PHANG NGA: A total of 11 people, including four foreign tourists, were taken to safety in the early hours of today (Feb 24) after the dive boat they were on board of sank off Similan Islands. The Similan Islands National Park Headquater and the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command base in Phang Nga received […]
CHUMPHON: A passenger van rammed into a tree on the median of Highway 41 in Sawi district of this southern province on Sunday morning, killing the driver and five officials of the Marine Department and seriously wounding five other department officials, police said. Police said the accident occurred at 11am at kilometre marker 40 of […]
PHUKET: An Israeli man sustained serious injuries when the jet ski he was riding with a friend crashed into a speedboat off Khai Nok Island last Thursday (Feb 21). At 17.15pm yesterday (Feb 22), Phang Nga Immigration Bureau notified the Tourist Assistance Centre (TAC) that a tourist from Israel sustained serious injuries to his head […]
A Buddhist temple was fired at allegedly by insurgents on Wednesday night but no one was injured, police said. Police said Wat Thep Nimit in Moo 5 village in Tambon Ban Klang in Panare district was fired at about 10 times. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
KRABI, Feb 21 (TNA) – A five-year-old Finnish boy remains hospitalized after he was mauled by a pack of five stray dogs at Ao Nang beach in Krabi province yesterday. His condition has improved and he is put under close medical surveillance. He may need 3-5 more days to recover, according to a doctor. Full […]
CHANTHABURI: A small bomb was detonated at an ATM in Khlung district about 2am on Wednesday, but the cashbox remained intact and the two would-be robbers fled empty handed. The explosion occurred as an ATM in front of I Mang Credit Union Cooperative on Sueng Patana Sai 5 Road in tambon Sueng. Full story: Bangkok […]
Two Italian tourists have been injured, one of them seriously, when they were thrown off an elephant at the Bang Kaeo Adventure elephant camp in Thailand’s southern province of Phang-nga on Tuesday. Muang district police, went to the park in Tambon Song Praek to investigate after being alerted of the incident by camp officials. Police […]
NARATHIWAT, Feb 20 (TNA) – A crocodile was spotted off Narathat beach in Narathiwat, prompting local authorities to impose a swimming ban for the safety of tourists. A villager reported a crocodile sighting yesterday to the local fisheries office. Full story: tnamcot.com TNA
