PHUKET, Thailand – Two US Navy warships carrying more than 5,100 personnel dropped anchor off Phuket on Sunday for a six-day port visit, with thousands of sailors heading ashore for rest and recreation before the vessels depart on Friday. USS George HW Bush to Bring 5,000 Sailors to Phuket for Six-Day Port Call The nuclear […]
PATTAYA, Thailand – A grilled-squid seller in South Pattaya has filed a police complaint after a foreign man allegedly returned to her stall and fired what appeared to be a replica gun four or five times, sending bystanders running for cover. French-African Man Shot, Held in Bangkok After Knife Attack on Police Kanyarat Yenchuchit, 27, […]
PRACHIN BURI, Thailand – Prachin Buri has emerged as one of the hardest-hit provinces in Thailand’s flood crisis, with all seven districts declared disaster zones, 55,286 households affected and nine people confirmed dead. Flood Alerts Expand as Rain Persists Across Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul toured the province on Sunday to gauge conditions and hear […]
PHUKET, Thailand – A 35-year-old American man has been found dead on a bed in his Patong hotel room, with police saying the cause of death is still being investigated. American Tourist Found Dead In Phuket Hotel Room Officers were called at 2pm on 4 October after the body was discovered at a hotel on […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Customs officers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport have detained two foreigners who arrived from Indonesia after allegedly trying to smuggle US dollar banknotes worth about 56 million baht into Thailand. Thai Airways Shares Tumble as Suvarnabhumi Baggage Chaos Drags On The pair were stopped on 30 September when officers searched their luggage on […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Authorities have widened flood warnings to provinces along the Chao Phraya River, plus Phetchaburi, Chachoengsao and the South, as accumulated water and fresh rainfall keep the crisis alive despite receding levels in the Mae Klong and Chao Phraya basins. Thai PM Orders 76 Provinces To Prepare For Rain Deputy government spokeswoman Lalida […]
PHUKET, Thailand – The nine-day Vegetarian Festival is forecast to pull in around 140,000 domestic travellers and pump more than 1.3 billion baht into the local economy, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Phuket Launches Bicentennial Vegetarian Festival with Sacred Ceremony Siriwan Siharat, director of the TAT’s Phuket office, described the event as one […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – A Thai woman and a German woman died early on 3 October after being hit by a car while crossing the road in Bangkok’s Thong Lor area, with police saying the driver was over the legal alcohol limit and now faces charges of drink-driving causing death. Tragic Hit-and-Run in Khao Lak Claims […]
