SURAT THANI, March 12 (TNA) – Five bombs rocked the southern province of Surat Thani Friday morning as the anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) began moving to the capital for the mass gathering aimed to topple the government. No one was wounded in the five incidents. Late police reports said demolitions experts […]
BANGKOK, March 7 (TNA) — An investigation into massive losses of weapons and explosives stolen from an arms depot of a military camp in the southern province of Phatthalung is underway, according to Panitan Wattanayagorn, acting government spokesman. The incident was reported to police and concerned officials last Thursday, said Dr Panitan, adding that investigators […]
Pattani, Thailand – A spate of bombs planted at bank automatic teller machines in Thailand’s violence-wracked southern province of Narathiwat exploded Tuesday, injuring two people. Bombs were detonated at four ATM booths and one beauty parlour in the province, which is 800 kilometres south of Bangkok and borders Malaysia, said Internal Security Operations Command southern […]
Southwest Thailand, home to the resort islands of Phuket and Phi Phi, has battled back from the devastation of 2004’s powerfully destructive tsunami. Travel writer Beverly Beyette, who visited a year after the tsunami, returned again recently. Rebuilt and new hotels abound, and boats travel the Andaman coast, ferrying day-trippers to such destinations as Koh […]
An Israeli traveler, 22, was killed Sunday night at a full-moon party in Thailand, when an electrical cord fell into the pool in which he was swimming. The youth’s family has been notified of his death and the Foreign Ministry is arranging for his body to be brought back to Israel. Earlier this month, the […]
Nakhon Si Thammarat – A speed boat carrying eight Norwegian tourists to Koh Samui in Surat Thani capsized Monday afternoon and the tourists were safely rescued, police said. The accident happened at about 2:50 pm when the boat was between Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Khanom district and Surat Thani’s Samui district. The speed boat left the […]
Bombs, guns greet Abhisit, Najib The Malaysian and Thai prime ministers made a historic joint visit Wednesday to Thailand’s restive south where a bloody separatist insurgency has left more than 4,000 dead. Security was tight for the trip after a spike in deadly bombings and shootings that has left 10 people dead since Monday, underscoring […]
The recent discovery of a deep sea coral reef in the southern province of Phang Nga opens another site for diving lovers. Situated some 25 metres beneath the ocean some five sea miles off the coast of Takua Pa district, ‘Kong Hin E Tan’, where the reefs are located, covers about 300 rai (120 acres) […]
