SURAT THANI: Two British nationals and one Belgian who recently arrived on Koh Samui were found to be infected with the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, the provincial health office said on Monday. They were the first Omicron cases detected in Surat Thani, the province that includes the resort island. Full story: Bangkok Post […]
KRABI, Dec 17 (TNA) – Officials have brought under control the riot that erupted at the Krabi prison late last night when inmates demanded that the prisoners who were infected with COVID-19 be treated outside their jail. The riot started at about 10pm when 400 inmates tried to burn their cells and break down walls […]
Inmates rioted at the Krabi Provincial Prison on Thursday night, demanding better care following a Covid-19 outbreak there, a Justice Ministry spokesman said. Thanakrit Jit-areerat, secretary to the justice minister, said on Friday that about 70 inmates rioted late on Thursday night. They caused damage to their cells and a workshop, set a fire and […]
SONGKHLA: A headless human body, decomposed to the bones, was found on an ocean beach by a man out for a walk on Wednesday morning in Muang district. Taweesak Singthong, 72, reported to police that he came across the skeletal remains near the shoreline at Moo 3 village in tambon Khao Rup Chang, Pol Capt […]
YALA, Dec 15 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha is visiting Yala and Pattani provinces to follow up on the implementation progress of the Government’s policies on socio-economic and security development there, according to Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana. Prime Minister and delegation attended a meeting at Yala Provincial Government Center Building. […]
Picturesque Maya Bay in Thailand’s southern province of Krabi will reopen to visitors on New Year’s Day, 2022, but with strict conditions attached, including no swimming in the bay and the number of visitors at one time will be limited to no more than 375. Asst. Prof. Dr. Thon Thamrongnawasawat, vice dean of the Faculty […]
BANGKOK, Dec 14 (TNA) – The State Railway of Thailand said it resumed train service through Pattani after a bombing of a commuter train in the southern border province of Pattani on Monday afternoon. SRT’s PR director Ekarat Sri-arayanpong said the bombing with an improvised explosive device at the Ban Nikhom train station at 12.25pm […]
Two monks, and the two paramilitary rangers escorting them, narrowly escaped serious injury and death this morning (Saturday) when an explosive device, hidden in a roadside waste bin, was detonated about a minute after they walked past it in Ruesoh district of the southern border province of Narathiwat. Police said that four shop houses and […]
