TRAT — A German man and a British woman drowned over the weekend in rough seas off of Koh Chang. Christoph Ralf Sigloch, 55, died Saturday and Bryony Freestone, 19, died Sunday in separate incidents. Local officials said weather was severe and red flag warnings had been posted. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Teeranai Charuvastra
Two marines were wounded in a double bombing attack targeting their teacher-protection team in Narathiwat’s Bacho district Monday morning, while small explosives planted at four locations in Tambon Yaha Municipality in Yala’s Yaha district went off on Sunday night but did not cause injuries. In Bacho, following a 7.20am report about two explosions targeting eight […]
TRAT: A 55-year-old German man drowned off Koh Chang after going out to sea to bring his two sons back to shore amid strong waves on Saturday. Christoph Ralf Sigloch had gone into the water off Khlong Phrao beach to check on his sons because his Thai wife Sunantha was concerned that they were swimming […]
SURAT THANI, 13 August 2016 (NNT) – The authorities have stepped up security measures on Koh Samui, Koh Pa-ngan and Koh Tao islands off Surat Thani province. Vehicles to and from the tourist islands will run through road checkpoints following bombing incidents in the southern region while tourist industry remained intact. Full story: NNT Reporter: […]
Prateep Jongthong, president of Trang tourism association, Saturday insisted that the August 12 bombings and arsons in various southern provinces including Trang had adversely impacted tourism as many visitors cancelled their planned travels. As a result, he urged the government to solve the problem to boost tourists’ confidence. Full story: The Nation Khanittha Sritong
PHANG NGA, 12 August 2016 (NNT) – A fire has raged through a market at the resort village of Khao Lak in Phang Nga province, damaging scores of shops. Firefighters last night spent more than an hour trying to put out the flames which ruined 80 kiosks. The fire spread quickly as most of the […]
HUA HIN – “Double-tap” bomb explosions outside a neighbourhood bar Thursday night killed one woman and wounded at least 15 people in the Prachuap Khiri Khan province resort, reports from the scene said. Reports said as many as 20 people were wounded by the twin explosives, half an hour apart, on the eve of a […]
One man was killed and seven people were injured after a bomb went off at a market in Tambon Tabthiang in Trang’s Muang district Thursday afternoon. Pol Maj Sunan Sangsawat, inspector of Trang district police station said the explosion took place at around 3pm at Center Point market, which is 100 metres from Trang Provincial […]
