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Big Russian-run rental business busted on Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/10/2025
» SURAT THANI — Police have raided a large Russian-owned vehicle rental company on Koh Phangan, seizing hundreds of motorbikes and cars and making seven arrests.
'The White Lotus' sparks tourism boom in Koh Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/02/2025
» The third season of the HBO series The White Lotus has sparked an 88% increase in internet searches for Koh Samui and led to a 44% rise in hotel reservations on the nation's second-largest island.
Koh Samui enjoying a White Lotus boom
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 21/02/2025
» The third season of the HBO series The White Lotus has sparked an 88% increase in internet searches for Koh Samui and led to a 44% rise in hotel reservations on Thailand’s second-largest island, say tourism executives.
Two speedboats crash off Samui, 1 dead
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 23/07/2024
» SURAT THANI: Two speedboats collided on Monday night near Koh Samui island, killing one person and injuring two others.
Israeli arrested for illegally running nursery on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: An Israeli woman has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal nursery for foreign children on Koh Phangan.
Gambling arrests on Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 19/04/2022
» SURAT THANI: Nineteen people were arrested when police raided a gambling venue at Bo Phut on Koh Samui on Monday night.
Search resumes for missing people from sunken ferry
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/08/2020
» SURAT THANI: The search resumed on Wednesday for three people still missing after a vehicle ferry operated by Raja Ferry Plc capsized in stormy seas off Koh Samui on Saturday night.
Panel to probe cause of Surat Thani ferry sinking
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/08/2020
» SURAT THANI: The Marine Department has set up a panel to determine how a ferry headed to Don Sak Pier from Koh Samui capsized during a storm on Saturday.
Ferry capsize: 1 dead, 2 more rescued, 4 still missing
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 02/08/2020
» SURAT THANI: Two of the seven people who went missing after a ferry capsized off Koh Samui island on Saturday night have been rescued, leaving four still unaccounted for, while the body of the skipper was recovered, governor Wichawut Jinto announced on Sunday.
Foreigners caught partying on Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/05/2020
» SURAT THANI: Twenty-four people, 22 foreigners and two Thai nationals, were arrested at a beer bar on Koh Samui island district on Sunday night for violating the emergency decree, police said.