THAILAND, 3th January 2019, (NNT) – According to the latest report, tropical storm Pabuk (ปาบึก) is fast approaching the southern region of Thailand, bringing heavy rain and dangerous waves in the gulf. An oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Thailand is already being battered by the storm. In another area, Lomprayah (ลมพระยา) Company, a […]
SONGKHLA, Jan 3 (TNA) – Southern provinces of Thailand order evacuations and other disaster mitigation measures as Tropical Storm Pabuk is forecast to make a landfall on the coastal areas on Friday. The latest report by the Meteorological Department says at 4.00 p.m. local time on Thursday Pabuk was moving toward the Gulf of Thailand, […]
BANGKOK — Like many others, one Chinese tourist was looking to ring in the new year with a tropical respite. But as happens too often in these final weeks, her plans came to an abrupt end in a road accident that cost her an arm. The Chinese woman recounted online in grisly detail the accident […]
A 41-year-old Thai man shot dead six relatives including his two children aged 6 and 9 before turning the gun on himself during a countdown party at their home in Chumphon’s Pato district on Monday night. Police were alerted to the shootings at 00.20am and, along with forensic officers and rescue workers, rushed to the […]
SONGKHLA: Maximum security measures were ordered and Samila beach and nearby roads in Muang district closed to the public on Thursday after two time bombs exploded overnight and three more were found on the beach. No casualties were reported. The explosions were reported about 10.30pm on Wednesday but security authorities did not inspect the beach […]
BANGKOK, DEC 25 (TNA) – A Turkish fugitive wanted for drug offenses has been nabbed after entering Thailand over 10 times in the past three years. Turkish authorities have requested Thailand to extradite the 46-year-old man Mustafa Yilmazx to face prosecution for possession of illicit drugs for sale, Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpan, Immigration Bureau Chief […]
KOH SAMUI — Island police are on the lookout for a repeat wildlife offender who farms tourists for money by charging them for photos with a gibbon. Koh Samui police were looking Wednesday for Ismail Thalang, 35, after someone posted a video clip of him approaching beach-goers with a small ape slung over his shoulder […]
Over 30,000 foreign tourists flocked to Hat Rin beach on Koh Phangan island in Surat Thani on Saturday for this year’s last Full Moon Party amid tight security. The party started at 1am yesterday when tourists converged at Haad Rin beach, some staying at hotels and guest houses on Koh Phangan and others arriving on […]
