According to the Danish paper Ekstra Bladet, the body of a 46 year old Dane was found last week in the waters of Ton Sai beach in Krabi. An eccentric lifestyle makes foul play likely, and a close friend to the Dane dismisses any chance of suicide. Allegedly the 46 the Dane, who has been […]
RANONG, 4 June 2012 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center has announced that an earthquake, measuring at 4.0 on the Richter scale has struck tambon Ngao in Muang district of Ranong province this afternoon. Although the epicenter of the quake is 20 kilometers away from the city center, residents in the district could feel […]
Insurgents launched four coordinated attacks in Pattani on Sunday night but no one was injured, police reported. They fired M79 grenades at two military posts in Pattani’s Yarang district and set fire to a school in the same district as well as burning a cellular site belonging to Dtac in Yaring district. Read more: The […]
PATTANI, June 3 – A man was severely wounded in a shooting early Sunday morning while he was riding a motorcycle back home in the restive province of Pattani, according to local police. Topa Dukae, 45, was attacked by two assailants armed with a pistol while he was riding his own Pattani-registered motorcycle home in […]
Two kindergartens in Yala were closed after some students were found to be infected with hand, foot and mouth disease, Dr Peerapong Paowanasutipaisit, director of Yala Hospital said yesterday. The doctor said that since May 23, the hospital had treated 28 students from kindergartens in the municipality and found them infected with the disease. Read […]
PATTANI, May 28 – Three Thai government security volunteers were killed Monday and four others were wounded when their vehicle was targeted in a roadside bombing as they were on patrol in Kapho district. Investigating police said the defence volunteer patrol was targeted by a hidden roadside explosive device. The explosion also destroyed the pickup […]
BANGKOK, May 26 — Thai Customs Department officials on Saturday rescued 138 endangered pangolins from a syndicate of wildlife smugglers and arrested one suspect in Chumphon as the scaly ant-eaters were enroute to the northeastern province of Nong Khai. The suspect, who was identified as Chumphon resident Mr Pracha Ramai, 22, was arrested while he […]
Police seized pirated football jerseys worth more than Bt1 million during a raid in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district on Thursday. The raid was conducted following complaints by Adidas Thailand and Nike Thailand that the pirated football jerseys were being sold in many areas in Hat Yai including on Sanehhanusorn and Niphatuthit roads. Read more: The […]
