SURAT THANI — A dispute over all-night partying led to recent gunfire which hit tourists’ rooms on the southern island of Koh Phangan, police said today. Five gunshots fired Tuesday at the Palita Lodge on Haad Rin Nok, the site of the island’s infamous “Full Moon Party,” are thought by police to be retaliation over […]
Six fishermen, one Thai and five Cambodians, have died from mysterious sickness, while they were on board two trawlers fishing in high sea near the Indian Ocean. Twenty others were also sicked and were rushed to Ranong provincial hospital soon after two fishing boats arrived on shore in Ranong last night. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 14 January 2016 (NNT) – The province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has launched a forest reclamation campaign in the Khao Luang Mountain Range. Nakhon Sri Thammarat Governor Peerasak Hinmuangkao has led a team of soldiers, police officers and journalists to inspect the forest areas, particularly in Prom Khiri and Lansaka districts, after […]
A young Briton tragically died during a holiday in Koh Tao, a island very popular amongst backpackers and travellers who want learn about scuba diving in Thailand. Luke Miller, 26, was found dead in Koh Tao, the same island where British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were murdered in September 2014 while walking home […]
Three Malaysian fishing trawlers have been seized and 12 Thai crewmen and boat skippers arrested for fishing illegally in the Thai waters off Satun province. Vice Adm Sayan Prasongsamret, commander of the Third Navy Area, on Saturday announced the seizure of the three Malaysian fishing vessels and the arrest of the 12 Thai men — […]
Eleven Rohingya children and women have again run away from a shelter in Phang Nga province. Khao Lak Police Station inspector Lt-Colonel Bandhit Hattapithiphan said yesterday that recordings from security cameras showed the group left together at about 2am yesterday. Read more: The Nation
Five persons were killed and a dozen injured when a Thonburi-Langsuan passenger train crashed into a running truck at a railway crossing in Phetchaburi province. The incident happened at Khao Thamon railway station in Phetchaburi province at 10.35 am today. Read more: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
SURAT THANI — A 31-year-old Croatian man on his honeymoon died after falling off a steep waterfall in Koh Samui district. Identified as T. L., the man plunged the equivalent of eight stories from a viewing area about two-thirds the way up the 39-metre-tall Khun Si waterfall in tambon Mae Nam, Pol Cap Sirachat Kamunee, […]
