Tourists in hot water for feeding monkeys at Phi Phi Island
OFFICIALS are searching for a group of foreign tourists who were filmed feeding monkeys at Phi Phi Island with this being against the regulations, Amarin TV said today (May 5). After a video clip of these tourists feeding monkeys was shared online a lot of netizens criticised their action. Most of them said it […]
Read MoreThai-Khmer deal around Kood Island alleged as null and void
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT was today (June 13) petitioned to declare null and void an allegedly invalid Thai-Cambodian bilateral deal on a shared maritime resources development scheme planned over the last couple of decades. Former Palang Pracharath MP Paiboon Nititawan filed the petition for the Constitutional Court to consider declaring the […]
Read More9 injured as speedboat crashes into rocks off Phuket
A SPEEDBOAT that took seven tourists to Phi Phi island off Phuket slammed into some rocks at Maiton island on the way back injuring all of them as well as the captain and his crewman, with two of them in serious condition, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 31). At 3.30 p.m. Phuket Regional […]
Read More73 foreign tourists rescued after speedboat capsizes in the South
A SPEEDBOAT carrying 73 foreign tourists and a crew of four capsized while sailing from Lipe island off Satun to Lanta island off Krabi today (Dec. 24) but all were safely rescued, Matichon newspaper said this evening. At 10.10 a.m. officials were notified that the speedboat, Bundhaya 19, sank near Bu Bu island, close […]
Read More30 Malaysian kayakers rescued after their canoes capsize in rough seas
ALL 30 Malaysian kayakers paddling from Langkawi island in Malaysia’s Kedah state to Satun province in Thailand were rescued by Thai authorities after their canoes capsized in choppy seas near the maritime border, Naewna said today (Aug. 29). Rescuers from Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre in Satun, the Naval Special Warfare Command (SEAL) and […]
Read MoreTourists invited to visit tiny Koh Rat island
THE Department of Rural Roads this morning (June 12) invited tourists to visit the tiny Koh Rat island that is now linked to mainland Surat Thani by the 500-metre-long Chalerm Siriraj Bridge – a project initiated by His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and built by the department, TV Channel 7 […]
Read MoreRussia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine
By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail RUSSIAN forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday (June 30) in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” to […]
Read MoreCyclone Asani bringing more rain over the next two days
By Matichon, Naewna and Financial Express newspapers MOST of Thailand will be hit by rain with some areas lashed by heavy-to-torrential falls after Cyclone Asani moves to Myanmar and Bangladesh from Bay of Bengal tomorrow or the day after (Mar. 21- 22). Thai and Indian Meteorological departments forecast that the well-marked low-pressure area over […]
Read MoreBody of missing hotel manager found on Phi Phi island
THE BODY of an Austrian hotel manager who has been missing on Phi Phi island since last Saturday (Sept. 11) was found late afternoon today (Sept. 15) after a big search by Krabi and Phi Phi island policemen, immigration officials and over 50 local residents, Sanook.com said. The staff of Zeavola Resort on the […]
Read MoreBig hunt on Phi Phi island for foreign hotel manager
A LARGE team of Krabi and Phi Phi island policemen, immigration officials and over 50 residents are trekking through the island’s mountainous jungle and scouring its beaches in searching for an Austrian hotel manager who disappeared on Saturday Sept. 11, Amarin TV said today (Sept.15). Mr. Florian Klaus Hallermann, 56, general manager of Zeavola Resort […]
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