A 32-year-old Czech tourist was killed after he fell 30 metres down waterfall in Koh Samui, off Surat Thani province while posing for photo near the edge of the cliff on Thursday (Feb 22). J. B., a tourist from Czech Republic, travelled on a rented motorbike to Bang Khun Sri waterfall with eight other tourists, […]
Violence in Thailand’s Deep South escalated in recent weeks as hardline insurgents tried to dissuade comrades from surrendering through the military’s Bring People Home rehabilitation program, a leader of the region’s biggest rebel group said Wednesday. Hardliners launched the attacks this month to create fear among other insurgents, the political wing leader of Barisan Revolusi […]
A business conflict or jealousy are the suspected motives in the killing on Wednesday night of the chief public works engineer with the Krabi provincial administrative organisation. Montree Upala, 57, was driving his pickup truck on Thungyai-Lamthap Road in Ban Khuankhiam village in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thungyai district when a hail of gunfire struck the […]
Surat Thani man has admitted to killing his younger brother by tying him up and throwing him in a pond. Police were on Tuesday night inspecting the scene in Moo 8 village, Phra Saeng district, where the bound body of Apichart Nooduang, 33, was pulled from the pond. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Twenty-three tourists were stung by bluebottle jellyfish at two popular beaches in Songkhla during the past three days, a senior public health official said on Tuesday. Doctor Uthitsak Hariratanakul, chief Songkhla public health officer, said the 23 swimmers were injured by the jellyfish at the Chalathat and Samila beaches between Saturday and Monday. Full story: […]
Three policemen were injured in an ambush on Monday night when insurgents detonated a roadside bomb and opened fire on their patrol vehicle. The attack happened at 8.50pm on the Joh I Rong-Bukit Road in Ban Joh I Rong village in Tambon Bukit of Narathiwat’s Joh I Rong district. Full story: The Nation By The […]
KRABI — Residents on Monday asked that tourists visiting Railay Beach caves to stop etching messages and names into the rocks of the popular travel destination. Local residents said a 200-meter stretch of cave and cliff walls leading up to Phra Nang Cave on Railay Beach are almost completely defaced by visiting tourists. Full story: […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A 77-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle was hit by an oncoming SUV on Highway 41 in Tham Phannara district on Sunday morning, police said. Pol Lt Samphan Wattanasong, a Tham Phannara duty police officer, said the accident happened at about 8.30am on a south-bound lane of Highway 41 near Village […]
