A train bounding for Bangkok from Trang derailed in Prachuab Khiri Khan on Monday morning, killing at least seven passengers and injuring many others. The accident happened at about 4.45am at Khao Tao station in the province’s Hua Hin district. A Nation reporter at the scene said that ten of 15 compartments derailed. The train […]
Long associated with debauchery and wild Full Moon parties, moves are afoot to change Koh Phangan’s image and make it a drugs-free island. Koh Phangan, long associated with wild Full Moon parties, is undergoing an image change to make the island a family destination. The monthly all-night Full Moon party on the Surat Thani island’s […]
Eleven people were shot dead as violence flared Wednesday in Thailand’s majority-Muslim south, where a separatist rebellion has been going on for more than five years. Police said militants shot dead 10 civilians and a soldier in Narathiwat and neighbouring Pattani province. Many of those killed were Muslim, including a religious teacher and his 13-year-old […]
Residents and holiday makers on the island of Samui need to think twice before taking illegal drugs. The island’s District Chief Sakchai Jorphalit is heading an operation to stamp out the use and dealing of narcotic drugs.
Known as Post Box 188, th…
The airport on Koh Samui has reopened after the fatal crash on Tuesday afternoon of Bangkok Airways flight PG 266, in which the main pilot, Chatchai Punsuvan, was killed and four passengers and the co-pilot were seriously injured.
There has been a lo…
Travellers trying to leave or get to Samui were resorting to ferries following the closure of the island’s airport while investigators attend to Wednesday’s accident.
Havoc was created to travel plans on this island which receives most its visitors by…
Passengers aboard an ATR inter-island flight that crashed on landing at Samui airport have escaped with their lives, however the captain perished and several have been critically injured when the Bangkok Airways flight crashed into a disused control to…
If you’re staying on the island of Samui this summer and love gourmet food you will find plenty of excellent restaurants to choose from. This season a number of Samui’s leading restaurants are offering discounts, meaning that it is now even cheaper to dine on the best that the island has to offer. One of […]
