BANGKOK, Dec 3 (TNA) – The four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar’s navy last week are safe and efforts are underway to bring them home soon, Thailand’s top military commander has confirmed. Myanmar navy opens fire on Thai fishing vessels The incident occurred on November 30 when Myanmar navy vessels, claiming that a group of […]
KHAMPHAENG PHET, Feb 20 (TNA) – A tiger roaming out of the forest to search for food in a village in Kamphaeng Phet province was finally caught after it had caused panic among local residents since last week. Thailand’s Wild Tiger Population Threatened by Forest Fires Over the past 5 days, 50 officials from the […]
PRACHIN BURI: Wildlife officials have captured “Sidor Noke“, a roaming bull elephant who has been raiding farms in Kabin Buri district and killed one villager and returned him to his home in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary. While on the run, the solitary elephant was blamed for the death of a 73-year-old woman foraging […]
Four of nine male inmates who escaped from a temporary prison in Nakhon Pathom early Saturday have been recaptured and a manhunt is under way for the remaining escapees. The inmates escaped from from the facility on army property in the Thung Noi area at around 2.30am, said Pol Lt Col Thanisorn Ekkarattanarat, investigation chief […]
An American prison escapee allegedly shot and wounded himself and his wife as police moved in and arrested them and the third Pattaya Court fugitive in Sa Kaeo province on Wednesday. The fugitive trio’s capture culminated a massive police manhunt launched after they escaped in chains from Pattaya Court on Monday afternoon, leaving a critically […]
An elephant that fled after it kicked its handler to death in Mahasarakham on Friday night has been recaptured after being shot with a tranquiliser dart by a veterinarian. The elephant, known as Samson, was among five pachyderms hired by the abbot of Wat Pa Wang Nam Yen to participate in a krathin merit making […]
NARATHIWAT, Feb 9 – One suspected insurgent was detained Wednesday for questioning after being captured in a military raid in Narathiwat. About 50 soldiers raided an area in the Baan Jor Kor mountain range in Cho Ai Rong district after learning that a hideout of a Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) armed force was located there […]
BANGKOK, Feb 8 — Cambodia on Tuesday handed over a Thai soldier captured during the cross border clash between Thai and Cambodian troops on Saturday morning near the Preah Vihear Temple back to the Thai authorities in Phnom Penh following a request by the Thai Defence Ministry. Lt Gen Nim Sovath, chief of the Defence […]
