SURAT THANI: A speedboat moored off a boat pier on Ko Samui island caught fire and sank late on Saturday night. Nobody was hurt. The Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) said the incident occurred around midnight near the Bang Rak boat pier in tambon Bo Phut of Ko Samui district. Full story: Bangkok Post […]
A German man has gone missing after he reportedly jumped from a ferry near Phangan Island in Surat Thani. The Royal Thai Navy Second Area Command reported to Thai media that they were notified that a male foreign tourist jumped from a ferry heading from Phangan Island at 7:00 P.M. last night (January 31st) to […]
A 67-year-old American motorbike rider died after his “big bike” collided with a trailer truck in Phang Nga. The Mueang Phang Nga Police were notified of the accident at 5:30 P.M. yesterday (January 31st) on Phet Kasem Road in the Mueang Phang Nga District. Police and emergency responders arrived at a curve on the northbound […]
Three foreign tourists have been rescued after they got lost in a forest on Phangan Island in Surat Thani. The head of the Than Sadet- Koh Pha-Ngan National Park Mr. Thikamphon Penchaom told TPN Media, “We were notified from a village head man of the missing tourists in the Baan Tai sub-district yesterday (January 30th) […]
Three Chinese men have been rescued after a sailboat broke down from strong winds near an island in Krabi. The Krabi Marine Police told the Phuket Express that on Saturday (January 28th) they were notified that a mast and engine of a sailboat were broken. The sailboat was floating near the Fourth Island (Koh See). […]
An early morning pursuit ended with two injuries after a guest opened fire at a Rayong resort owner for denying him a free stay. Police were called to the resort in Klaeng district at 3am on Saturday to respond to a reported shooting. A team of officers arrived and found resort owner Thanapisit Thanaratpiwat, 42, […]
The Surat Thani Immigration officers told the Phuket Express that this week they have arrested Mr. A. N., 36, British national, at a hotel in Maret on Samui Island. He is now at 25 days of overstaying his legal visa according to officer. He was taken to the Bo Phut Police Station to face overstaying […]
A Thai national park official has warned tourists after a foreigner climbed without any equipment on a cliff in the famous Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park. Photos of the unidentified foreigner free climbing went viral on a Krabi Facebook group. The foreigner was climbing on a cliff without any safety equipment at the Rai […]
