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Divers sight whale shark off Koh Tao
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/10/2021
» SURAT THANI: A large and healthy-looking whale shark was seen and videoed at the popular Kong Hin Chumphon diving site off Koh Tao in Koh Phangan district on Thursday, to the delight and excitement of divers.
Bus overturns in Surat Thani, injuring 19
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 30/04/2018
» SURAT THANI: A bus bound for Nakhon Si Thammarat overturned after skidding off Road 41 in Chaiya district of this southern province, slightly injuring 19 people on board.
Policing a rogue's island paradise
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/02/2018
» A recent deadly brawl on Koh Samui has galvanised authorities into launching checks on rogue activities which they fear have taken root on the resort island.
Samui bomb threatens tourist confidence
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 12/04/2015
» SURAT THANI - The car bomb at Central Festival mall on Koh Samui could take a toll on tourism on the resort island, the Tourism Authority of Thailand's office in the southern province warned on Sunday.
Samui protest at new police station site
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/02/2015
» SURAT THANI - About 100 community leaders and villagers protested in the streets of Koh Samui district on Sunday over a plan to move the main police station on the island away from the district township.
Koh Tao pair due in court Thursday
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/12/2014
» Public prosecutors have decided to indict two Myanmar workers before Koh Samui Provincial Court Thursday for the murders of two British tourists on Koh Tao in September.
Cigarette butt DNA points to Koh Tao killers
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 18/09/2014
» The search for the killers of two British tourists on Koh Tao has focussed on two men who shared a cigarette and whose semen was found on the murdered woman's body.
Curfew will curb next full-moon party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/06/2014
» SURAT THANI – Tourism operators are banking on the army to relax a curfew for the next full-moon party with the fun set for June 12.