A decomposed body of an unidentified man washed ashore at a beach in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Saturday. Police said the body was spotted at the beach in Moo 9 village in Tambon Na Saton in Hua Sai district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A school of black-tip reef sharks has been sighted swimming in knee-deep water around the beaches of Phi-Phi islands, off the southern province of Krabi, causing excitement among conservationists, Even Dr Thorn Thamrongnavasawat, a well-known marine scientist attached to the fishery faculty of Kasetsart University, admitted he was astonished by the sighting of the sharks. […]
PHATTHALUNG: A tomboy has been arrested for allegedly procuring a schoolgirl to work in the sex trade after delivering the 14-year-old to a customer at a motel in Muang district. The police stakeout was part of an investigation into the operations of organised gangs in the province providing customers with under-age girls for sex. Full […]
NARATHIWAT: Seven people posing as a family on tour were arrested near the border in Sungai Kolok district after methamphetamine valued at over 35 million baht was found hidden inside the van they had travelled in from the Central Plains. The six men and one woman were found to have 710,000 speed pills, worth about […]
Two paramilitary rangers, a deputy village head and an elderly villager were killed and another ranger injured during a spate of attacks in southern border provinces beginning Sunday evening. About 5.30pm on Sunday, gunmen fired at officials guarding Tha Yee market in Ban Huay Pling village of Thepha district in Songkhla province. Paramilitary rangers Krisada […]
Food-shop owners and street food sellers in Hua Hin seaside resort town will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Hua Hin municipal administration which requires them to strictly abide by trading rules and, most importantly, not to overcharge their customers, especially for seafoods. The measure to rein in the food sellers in the famous […]
PATTANI: Gunfire hit an operation base of Ranger Company 4316 at Ban Bango Sako in tambon Kholo Tanyong of Nong Chik district on Saturday night. No casualties were reported, police said. Rangers on guard duty said that at about 7.15pm a number of unidentified men on a pick-up truck and a motorcycle launched an M79 […]
PHATTHALUNG: A six-wheeler crashed into a school bus stopped in heavy rain, injuring nine pupils and five adults, on the Phetkasem Highway in Muang district on Friday morning. The accident happened about 7.10am. The bus, a modified truck with row seats, had stopped on the side of the road to pick up passengers at Moo […]
