10 tourists have died on Koh Tao recently in strange ways.
• Is there a murderer on Koh Tao?

7. Supertyphoon kills six people in Japan
It is the strongest storm
to hit Japan in 25 years.

8. Banking system crash on August 31st.
There were problems with
Kasikornbank, Krungthai Bank,
Thanachart Bank and Krungsri
Bank.
Do we rely too much on
electronic banking?
What would happen if we
couldn’t use the internet for
one week?

9. Illegal hunting in Kanchanaburi
Killing protected animals is called
“poaching.”

10. Thai Police found illegal weight loss medicine
These weight loss medicines have
been banned in Thailand since 2010
because people often die when using
them.
They make you not hungry so you can
lose weight.

11. New laws for Google and Facebook?
Facebook and Google know a lot about you and sell that information. There
may be new laws to make sure they are not doing bad things.

12. Kneeling for the National Anthem
Colin Kaepernick kneels down when
they play the song at the start of a
football game.
He says he does this because he is
angry about racism. Many people
think he is disrespecting America.

13. People are burning Nike shoes because Nike
made a commercial with him.