PHUKET – A series of unsettling incidents overshadowed the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival music festival in Phuket, including the mysterious death of a young Indian man, the theft of a valuable engagement ring, and an attempted break-in at a DJ’s hotel room. American and Canadian Tourists Die at Electric Daisy Carnival in Phuket A 26-year-old […]
PHUKET – A heavy steel reinforcement bar fell from a crane at a luxury condominium construction site near Surin Beach on Wednesday evening, crashing through the roof of a nearby house and narrowly avoiding serious injury or fatalities, the Bangkok Post reported. The incident has ignited public concern over construction safety standards in residential areas. […]
PHUKET – An Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Phuket encountered an air pocket near its destination on Wednesday but landed safely without injuries, the Bangkok Post reported. The incident occurred aboard flight EY416, an Airbus A321 carrying 160 passengers. Turbulence that hit flight from London to Singapore is extreme and impossible to predict […]
PHUKET – A British national was arrested in Phuket on January 11 after a video of him driving recklessly along a traffic island went viral on social media. The footage, shared by Newshawk Phuket, showed the man identified as L. T. O. maneuvering a yellow off-road Jeep on Thepkasattri Road in Thalang district amid heavy […]
PHUKET – A drunk driver caused a fatal multi-vehicle collision in Phuket’s Muang district on Saturday, January 10, 2026, resulting in the death of a French tourist and injuries to several others. Police reported that the incident, which occurred around noon, involved a total of at least nine vehicles, including cars and motorcycles. Drunk Driver […]
PHUKET – A Saudi Arabian tourist has been fined and ordered to be deported from Thailand after engaging in public indecency in the Patong area of Phuket. The incident, which occurred on Soi Paradise in Kathu district, was reported by locals and later circulated widely on social media. Saudi Tourists and Taxi Driver Fined after […]
PHUKET – A viral video showing a foreign tourist clinging to the back of a moving truck while riding a bicycle on a major Phuket road has ignited widespread safety concerns online. The 12-second clip, shared on social media on January 7, 2026, depicts the cyclist holding onto the vehicle as it travels along Thepkrasattri […]
PHUKET – A major fire erupted at Chalong Pier in Phuket’s Chalong Bay in the early hours of Wednesday morning, destroying 22 speedboats and causing significant disruption to the island’s tourist transport network. Preliminary damage estimates range from 38 to 100 million baht. Three passenger boats destroyed in a fire on Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River […]
