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Koh Phangan rape suspect arrested
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 02/10/2012
» Surat Thani police have arrested a Myanmar man in connection with an attempted rape on an Israeli woman on the tourist island of Koh Phangan on Monday.
B20bn project windfall on cards for Surat Thani, Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 19/10/2012
» Authorities are planning a wave of new projects worth nearly 20 billion baht for the southern province of Surat Thani and its famous island, Koh Samui.
Jet ski scam under scrutiny
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/12/2012
» SURAT THANI: Tourism operators called on local authorities on Wednesday to strictly regulate jet ski renters at Koh Samui after four employees of a jet ski operator assaulted and injured a Swiss tourist.
Double the fun on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/12/2012
» SURAT THANI: Koh Phangan is jumping this weekend to the one-two beat of New Year celebrations and the full-moon parties for which the southern island is famous.
British man killed at countdown party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/01/2013
» SURAT THANI - A 23-year-old British tourist was killed by a stray bullet during a fight involving a group of Thai men in a bar at Koh Phangan's Haad Rin Beach early in the morning of New Year's day.
Tourist slain in gang shooting
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/01/2013
» SURAT THANI : A 23-year-old British tourist was killed by a stray bullet during a fight involving a group of Thai men in a bar at Koh Phangan's Haad Rin Beach early on New Year's day.
Phangan mourns slain Briton
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 09/01/2013
» SURAT THANI: Residents and business operators Wednesday held a mourning ceremony on Koh Phangan’s Haad Rin Beach for a British bystander who was shot to death during a brawl at a New Year's Eve party.
Full Moon Party mood returns
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/01/2013
» More than 30,000 foreign tourists have flocked to Koh Phangan to celebrate the first Full Moon Party of the year on Saturday night amid tighter security following a fatal shooting last month.
Oil slick hits Koh Samui beach
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/06/2013
» SURAT THANI - An oil slick about one kilometre long and 50 metres wide was spotted along the coastline of the popular Koh Samui on Wednesday.
Foreign tourists in Surat skip Bangkok
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 16/01/2014
» SURAT THANI - Many foreign tourists vacationing on two resort islands off the coast of Surat Thani say they plan to bypass Bangkok when they head home and go straight to the airport instead, the chairwoman of the Koh Pangan and Koh Samui Tourism Promotion Association said on Thursday.