NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A rubber farmer in Nakhon Si Thammarat province committed suicide yesterday amid the plunging price of raw rubber, a staple crop for many farmers is southern Thailand. Pithakchai Kongthongkam, 31, doused his body with petrol and lit himself on fire at his home in Thoong Song district yesterday, police say. Read […]
YALA, Aug 28 – Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) has condemned the roadside bomb attack in Pattani province, which resulted in a death of a female teacher. ISOC Fourth Region Forward Command spokesman Col Pramote Prom-in on Thursday expressed sorrow over the death of 28-year-old Patimor Saemasae who was killed in a bomb ambush this […]
PETCHABURI, 29 August 2014 (NNT) – Cha-Am Mayor Nukul Pornsoomboonsiri revealed that the Cha-Am Municipality has imposed strict measures in order prevent speed boat operators from taking advantage of tourists. The municipality now requires speed boat operators to clearly post their price charts stating the rental fees to prevent tourists from being overcharged. In addition, […]
SURAT THANI — Public health officials are urging tourists to be cautious around box jellyfish in the seas surrounding Koh Pha Ngan island after a five-year-old French boy died from the jellyfish’s poisonous sting over the weekend. The boy was reportedly attacked by a group of box jellyfish while he was swimming with his family […]
An orchard owner has been charged after a wild elephant was killed by exposed live wires at a mango orchard in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Friday morning. The incident took place at a 50-rai orchard in the remote village of Ban Nong Pao Pi. Read more: Bangkok Post
SURAT THANI — Three Thai teenagers have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a German bar owner to death on Koh Samui island yesterday. The three suspects are between 15 and 17 years old, said Pol.Col. Satit Prom-uthai, an officer at Bo Phut Police Station. Read more: khaosod.co.th
A Thai Lion Air flight was forced to return to Hat Yai airport for an emergency landing on Wednesday after a co-pilot lost consciousness 20 minutes after take-off and later died. Worawut Kongkositkul, who is in charge of flight operations for the airline, said Peter Esberte, who co-piloted flight SL8537 from Hat Yai to Bangkok, […]
SURAT THANI — A group of Thai teenagers allegedly stabbed a German bar owner to death this morning on the popular tourist island of Koh Samui. Police say the 46-year-old German man was an owner of 99 Beer Bar on Chaweng Beach, one of the island’s well-known entertainment districts. Read more: khaosod.co.th
