A Russian woman was badly hurt when she lost control of the car she was driving and smashed into a shop in Patong. PHUKET – October 8,2013; Kathu police named the injured woman as Elena Nikholas, 30, and said she was driving the white Toyota Vios that smashed into a souvenir shop on Phang Muang […]
Authorities on Monday said two men had been arrested on suspicion of possessing a protected primate after the pop star Rihanna posted a picture of herself online holding an endangered slow loris. The singer posed with the tiny, large-eyed slow loris on a night out in the tourist resort of Phuket on Friday, posting a […]
Four Chinese tourists and a Thai guide were injured in a speedboat crash around 2.30pm yesterday (September 22). PHUKET – September 22,2013; Police said the speedboat, Thanonsak 9030, was carrying 32 tourists and three guides from Phi Phi island on a tour. It was moving in to anchor at the popular Koh Kai Nok when […]
Wat Ban Ko Si-Li is a beautiful Buddhist temple located in Nai Harn Beach, Phuket island. This temple lies on the peak of a hill in Phuket and has a number of galleries of Buddha images donated by Buddhist devotees. Photos courtesy of ADwarf. -Thailand News (TN)
PHUKET – A Russian man found hanging from a tree in Phuket is believed to have committed suicide due to depression and joblessness, according to police. Police from Chalong station in Muang district worked with rescuers to cut the man’s body down from a tree near a viewpoint at Promthep Cape. Read more: Bangkok Post
PHUKET: A 30-year-old American was last night (August 14) recovering in hospital after a bizarre incident in Chalong Police Station. Police, who withheld the American’s name, said the man walked in at about 8pm claiming that someone was following him. Read more: thephuketnews.com Tanyaluk Sakoot The Phuket News
Two teenagers who had scraped a tourist couple with their motorbike had beaten up the couple after they had insulted them. The injured tourist was named Mr. Rochelle Jeffrey, aged 47. He told that the fight broke out after he had shown the middle finger to the teenagers after he was scraped by their motorbike. […]
A family of four from South Africa were attacked and beaten by six Thai men on (July 30) as they walked along Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, close to the Aloha Hotel in Patong. PHUKET – July 30,2013 [PDN]; Pol Maj Jakkapong Luang-on of Kathu Police Station said he received a report at 1:45 in the […]
