SURAT THANI – A Swiss tourist is missing on Koh Tao, and has not been seen since he went swimming on Saturday, Koh Tao mayor Chaiyan Turasakul said on Monday night. Mr Chaiyan said Suter Hanspeter, 44, went swimming alone off Sairee Beach on Saturday afternoon. Read more: Bangkok Post
Heavy downpours pounded Thailand’s southern region over the weekend, leaving many provinces flooded. Flood situations remained worrying in many communities yesterday and today with some areas were still submerged under 2-meters of water. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
PATTANI — Three soldiers were killed and two others seriously injured in the tumultuous southern province of Pattani after a private opened fire during a heated argument this morning, officials said. Prior to the shootings, the soldiers were drinking alcohol in a boy scout camp in Bo Thong district, which also serves as a barrack […]
A speed boat taking tourists sightseeing which lost contact with its base in Phangnga province on Monday is safe and expected to return to port on Tuesday morning, according to Torpong Wongsathienchai, manager of the operating company, Love Island. Read more: Bangkok Post
1 injured in Bangkok-Yala train collision with car in Nakhon Si Thammarat; Samrong Nua police arrest Lao national with 100,000 meth pills. News source: MCOT MCOT
Two people, one a young woman university student, were killed and three others wounded in two attacks by gunmen in Narathiwat province on Sunday. The young student died after being shot and seriously wounded in Muang district of Narathiwat province, police said. Read more: Bangkok Post
The bodies of a South Korean man and woman, missing after a speedboat accident off Krabi on Sunday, were found yesterday, police said. The woman, identified as An Sun Yang, 28, and a man identified as Go Min Woo, 31, went missing after the “Sea Star 29” speedboat that carried them and 40 other tourists […]
BANGKOK — Police have arrested a Thai woman accused of running a “Nigerian scam” ring in Thailand that has allegedly defrauded millions of baht from unsuspecting victims. Kessanee Mahayothee, 34, was arrested near the Thai – Malaysian border in Songkhla province as she was attempting to leave the country with more than 1.8 million baht […]
