Driver dies, 5 tourists hurt as SUV drives off cliff in Chiang Rai
A SPORTS utility vehicle plunged down a cliff in Chiang Rai yesterday (Jan. 12) killing the driver and seriously injuring three of five Israeli tourists, Naewna newspaper said The vehicle was going up a narrow dirt road to Ban Akha Pang Klang, a hilltribe village in Mae Kon subdistrict, Mueang district, when it drove […]
Read MoreNew Zealander dies in fall from Kanchanaburi train
A TOURIST from New Zealand slipped and fell from the train that had slowed down for passengers to take photos at Kanchanaburi’s Krasae Cave which was the camp of POWs in World War II, Naewna newspaper said today (Dec. 27). At 12.10 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Kiattisak Kerdchok, an investigator at Sai Yok police […]
Read MoreBody of French tourist lost in jungle for 5 days found
A BIG search in a Surat Thani jungle for a Frenchman missing for five days ended this afternoon (Nov. 17) after his body was found down a steep cliff by a large party of rescuers, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Gollino Cyrit Tizzlano, around 30 years of age, had been staying at Khao Sok Holiday […]
Read MoreShopkeeper arrested for bashing up foreign tourist with skateboard
THE owner of a shop selling cannabis infused craft sodas on Khao San road was arrested today (Oct. 7) after using a skateboard to hit a foreign tourist on the head and face before dawn yesterday, Sanook.com said. Mr. Phawit (surname withheld), or Ken, 33, admitted that at 5 a.m. yesterday morning just as […]
Read MoreFrenchman lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
POLICEMEN and officials last evening (August 27) safely rescued a slightly injured Frenchman who had got lost in a hilly forest at Koh Phangan island, Amarin TV said today. Upon being alerted by 1155 hotline that a tourist was lost in the hilly forest at Ban Tai subdistrict, a team of Tourist police, Koh […]
Read MoreDrunk woman bites off part of tourist’s ear in Pattaya
AN INTOXICATED woman hopped on a songthaew bus in Pattaya last night (August 20) and bit off a part of a Thai tourist’s ear and swallowed it, Sanook.com said today. The attack on the tourist, Mr. Charoen (surname withheld), 55, occurred at 11.30 p.m. at the traffic light intersection in front of Wat Chaimongkol […]
Read MoreFrench tourist cleared of monkeypox in one test
TRAT provincial authorities revealed this evening (August 7) that the French tourist suspected of having caught monkeypox has been cleared of the disease in one test with confirmation of the second test expected tomorrow, Naewna newspaper Mr. Surachai Jeamkul, deputy public health doctor at this province, said blood tests were conducted by the Public […]
Read MoreFrench tourist likely infected with monkeypox
A FRENCHMAN who developed blisters on his hands while holidaying in Trat province has likely been infected with monkeypox and if so he would become the country’s fifth case of this infectious viral disease, TV Channel 7 said today (August 6). The unnamed 32-year-old tourist rode a motorcycle to a private hospital in this […]
Read MoreBody of Thai-Belgian tourist who drowned while rafting found
RESCUERS in Chiang Mai today (July 24) found the body of a 30-year-old Thai-Belgian tourist who had drowned while whitewater rafting in Mae Taeng river with two friends and a guide on Friday afternoon, Amarin TV said. The body of Mr.Nicolas Hinckxt, who worked as a programmer in Belgium, was found at Ban Mae […]
Read MoreBelgian tourist missing while rafting in Chiang Mai still not found
AFTER searching all day and late into the night rescuers and divers in Chiang Mai had not found a Belgian man who fell off a rubber dinghy while rafting in Mae Taeng river with two fellow countrymen and a guide yesterday afternoon with the search continuing today (July 23), Sanook.com and Matichon newspaper said. […]
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