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Myanmar shopowner caught selling smuggled goods on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 21/08/2024
» SURAT THANI: A Myanmar woman has been arrested for illegally operating a grocery store and selling contraband cigarettes and other smuggled goods on the popular tourist island of Koh Phangan.
Two luxury Samui villas demolished
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/08/2024
» SURAT THANI: Koh Samui Municipality demolished two luxury villas that were being constructed without permission on a hillside on Koh Samui after the owners failed to conduct the demolition themselves as per the municipality's order.
Tourists rescued from flooded cave, guide drowned
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/08/2024
» SURAT THANI - A tour guide drowned when a flash flood swept into Nam Talu cave in Khao Sok National Park as a group of tourists was leaving it on Tuesday evening.
Tourist van plunges into reservoir in southern Thailand
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 04/08/2024
» SURAT THANI: A tourist van plunged into the reservoir of the Rajjaprabha dam in this southern province on Sunday morning. Fortunately, only the driver was injured.
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.
Samui sea bridge public hearings resume
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/07/2024
» SURAT THANI, Thailand - The second phase of public hearings on the proposed sea bridge to Koh Samui was to begin on Monday after the initial round decided the abutments should be in tambon Thong Nien in Khanom district of Nakhon Si Thammarat on the mainland and in tambon Taling Ngam on the resort island.
Russian arrested for running motorcycle rental on Koh Phangan
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/07/2024
» SURAT THANI - A Russian man arrested for running a motorcycle rental business on the tourist island of Koh Phangan was also found to have overstayed his visa, say police.
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.
Hilltop villas 'don't have construction permits'
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/07/2024
» Authorities found that most of the 52 villas on a hilltop on Koh Samui under investigation for land encroachment did not have construction permits.
Isoc to help probe Koh Samui violations
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 08/06/2024
» The Internal Security Operation Command (Isoc) Region 4 has joined hands with local authorities to investigate land encroachment on Koh Samui in Surat Thani, focusing on 600 villas built on the island's hilltops.