YALA: Six bombs exploded in this southern border province on Dec 31 – two in Muang district and four in Bannang Sata – and the Barisan Revolosi Nasional (BRN) claimed responsibility for the blasts, Pol Maj Gen Tinnakorn Rangmat, the provincial police chief, confirmed on Sunday. In Muang district, the explosions took place at two […]
YALA: Three bombs exploded at two locations in Muang district of this southern border province on Friday night, damaging three power poles and causing power blackouts. No casualties were reported. An unknown number of assailants planted a bomb on Thasab bridge near Yala Central Prison in tambon Sateng at 8.55pm, said Pol Col Trairuek Panyarat, […]
Famous Maya Bay will be open to members of the public from New Year’s Day, but visitors will have to apply in advance and the number is capped at 4,125 per day. Furthermore, the visits are for just one hour with no swimming at all. About 80 representatives of tour operators and guides from Bangkok, […]
PATTANI: A committee member of a local mosque was shot dead as he left his home on his motorbike in Sai Buri district on Sunday night. Pol Capt Somporn Phiandee, a Sai Buri investigator, said Abdulloh Walor was killed about 6.55pm in front of his house, No 67/2 at Moo 5 village in tambon Tro […]
SURAT THANI, Dec 24 (TNA) – Crowded planes were landing on Koh Samui as Thai and foreign tourists were arriving on the southern island for their year-end vacations. As many as 22 flights were scheduled to land with over 2,000 visitors today alone. Bangkok Airways had to operate extra flights to serve the traffic. Full […]
Thai villagers found a baby girl alive after she had been abandoned at least two days earlier in a forest in Krabi province. The newborn was covered in vegetation, her body bore cuts and insect bite marks. According to the US New York Post, a group of men who were collecting rubber from trees made […]
Twelve protesters from Nabon district, in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, began a hunger strike this morning, in front of Government House in Bangkok, to reinforce their demand that the government review the bio-mass power plant project in their area. Leaders of the “Save Nabon” protest said today (Thursday) that the hunger strike […]
An Israeli tourist who sparked a manhunt after leaving his Bangkok hotel without waiting for his Covid-19 test result, which proved positive, surrendered to police on Koh Samui on Wednesday afternoon. He initially headed to Pattaya, but later went south to the holiday island. Full story: Bangkok Post Online Reporters and Supapong Chaolan BANGKOK POST
