NARATHIWAT— An out-of-control wildfire has scorched more than 230 rai of land in this southern province with hot spots jumping from two to 10 on Wednesday. The blaze that broke out Tuesday already razed wooded areas in Bang Nara forest reserve in tambon Palemas in Sungai Kolok district, destroying more than 30 rai. Read more: […]
Four civilians were injured when Muslim insurgents launched double bomb attacks a morning market in Yala’s Kabang district Tuesday. The two explosions happened just about 20 metres apart with 10 minutes interval. Read more: The Nation
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A total of 87 dek waen street racers, many of them minors, were arrested and 78 modified racing motorcycles seized from them in Hua Hin in the early hours of Saturday. A combined team of police, soldiers and rescue workers rounded up teen motorcycle racers who turned a newly built bypass […]
SONGKHLA, 30 April 2016 (NNT) – The southern province of Songkhla is hosting one of the world’s most exciting events, the “Thailand International Balloon Festival 2016”, from now until May 1st. The Thailand International Balloon Festival 2016 is being held under the theme of “Let’s Fly and Fun”. Read more: NNT National News Bureau Of […]
Rescue workers this morning found the decomposed body of Mr Prachit Saisema, the fisherman who went missing for seven days after his boat collided with a tourist boat in the Ratchaprapa reservoir in Surat Thani. Mr Prachit’s body floated onto the surface of the reservoir at about 7.15 am close to the spot where the […]
HUA HIN — Police said today that three Thai men have been charged for assaulting a family of British tourists in the resort town of Hua Hin during the Songkran festival. A fourth is still at large. The April 13 attack, which left the three Britons lying motionless in the street, was captured on security […]
Five people were killed and four others injured when a chartered van crashed into a tree in the middle of the road in Surat Thani’s Chaiya district Wednesday morning. Police said the accident happened at 6:15 am in Tambon Pawey. Read more: The Nation
Two bombs hidden in motorcycles injured 13 people in Narathiwat’s Muang district on Monday while two rubber traders were killed in a gun battle in Yala as violence continued across the restive South. In Narathiwat, one bomb detonated near the Muang police station with the other exploding in front of a lottery shop in Soi […]
