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UK soldier's fall sparks fundraiser
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 14/05/2025
» A 21-year-old British soldier is fighting to recover from life-altering injuries after falling from Na Mueang 2 Waterfall on Koh Samui, Surat Thani, prompting his girlfriend to launch a £100,000 (4.4 million baht) fundraising campaign to cover his mounting medical bills and arrange an emergency evacuation back to the UK.
'No public nudity' signs erected on Thailand’s full moon party island
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 30/04/2025
» SURAT THANI - Signs prohibiting public nudity have been erected at beaches on Koh Phangan, home of the infamous full moon parties, after frequent complaints about tourists going naked.
Polish couple busted for nudity on Koh Phangan
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/04/2025
» SURAT THANI - A Polish couple arrested for public nudity on Koh Phangan have told police they were just expressing their love.
Police arrest cannabis-smuggling foreign 'tourists' in Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/03/2025
» SURAT THANI: Police in this southern province have found many “visitors” who tried to smuggle suitcases containing cannabis out of the country as over the past four days they have arrested 13 foreign “tourists” with cannabis that would have a total market price of 75 million baht overseas.
Mother, daughter die in railway crossing collision
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 30/09/2024
» SURAT THANI - A mother and her young daughter were killed and a married couple seriously injured when their car was hit by a Sprinter train at a railway crossing in this southern province on Sunday night.
Court bans controversial teachings
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/08/2024
» A Surat Thani court on Wednesday ordered a couple to halt teaching their version of Lord Buddha's teachings to followers and take their eight-year-old son, whom they claim has mind-connecting powers, to see a psychiatrist.
Maid ‘inherits’ B100m in assets
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 02/05/2024
» SURAT THANI: A French businesswoman reportedly left about 100 million baht worth of assets to her Thai maid after she died on Koh Samui on Monday.
Russian suspect in Samui extortion case caught
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: A Russian suspect wanted in the extortion of 1.8 million baht in cryptocurrency from a Russian realtor couple on Koh Samui was arrested in Kazakhstan almost two years after being the run, bringing the total number of all six foreign suspects caught.
Gunfight leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded after wedding party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/04/2023
» SURAT THANI: Two men - an amulet expert and a pub owner - were killed and two women wounded in a gunfight at a car park of a hotel in Muang district after attending a wedding party on Friday night.
Meth hidden under chicken manure
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/10/2022
» SURAT THANI: A man and wife were arrested after 701,400 methamphetatime pills were found in their pickup truck at a checkpoint in Phun Phin district early on Wednesday.