5 Vietnamese fishermen rescued after floating in rough seas for days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FIVE VIETNAMESE CREWMEMBERS of a trawler were rescued to safety after spending five days floating in stormy seas off Songkhla last night (Jan.28), said an official of the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre. The five unnamed Vietnamese crewmembers who had departed Kien Giang city in Vietnam aboard the Vietnamese fishing […]
Read MorePhilippines condemns China’s Coast Guard over forceful maritime provocation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHILIPPINES yesterday (Jan.22) condemned China’s Coast Guard for repeating its maritime provocation by literally forcing Philippine fishermen to keep out of a disputed reef area in the South China Sea earlier this month. A spokesperson of the Philippines’ National Security Council denounced the provocative event in which the Chinese […]
Read MoreThree men clinging to a foam crate in the middle of the sea rescued
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an uplifting post shared by a Facebook member who said his boat rescued three fishermen who were floating in deep sea by clinging to a foam crate after their boat sank in the middle of the night, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 25). Mr. Yuranan Thongprem, who did […]
Read MoreFishermen free three giant whale sharks
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com A FISHERMAN and his crew from Satun province safely released three huge whale sharks that had got entangled in their fishing nets after which they quickly swam off into the open sea, Sanook.com reported yesterday (June 30). Mr Navin Manakitsomboon or Tai Ball, 37, steersman of Por Chok Praphon 1 trawler […]
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