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UPDATE: Phuket Speedboat crash: 2 tourists dead, 36 injured
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/06/2016
» Two speed boats collided in the sea off of Phuket. Two dead & 36 injured among mostly Korean & Chinese passengers.
Tachai Island closed: Tourism damage to environment
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/05/2016
» Small island in Phang Nga to be closed to save it from over-tourism (food-stalls, speed boats, thousands of tourists).
Missing Brit found: Don't worry mom & Dad
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/12/2015
» When Jordan, 21, failed to update his Facebook page for several days & appeared to be in danger, his family back in the UK panicked. International media & social media came to the rescue.
What's new in business news: March 13, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/03/2015
» Thai internet explodes over Chinese washing feet in Phi Phi hand sink, central bank interest rate cut good for exports & public health minister transferred over universal healthcare scheme conflict.
Mystery tourist deaths & illegal bedbug spray
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2015
» Deaths of Canadian sisters on Phi Phi Island in 2012 likely from phosphine, bedbug insecticide officially banned in Thai hotels. 20 deaths tied to Phosphine in Southeast Asia since 2009.
Ladyboy fraudster: 100 Japanese, 100 million baht over 10 years
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/02/2015
» Cheating 100 men out of 100 million baht over 10 years, police finally catch ladyboy who claims it was all payback for Japanese man who abandoned her during Koh Pi Pi holiday.
Koreans killed in boat crash found
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/10/2014
» The bodies of two South Korean tourists were found underwater Tuesday evening near where their tourist boat rammed a trawler near Phuket two days earlier.
Thai ghosts: Welcome to our world (PART 2 audio)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/11/2013
» A beauty pageant of Thai ghosts in order to select the best mascot for Thai Halloween.
Thai ghosts: Welcome to our world
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/11/2013
» A beauty pageant of Thai ghosts in order to select the best mascot for Thai Halloween.
Red shirts to drive away ghosts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/04/2013
» Red shirts are not just for political protests. When 10 healthy men died one after another last December, villagers realized they were under attack by a "widow ghost" so red shirts went up to protect each house.