A recent visit to an Islamic education centre in Narathiwat by a local senior Buddhist monk, accompanied by a group of soldiers, has triggered uproar in the Muslim community in the deep south and was heavily criticised on the second day of the House debate against the Prayut government on Thursday morning. Army officials, however, […]
PATTANI: A retired religious leader was shot dead while returning home from a local mosque in Sai Buri district on Tuesday night. Dulloh Roding, 68, was found lying in a pool of blood on a road at Thung Nui village Moo 1 in tambon Laharn, Sai Buri police chief Pol Col Chalermchai Phetkard said. Full […]
An earthquake was reported this afternoon (February 13th) in the Kapong district with tremors felt in the Kapong and Takua Pa district of Phang Nga. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported at 2:43 P.M. of an earthquake in the Tha Na sub-district in Kapong. The earthquake was at 3.7 on the Richter’s […]
Songkhla Provincial Court on Friday handed a death sentence to six convicts who gunned down a Malaysian businessman in Hat Yai district in 2015, says the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The driver and the shooter, however, had their penalties cut in half to lifelong sentences as they both pleaded guilty, Kosolwat Inthuchanyong, the […]
Police have arrested a gang of hired gunmen, alleged to be responsible for more than 30 serious crimes in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, including the recent killing of a member of the Tambon (sub-district) Administrative Organisation (TAO) in Phra Saeng district. Pol Lt-Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, commissioner of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), told the […]
The Full Moon party was mainly run after midnight (February 6th) and was at the Rin Beach in Baan Tai. Rooms were fully booked and restaurants were full of customers. Speedboats were dropping passengers at Samui Pier and Phangan Pier from night until morning. Mr. Wijarn Junthawijit, the Koh Phangan District Chief told Thai media, […]
Nine Swedish tourists have survived after a long-tailed boat capsized in Krabi. Rescue teams went to the scene to find nine male and female Swedish nationals and the boat captain in the sea near the long-tailed boat which was capsized. They were all rescued and safely taken back to land. Full story: thephuketexpress.com By Goongnang […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Feb 6 (TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Royal Thai Army organize the Amazing Thailand Muay Thai Festival to mark the National Muay Thai Day on Feb 6 and to promote the national heritage and tourism. The festival takes place from Feb 4-6 at Rajabhakti Park and Suan […]
