Tag: Sea
Killer wave ripped backpacker’s girlfriend out of his arms on Thai paradise beach
A backpack died after a freak wave swept her from her boyfriend’s arms as they paddled in the sea. Rebecca Callaghan, 21, was on a [Read More…]
PM: Thai Navy in Somali pirate hunt strengthens foreign ties
BANGKOK, 12 September 2010 (NNT) – The participation of the Royal Thai Navy in the mission to police the Gulf of Aden and the Somali [Read More…]
Oil spill clean-up gets under way off Phuket
A clean-up operation has begun after a ship loaded with 40,000 litres of diesel capsized near Phuket. Nawin Thananet, the 3rd Fleet’s chief of staff, [Read More…]
Thai oil tanker with 40,000 liters of fuel sinks in heavy rain, rough seas near Phuket
Thai oil tanker with 40,000 liters of fuel sinks in heavy rain, rough seas near Phuket; four crew safely rescued. MCOT BANGKOK, 4 September 2010 [Read More…]
Thai Woman Rescued After Suicide Attempt on Pattaya Beach
A Pattaya woman who was upset due to her Italian boyfriends’ imminent return to his country ran into the sea in an attempt to end [Read More…]
Thailand To Join Anti-piracy Mission Off Somalia
(RTTNews) – Thailand also is joining the international forces patrolling the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean infested with Somali piracy. [Read More…]
Tanks sent on fishy mission in Gulf of Thailand
Bangkok – The Thai military plans to drop 25 Chinese-made tanks into the Gulf of Thailand to serve as artificial reefs, media reports said Friday. [Read More…]
Irrawaddy dolphins in Thai freshwater threatened by extinction
Harmful fishing practices in Thailand are pushing the rare Irrawaddy dolphin, an aquatic mammal known scientifically as Orcaella brevirostris, toward extinction here in southern Thailand, [Read More…]
