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Fugitive Swede nabbed on Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 09/09/2023
» SURAT THANI: A 60-year-old Swedish man wanted on drug charges in Bangkok has been arrested on Koh Samui after two years on the run, police said yesterday.
Swedish drug suspect arrested on Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 08/09/2023
» SURAT THANI: A 60-year-old Swedish man wanted on drug charges in Bangkok has been arrested on Koh Samui after two years on the run.
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.
Full Moon Party draws 20,000 tourists to Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/05/2023
» SURAT THANI: About 20,000 tourists attended the popular Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan on Thursday night, and it is estimated that the holiday will generate tens of millions of baht for the southern island.
Samui help centre for stuck Russians
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/03/2022
» Surat Thani: A help centre will soon be up and running for more than 3,000 stranded Russian tourists who are running out of cash and unable to use their credit cards as a result of international sanctions, according to local authorities.
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.
Russian faces deportation over gun attack
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 19/01/2016
» Authorities will deport a Russian national who was arrested over the weekend following a gun attack at a resort on Koh Phangan if he is found guilty of breaking Thai laws.
Surat Thani orders beach parties ban
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 27/10/2014
» Surat Thani's governor has imposed a ban on beach parties in the province for security reasons, five weeks after the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao.