BANGKOK, 4 April 2017 (NNT) – The Meteorological Department warned southern residents to brace for heavy rains until the end of this week. According to meteorologists, heavy rains have been forecast in Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun until tomorrow. Full story: NNT […]
Some 20 to 30 suspected insurgents injured 12 officers while attacking a police checkpoint in the Thai Deep South with grenade launchers and other weapons on Monday, the police chief in Yala province said. The attack in Yala’s Krong Pinang district appeared to have been carried out in retaliation for the killings of two suspected […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A Belgian businessman fell from the rooftop of an eight-storey hotel in the seaside district of Hua Hin and died of his injuries in hospital early on Monday, police said. Pol Col Sithichai Srisophacharoenrat, the Hua Hin police chief, led a team of police to the hotel in the heart of […]
HUA HIN: — Reports have come in that a foreigner has jumped to his death after he stabbed a Thai woman and was subsequently chased by police. The drama happened Sunday after the woman was stabbed with a stick used for food at a location in Hua Hin Soi 41. Full story: Thaivisa News Thaivisa […]
Hundreds of passengers, mostly foreign tourists, were stranded at Krabi international airport after its runway subsided and cracked. Affected by the repairs of the subsided runway were three international and seven domestic flights. Airport director Attaporn Neungudom said the airport was ordered closed to all flights after authorities found part of the runway which was […]
A 21-year-old British tourist was found unconscious near a railway track in Chumphon’s Mueng district on Saturday morning. The driver of the Thon Buri-Lang Suan train spotted the man at 10.50am and made an emergency call to police. Officers rushed to the scene to find the man lying with blood seeping from his nose and […]
An Army conscript has been beaten to death at Vibhavadi Rangsit Military Base in Surat Thani after violating military rules, it was reported in the social media on Saturday. Private Yuthinan Boonniam was hospitalised with a swollen face and bruises before his death early on Saturday. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
SONGKHLA — A major drug suspect wanted under a warrant has been arrested and his assets seized in Hat Yai district, police said. The arrest of Songklod “Dieo” Kaewsompong, 34, was made on Saturday in a raid on his house in Urbana Housing Estate on the road to Hat Yat airport in Khuan Lang Municipality […]
