RAYONG — A South Korean man was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of allegedly murdering and dismembering a compatriot in Rayong province earlier this week. The Crime Suppression Division said the man, identified as Gim Hyeonjun, turned himself in to the South Korean Embassy, which brought him to the Thai authorities at about 1am this […]
SURAT THANI: A Bangkok-Yala express train hit a pickup truck, killing a 34-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son on their way to school in tambon Khanthulee of Tha Chana district on Tuesday morning. Police at Tha Chana station were informed of the crash at about 7.30am. It occurred at a level crossing without a barrier […]
SONGKHLA: A construction contractor plunged to his death from the roof of a two-storey house in Hat Yai district after he was electrocuted on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred while Pornprasert Chatree, 69, was fixing the roof of the house on Ratana-Uthit road by replacing roof tiles with six metal sheets. Full story: Bangkok […]
A 58-year-old Chinese tourist, who was battered by waves in the sea off Koh Samet’s Haad Sai Kaew Beach in Rayong province on Saturday afternoon, died while being transported to a Muang district hospital. The victim was swimming along with dozens of tourists, Ban Phe Police Station inspector Pol Lt-Colonel Khajornsilpa Sombutr said on Sunday. […]
A group of armed men stormed a Buddhist temple in Su-ngai Padi district of the southernmost province of Narathiwat Friday night, killing the abbot and three other monks. The dead victims were identified as Phra Khru Prachote Rattananurak, the temple abbot, Phra Samu Atthaporn Khum-ampai, Phra Prawet Sukkaew and Phra Thanachote Chumlert. Full story: thaipbsworld.com […]
PATTANI: A bomb blast seriously injured two policemen on teacher-protection duty in Nong Chik district on Friday morning. The bomb was detonated on the side of a road teachers use regularly to travel to school in Ban Tha Yalo of tambon Tuyong about 7.55am. Full story: Bangkok Post ABDULLAH BENJAKAT BANGKOK POST
The remains of two young Omura whales were separately found on Songkhla’s beaches. They were probably from the same herd. On Thursday, Pak Tae Ra villagers in Ranote district alerted a regional maritime research centre that a big whale was found on the beach. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Police suspect the driver of a bus carrying 23 Filipino tourists from Bangkok to Phuket overnight Monday fell asleep at the wheel, resulting in a 100-metre off-road detour that left him and a passenger injured. There were no indications on the asphalt that Thaweesak Chidkua, 36, had applied the brakes before striking a road sign […]
