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Neighbour held for murder of Samui nurse
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/05/2025
» SURAT THANI: The neighbour of a nurse who was found strangled to death in her dormitory room on Koh Samui has been arrested at an abandoned pub and charged with her murder. Police say he claimed he just wanted her gold ring to pay off a gambling debt, but she resisted.
Missing Korean found drowned off Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 31/12/2024
» SURAT THANI - The body of a Korean man drowned when a long-tail ferry boat overturned on Sunday was found floating in the sea off Koh Phangan shortly before noon on Tuesday.
1 missing after boat capsizes off Thailand's Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/12/2024
» Surat Thani: A South Korean tourist is missing after a long-tailed boat capsized in bad weather off Koh Phangan early on Sunday morning.
11 hurt as school van overturns in Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/11/2024
» SURAT THANI: Nine students and two teachers returning from a camping activity were injured when their van overturned in Kanchanadit district of this southern province on Friday afternoon.
10 tourists hurt when Surat Thani tour bus overturns
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/07/2024
» SURAT THANI: Ten European tourists were slightly hurt when a small tour bus carrying them to a pier overturned on a curve in Phunphin district of on Saturday morning.
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.
Russian caught running motorbike rental business
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 13/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: A young Russian man has been arrested for illegally operating a vehicle rental business with one Honda motorbike on Koh Phangan.
Briton thanks Samui hotel staffer for returning lost wallet
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 04/01/2024
» SURAT THANI: A British tourist will be going home with a happy holiday memory after a hotel employee returned the wallet he lost on Koh Samui during the New Year countdown.
Pickup hit by train at rail crossing, driver escapes death
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 13/10/2023
» SURAT THANI: A man narrowly escaped death when a pick-up he was driving was hit by an oncoming train at a railway crossing in Chaiya district of this southern province early on Friday.
Two wild elephants electrocuted
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 12/10/2023
» SURAT THANI: A woman has been charged with violating the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act after two wild elephants were electrocuted by a live wire stretched around her durian plantation to protect her fruit trees.