YALA – A border patrol policeman has been arrested for the murder of a school director at a grocery shop in Yala’s Muang district on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Pol Col Chamlong Suwalak, chief of Muang district police, said the questioning of Adisak Asae, an employee of the grocery shop who witnessed the killing, led […]
Eight Taiwanese tourists were injured when a chartered van they traveled in from Phuket to Krabi crashed a roadside hill on the road to Krabi. The incident happened at about 03.00 am today near Chong Khao junction in Ao Luek district of Krabi. The van with 15 tourists on board was travelling from Phuket. Full […]
NARATHIWAT, 3 January 2017 (NNT) – Authorities have prepared to declare areas of Yala and Narathiwat provinces disaster zones after continual heavy rain resulted in severe and persistent inundation. A total 9 districts of Narathiwat are poised to be made disaster zones including major areas such as Sungaikolok, Sungaipadee and Joh Irong. A disaster mitigation […]
CHUMPHON – A trawler helped bring 45 tourists and crew members to safety on Monday after their boat hit an object under the sea during a sightseeing trip to an island. The Racha Chumphon boat lost control due to high waves and its bottom was cracked after hitting a hard object under water when it […]
SURAT THANI — An unknown number of tourists suffered burns and injuries when a pyrotechnic meltdown prompted panic New Year’s Eve on Koh Phangan. Revelers screamed and ran when a fiery sign reading “Happy New Year 2017” rained fire upon them just after midnight, an incident caught in a number of videos and images posted […]
KRABI – Police are tracking more than a dozen teenagers in connection with a knife attack and assault on three emergency workers after they tried to stop the gang from hurting an injured man under their care. The attack occurred early Sunday morning when four rescue volunteers from the Ao Nang Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) […]
LOCAL RESIDENTS have called on authorities to get stricter with dive operators after Korean letters were found inscribed on a coral skeleton off the Similan Islands in Phang Nga province. The vandalised lesser-brain coral, or leptoria phrygia, was found at a depth of 20 metres and west of the Similan Islands. Full story: The Nation
SATUN: Authorities in this southern border province have confiscated more than 50 million baht worth of foreign cigarettes in a campaign against smuggled, counterfeit and untaxed products. A team led by customs officials found 2,000 boxes each containing multiple cartons of cigarettes of various brands at two locations on Thursday night after a tip-off. However, […]
