PATTANI, June 15 – A suspected insurgent was killed and one other detained in a clash between security officials and armed insurgents on Saturday in the provincial seat of this restive southern border province. The clash occurred around noon when a combined force of military personnel and police cordoned off a targeted site in Talubo […]
BANGKOK, 12 June 2013 (NNT) – Park rangers in Surat Thani are securing a recently discovered site of prehistoric paintings on a cliff in Phanom district, estimated to be thousands of years old. Deer-like animals and an unknown image were portrayed in the paintings. The site is 200 meters up a cliff after a 2 […]
PATTANI, June 12 – A bomb has damaged a replica of an historic cannon recently installed in front of Krue Se mosque in this southern province. A five-kilogramme bomb broke the recently-installed replica of the historic Phraya Tani cannon into two pieces Tuesday evening. No one was hurt in the incident. Read more: MCOT
A gas leak at a biomass power plant in the southern province of Trang killed a New Zealand engineer and a Thai staff member early Monday morning. The engineer, identified as Michael Kogsin, 36 along with Chavalit Somnok, 37, a system control officer from Buri Ram province, reportedly died after inhaling the toxic gas at […]
BANGKOK, June 5 – Promulgation of the emergency decree in Thailand’s Muslim-predominant southernmost provinces, due to expire on June 19, will be extended for 90 days, the National Security Council (NSC) chief said today. Lt Gen Paradorn Patanatabut said the emergency decree will, however, be replaced by the more lenient Internal Security Act, in five […]
A French man went crazy after he was abandoned by his wife. He ran into a beer bar naked and destroyed everything within the bar. SAMUI – June 4, 2013 [PDN]; Police officers of Koh Samui police station were informed that a foreigner went mad and ran into a beer bar destroyed. He smashed chairs […]
BANGKOK, 3 June 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources are warning tourists of possible jellyfish attacks in southern coastal provinces during the rainy season. Marine biologists have predicted a dangerous jellyfish season in Thailand as the country is entering a monsoon period. The department stated that deadly species of box jellyfish […]
NARATHIWAT, June 4 – A mobile phone shop and a grocery in this southern border province were bombed, wounding three persons. The explosions caused fires at the two shops just 30 metres apart. The fires, which were doused in 15 minutes, destroyed two shops and two houses. Read more: MCOT
