KOH PHANGAN – A 70-year-old American national died on the morning of September 28 after a fall from the second-floor balcony of his residence on Koh Phangan. Police and rescue units were dispatched to the scene in Moo 7 of the island’s subdistrict following an emergency call from the man’s wife. Foreign-run E-Bike Tour Company […]
SURAT THANI – A tour company illegally operated by a German national and a Myanmar citizen on Koh Phangan has been shut down by tourist police. The arrests took place at noon on Monday following complaints from local residents regarding unregistered electric motorcycles being driven at high speeds by tourists under the company’s guidance. Foreign […]
PATTANI/NARATHIWAT — Insurgents launched coordinated attacks in Thailand’s restive southern provinces late Friday and early Saturday, detonating an explosive device at a police kiosk in Pattani and setting fire to a wood processing plant in Narathiwat. Bomb and Gunfire Attack Injure Four Rangers in Narathiwat In Sai Buri district, Pattani, a powerful improvised explosive device […]
NARATHIWAT — Four paramilitary rangers were wounded in a coordinated attack involving a roadside bomb and subsequent gunfire in Su-ngai Padi district on Wednesday morning. The assault occurred at approximately 7:53 a.m. during a routine security patrol, highlighting ongoing unrest in Thailand’s southern border provinces. Two Insurgents Killed in Songkhla Clashes Amid Southern Violence The […]
SONGKHLA — Two suspected insurgents were shot dead by security forces in a fierce firefight in the mountains of Sabayoi district on Friday morning, as ongoing violence continues to grip Thailand’s deep south. The clash occurred near the border with Pattani province, where militants attempted to flee after breaking through a military siege. Clashes Erupt […]
PHETCHABURI — A police officer from Muang Phetchaburi station shot and killed a couple selling eggs at a local market early Saturday morning before turning the gun on himself in an apparent dispute over competing businesses, the Bangkok Post reported. Thirty-Six Injured, Including Nine Americans, in Phetchaburi Bus Crash The tragedy unfolded around 5:43 a.m. […]
HAT YAI, SONGKHLA — A 25-year-old French tourist was rushed to the hospital on Thursday evening after stabbing himself three times in the abdomen with a pair of scissors inside a chicken rice shop at Kim Yong Market, one of Hat Yai’s busiest commercial areas. Intoxicated Man Stabs Himself in Sri Racha in Front of […]
PHATTHALUNG — Seventeen schoolchildren and the wife of a bus driver sustained injuries on Tuesday afternoon when a pick-up truck skidded on wet roads and collided with a school bus in Khuan Khanun district. The accident occurred amid heavy rainfall that left the road surface dangerously slick. School bus crashes into paddy field in Ubon […]
