SONGKHLA: A male French national was found dead in a guesthouse in Hat Yai district of this southern province on Sunday. The cause of his death is being investigated, police said. A team of police and doctors from Hat Yai Hospital went to room number 358 of the guesthouse on Nipat Uthis 2 road in […]
Two southern militants were shot dead while one paramilitary ranger and an 8-year-old girl were injured in a fierce gun battle in Yaring district of the southernmost province of Pattani this morning. The clash today was a follow-up operation mounted by security forces to pursue suspected militants believed to be hiding in areas behind the […]
PHUKET: A 77-year-old Norwegian tourist has died after being pulled from the water unconscious at Nang Thong Beach near Khaolak, north of Phuket, yesterday (Jan 8). The Andaman Hub Medical Center was notified the incident at 4pm and responded by sending an emergency team, police noted in their report. Full story: thephuketnews.com By Eakkapop Thongtub […]
KRABI, Jan 7 (TNA) – A Ukrainian couple has been rescued after being lost in a forest trail in Thailand’s Krabi province for eight hours. The tourists started off their trekking at a viewpoint of Khao Ngon Nak Mountain, located inside Noppharatara-Phi Phi Island National Park around 5 pm on Sunday. After realizing of getting […]
A ranger guarding a school in Pattani’s Yarang district was injured when insurgents detonated a homemade bomb on Tuesday morning. Private First Class Sarawut Ahmamool, 28, from the 22nd Ranger Regiment was severely injured in the 8am explosion about 100 metres from the Thairath Witthaya 52 School in Ban Pong Sakho in Tambon Mohmawee. Full […]
RATCHABURI: A man was killed when he drove through a rail barrier and was hit by a Bangkok-bound passenger train at a crossing in Ban Pong district on Saturday morning. The incident occurred at the railway crossing near a bridge in tambon Nong Kob, said Pol Col Surachai Boon-in, a duty-officer at Ban Pong police […]
BANGKOK, Jan 5 (TNA) – Three major cell phone operators in Thailand are now resolving their network disruptions following the impact of tropical storm ‘Pabuk’. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Friday urgently invited the three operators including Advanced Info Services Public Co., Ltd. (AIS), True and the DTAC for discussions on Friday […]
Bangkok Airways has cancelled all flights to and from Samui airport on Friday, citing passengers’ safety, as tropical storm Pabuk moves towards the southern region. The airline said on Thursday it decided to suspend the service on Friday in the face of expected gusty winds and heavy rain in the Gulf of Thailand brought by […]
