NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man was stabbed to death at a wedding party in Nopphitam district on Tuesday night, police said. Pol Col Veerachat Khuhamuk, the Nopphitam police chief, said the victim was attacked without warning by a man who arrived on a motorcycle about 9.45pm, at a house in Moo 4 village in tambon […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Authorities are investigating an armed attack on a pickup truck carrying illegal migrants from Myanmar that left one man dead and three injured on Friday morning. The attack happened on the Nong Kham-Nong Nun Road in tambon Koh Lak of Muang district, said Pol Lt Methasit Na Patthalung, investigation officer at the […]
BANGKOK, April 28 (TNA) – The personnel of the Second Naval Area Command arrested nine crewmembers on two Vietnamese fishing boats for illegally fishing off Songkhla province. Vice Adm Pokkrong Monthatpalin, spokesman of the Royal Thai Navy, said the fishing boats were spotted while they were illegally dredging sea cucumbers about 80 miles off the […]
KRABI: A former popular boxer has been arrested for allegedly stealing a British tourist’s bag at Ao Nang beach last week. Police apprehended Suwit “Fai” Phuengsom, 31, of Krabi’s Koh Lanta district, at a house in Muang district on Wednesday on charges of theft and carrying a knife in public. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK […]
SONGKHLA: Muslim people and religious leaders in Thepha and Chana districts of this southern province have voiced their opposition to a plan by TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP), a major waste-to-energy power plant operator, to build a large statue of Guan Yin, the goddess of compassion in Chinese mythology, in a Muslim community. They said […]
The Administrative Court in Thailand’s southern province of Yala issued a ruling on Thursday against a ban on the wearing of the hijab, or head scarf, in school. The landmark ruling ends four years of court battles between about 20 parents of students attending a school in Pattani on the one hand and the Ministry […]
SURAT THANI: Koh Phangan aims to promote long-term sustainable tourism to attract more than just Full Moon Party visitors, with the aim of 100,000 arrivals this year following the relaxation of travel rules. The Full Moon Party on April 16, alongside the Songkran holiday, helped the island post its highest occupancy rate since January at […]
CHONBURI, April 20 (TNA) – The Royal Thai Navy and the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand organized sailing championships in the Gulf of Thailand in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great (King Rama IX) who historically sailed across the gulf 56 years ago. On April 19, 1966, the late king sailed “Vega”, the OK […]
