NARATHIWAT, May 12 – At least one person was killed and 14 others wounded in a series of bombings in Thailand’s southernmost provinces of Narathiwat and Yala yesterday. Six explosions occurred in Narathiwat’s Su-ngai Kolok district, with at least one person reported dead and nine others were wounded. Read more: MCOT
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN – A British man has been found dead on the southern railway tracks in Muang district of this central province, police said on Thursday. The victim was identified as Matthew Lawlor. Read more: Bangkok Post
Two elephants in Hua Hin woke up on Sunday morning with a hangover to rival that of the movie franchise of the same name, finding their tusks significantly shorter and their tails less furry. 65-year-old Plai Boonmee and 24-year-old Plai Thong of Hutsadin elephant foundation were drugged and robbed in the night. Plai Boonmee, being […]
SONGKHLA, May 6 – Two separate bomb attacks rocked Hat Yai, the business district of Songkhla, this afternoon and injured at least 10 persons. Fourth Army Region commander Lt Gen Walit Rojanapakdi said four of the 10 victims remain hospitalised for further treatment, but not with life threatening injuries. Read more: MCOT
SURAT THANI — The police say they have arrested a Briton who allegedly took off with nearly 179,000 baht in an armed robbery of a convenience store on Koh Samui island last week. Mark Kerby (name transcribed from Thai text) was arrested at around 2:00 a.m. at a bar in Bo Put district following a […]
SURAT THANI — Police say an armed foreigner robbed a convenience store on Koh Samui island yesterday and took off with more than 178,000 baht in cash. The robbery took place at a Family Mart store at around 10:30 a.m., according to the police. The cashier, Metta Laksanasuk, 28, said she and her coworker were […]
A popular British Expat in Koh Samui Mr. Thomas Graham, 38, died unexpectedly on Sunday morning. SURAT THANI – April 27, 2014 [PDN]; at 8.00 a.m.; Pol.Capt. Anumat Ruenphanit (police on duty of Bor Phood police station, Amphur Koh Samui, Surat Thani Province) was notified that there was a foreign tourist lying dead in a […]
BANGKOK, April 27 – Railway lines will be temporarily closed for repair work next month after some rail tracks were found broken following extensive wear, said the State Railways of Thailand (SRT) governor on Sunday. SRT governor Prapat Jongsanguan said the southern lines was the next target for track repairs after such work for […]
