PHUKET: The search is underway this afternoon (July 30) for a child dragged out to sea by a strong rip current at Nai Yang Beach. The missing boy, 11-year-old Supat Jampathong, a student at Wat Mongkolwararam School, was one of six friends playing in the shore break when they were overpowered by big waves and […]
A twin son went missing after riding his motorcycle last Friday before he was found dead in roadside grass on Thursday morning. The Ban Phue police were alerted to the death of Yutthasart Jampathong, 18, at a curve on the Ban Phue-Ban Khaor road in Moo 3 village in Tambon Ban Phue of Udon Thani’s […]
PHUKET: Rescue workers who have been searching for 25-year-old Koset ‘Oat’ Deebukdam, who disappeared while riding a jet-ski off Naka Yai Island after he was caught in the storm that hit Phuket late Tuesday afternoon, are hoping the search is over. Thalang District Chief Adul Chuthong confirmed the news today (July 22). Full story: thephuketnews.com […]
PHUKET: A search has been launched for man last seen riding a jet-ski off Phuket’s east coast today (July 17) and now feared overpowered by the storm conditions that struck the island this afternoon. Thalang Police Chief Lt Col Theerawat Liamsuwan today confirmed to The Phuket News that the missing man is 25-year-old Koset ‘Oat’ […]
One man is dead and another remains missing after an Olympic distance triathlon in Malaysia Sunday. Jeffrey Yuen Chi-yuen, 42, of Hong Kong, was reported missing by his wife after he failed to appear following the 1.5 kilometer swimming leg of the Port Dickson International Triathlon, local media reported. Tharm Wei Wong, 39, of Penang, […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Japan’s government says at least 134 people have been confirmed dead from the heavy rains, floods and mudslides that have struck western Japan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Tuesday that seven others were without vital signs, and more than 50 people were unaccounted for, many of them in […]
A body was found washed ashore on a beach in Phang Nga province and was suspected to be that of one of the missing Chinese tourists who perished in Thursday’s yacht tragedy. As of Monday morning, the authorities said 14 Chinese tourists remained missing after the Phoenix dive yacht sank near Koh Hae on its […]
The Phuket Marine Office has issued an order prohibiting all boats from leaving the Ao Chalong bay to facilitate the search for 23 passengers still missing after two boat accidents on Thursday afternoon. According to the latest report of the search and rescue centre of the province, 33 passengers, most of the Chinese tourists, were […]
