SURAT THANI: Koh Samui has seen more cruise ships and private yachts arriving after travel restrictions were eased. Among them are superyachts owned by a Russian billionaire businessman and a British billionaire investor. Reports on Saturday said 54-year-old Russian businessman, and chairman of the Absolut Group, Alexander Alexandrovich Svetakov, is taking a break in Koh […]
Three employees were killed and four others were injured in an explosion and fire at a smelting works in Photharam district of Thailand’s Ratchaburi province last night (Saturday). Police said that three electricians were sent to the works to repair a malfunctioning control board but, while they were working on the device, it exploded and […]
SURAT THANI: The popular Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan in this southern coastal province drew about 20,000 tourists on Friday night. Hotels on Koh Phangan, particularly along Haad Rin beach in tambon Ban Tai where the party is held each month, enjoyed full bookings. The beach was packed with Thai and foreign revellers, numbering […]
The commander of the 4th Army Region and six other soldiers were injured when an army helicopter crashed into a tree during an emergency landing in Thepha district of Songkhla on Friday morning. Col Pramote Prom-in, 4th Army spokesman, said the Black Hawk helicopter carrying Lt Gen Kriangkrai Srirak, the commander of the 4th Army […]
SURAT THANI: A mild earthquake occurred in Ban Ta Khun district of this southern province on Wednesday morning. It had no impact on Rajjaprabha Dam, or other smaller dams in the area, and there were no reports of other damage. Full story: Bangkok Post Supapong Chaolan BANGKOK POST
A French tourist’s body was found on the morning of yesterday July 11th, after drowning and going missing for a day near Koh Chang’s Lonely Beach in the Trat province. Koh Chang District Chief Mr. Sirisak Phadungchok revealed that he and twenty other rescuers resumed a search for Mr. Ramkurrun (last name withheld), a 22-year-old […]
SURAT THANI: All island ferry services were halted as ships and boats were ordered to remain ashore until at least Tuesday as storms whipped up high seas in the Gulf of Thailand. The ban covered ferry services from Surat Thani to Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao and from Koh Tao to Chumphon. Full […]
A Spanish tourist has drowned in the seas off Koh Chang, in the eastern province of Trat, and a French tourist is still missing after both went swimming in rough seas, in spite of red flag warning signs on the beaches. A volunteer rescue unit from the Sawang Boon Foundation was alerted this morning (Sunday) […]
