Flash flooding inundates 10 households in Krabi provincial seat; 100 rai of palm, rubber plantations affected; water level reaches 1m high. Read more: MCOT
THE young children of an Adelaide couple have narrowly avoided being kidnapped during a family holiday in Thailand. The couple, James and Naomi Strange had just arrived at the island resort of Ko Chang a fortnight ago when an unidentified woman attempted to take their daughters Milly, 7, and Alannah, 3. Read more: news.com.au
A British angler set a new world record by landing a monster 60kg (9st 6lb) carp which weighs the same as a person. Keith Williams, of Carshalton, Surrey, bagged the catch of the day at Gillham’s fishing resort in Krabi, Thailand. Read more: metro.co.uk
NARATHIWAT, Oct 19 – Thirteen people including reporters were wounded in two separate bombing attacks on Saturday in the southern province of Narathiwat. Pol Col Jiradej Phrasawang, chief of Ra-ngae police station, said the police received reports of the first bomb attack occurring at about 11:10 am when six army rangers were on foot patrol […]
BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Civil Aviation has plans to expand Krabi International Airport, using its 2014 expenditure budget, with an aim to accommodate 3 million passengers by 2015. Deputy Director-General for Airports Seree Jitsopha said that the expansion will cover both the passenger terminal and parking space. Mr. Seree said […]
Three suspected insurgents were shot dead and one arrested in a shootout with security officials in Pattani on Tuesday, after the officials sealed off and raided a village in Thung Yang Daeng district. No officials were injured in the operation. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
Tourist Police yesterday announced the arrest in Songkhla of 30-year-old Khomkrit Imnoey for his alleged role in the murder of English businessman Raymond John Hyde, 68, in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Hua Hin district in 2010. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 9 October 2013 (NNT) – Widespread violence has been reported in southernmost provinces of Yala and Pattani during the past two days, which killed one teacher. Eleven bombs attacks in Yala’s Muang, Bunnangsta and Yaha districts destroyed eight ATM machines. No injuries or deaths were reported. Police are inspecting a closed circuit camera footage […]
