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20k turn up for Full Moon Party
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/05/2023
» SURAT THANI: About 20,000 tourists attended a Full Moon Party along a nearly one-kilometre-long stretch of beach on Koh Phangan on Thursday night.
Koh Samui welcomes 3,000 visitors
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/01/2023
» SURAT THANI: Another cruise ship, with approximately 3,000 passengers and crew, arrived at Koh Samui for a one-day visit yesterday, with officials expecting the visit to generate 10 million baht for the resort island.
Director at heart of school lunch scam dismissed
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/05/2019
» The director of a primary school in Surat Thani who was suspended from duty for 10 months over a scandal in which the school served poor quality lunch to young students has been dismissed from his job.
New Year, Full Moon: it's party time on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/12/2017
» SURAT THANI: Tourists are flocking to Koh Phangan for New Year celebrations on Sunday and a Full Moon party on Monday - a double whammy that local authorities hope will help earn the southern province 900 million baht in tourism income in the festive period.
Rescue team searches for missing Brit
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/05/2016
» Surat Thani authorities yesterday set up a rescue centre to search for a British man reported missing after a speed boat he was travelling in capsized near Koh Samui on Thursday.
Raids target e-cigarette businesses
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/04/2024
» Police have raided an e-cigarette shop in Surat Thani which allegedly had a monthly turnover of one million baht and two warehouses in Nonthaburi where e-cigarettes worth 20 million baht were seized.
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.
Israeli woman arrested for running an illegal nursery
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: An Israeli woman has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal nursery for foreign children on Koh Phangan.
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.
Islanders rail against national park order
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: Locals from Koh Taen in Koh Samui district submitted a petition on Wednesday against a plan by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) to include the island and neighbouring area in the soon-to-be-established Hat Khanom-Mu Koh Thale Tai National Park.