KRABI — A Chinese tourist drowned Sunday evening when the long-tail boat she was riding sank off the coast of Krabi province, police said. The accident occurred because the boat operator disregarded the National Park’s warning to keep to shore due to rough seas, according to a police officer. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
SATUN – Police are hunting armed men who riddled the home of a village head with bullets in Manang district, killing his 13-year-son and wounding two other members of his family, one seriously. Police Provincial Region 9 chief Veerapong Chuenpakdi on Friday launched a manhunt for the suspects in the terrifying attack on Chamroon Songduang’s […]
Two foreign tourists were seriously injured when they were hit by a speedboat while diving near Phi Phi island before noon today. They were immediately admitted to Phuket hospital for serious wounds on their legs. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
A SAFARI TOUR on Koh Samui where a British tourist was killed by an elephant on Monday has suspended its trekking service pending investigation into the incident. Meanwhile the Tourism Ministry is considering whether the family of 36-year-old Gareth Crowe can be compensated. Read more: The Nation
PHATTHALUNG police have four teenagers aged 17 and 18 in custody who were wanted for the murder of a friend and the gang rape and assault of the victim’s pregnant girlfriend. Police are checking to see if anyone else was involved in the crimes, which occurred in Sri Nakarin district in the southern province. Read […]
A Scottish man was killed and a mahout seriously injured by an elephant gone berserk during a trekking tour on Koh Samui on Monday. The 36-year-old tourist was riding the male elephant with his 16-year-old daughter in a forested area of tambon Bor Phud this afternoon when, witnesses told police, Pamang, a Myanmar mahout, climbed […]
SURAT THANI, 1 February 2016 (NNT) – Over 60 villagers, bungalow operators and Thai and foreign tourists joined hands in the cleaning and tidying of a public beach at Maenam Village on Koh Samui island. They collected garbage, strips of wood and dead seaweed washed up on the beach by monsoon tides which had swept […]
KRABI — Five Chinese travelers were slightly injured in a speedboat crash yesterday near Krabi’s Koh Phi Phi. The Bantita 9 was carrying about 40 Chinese tourists from Koh Phi Phi Leh en route to Phuket on Thursday night when it was hit by another speedboat called Leelu 3, 25-year-old boat operator Suwit Saithong told […]
