NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 10 July 2010 (NNT) – Police in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat have arrested a drug dealer and seized 4,500 tablets of amphetamine and a number of other illegal items. Mr Manit Kit-ngarm, 33, a local drug dealer, was nabbed by the police on Friday after he was suspected of supplying drugs to teenagers in [...]

PATTANI, Thailand — Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated roadside bombs that killed eight people, including one civilian, in two separate attacks in Thailand’s restive south, police said Friday. A bomb explosion in Yala province on Friday killed three soldiers in a pickup truck who were sent to fix a water pipe in a village in Yaha district, said police Col. Sawas [...]

A soldier and two female teachers were wounded by a bomb explosion in Sisakhon district of Narathiwat province on Monday morning, police said. The accident occurred about 9am as a team of nine soldiers from Narathiwat Task Force 37, one on a motorcycle and the others on a humvee vehicle, was escorting teachers riding their motorcycles to Buenae Nako School. [...]

Two speedboats taking Thai and foreign tourists to attend the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan collided off the island late Saturday night, injuring 39 people. Jor Sor 100 Traffic Radio station reported that the accident happened at 11:45 pm about two or three kilometers before the two boats reached the Rin Beach to deliver their passengers. The collision caused [...]

Reports are coming in about a boat accident in the Gulf of Thailand. At approximately 22:00 hrs this evening (Thai time), 2 speedboats – each one full of tourists returning from the famous Full Moon Party on the island of Koh Phangan to Koh Samui – collided approximately 5 kilometres off the coast of Koh Phangan. The famous Full Moon [...]

PATTANI, May 04 (TNA) – A tradesman was shot dead in restive Pattani province Tuesday morning, and three Army Rangers in Narathiwat were wounded in a separate bomb attack. Bueraheng Waesani, a 56-year-old meat vendor, was gunned down and died instantly at his shop opposite the Krue Se mosque in the Pattani provincial seat. Police collected four spent cartridges from [...]

A police sergeant was killed and 43 others were wounded when a grenade was thrown into their lines as they assembled for the national anthem in front of the Muang police station in Pattani on Wednesday morning, police said. One of two men riding a motorcycle threw the hand grenade over the station fence, according to witnesses. It landed next [...]

Despite the millions visiting Thailand each year, there are still islands untouched by mass tourism. Gemma Bowes finds a perfect example right in the middle of Phang Nga, while Laura Barton discovers unspoilt Koh Kood Finding the perfect unspoilt Thai island is not as easy as it once was. Many have allowed their pristine worlds to be eaten away by [...]

Police are now hunting for two men suspected of killing Bannang Sata Police Station chief Colonel Sompian Eksomya last Friday. The suspects were identified as Matorhae Silae, 31, and Yukeebeulee Jehdeemae, 31. Both were also wanted for many other cases. The Nation Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_982′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_982′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_982′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_982′); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { [...]

Tarutao National Marine Park consists of 51 islands located in the Andaman Sea, off the coast of Satun Province of Southern Thailand. The Tarutao National Marine Park consists of two island groups: Tarutao and Adang-Rawi , which are scattered from 20 to 70 kilometers distance from the southwestern most point of mainland Thailand. The park covers an area of 1,490 [...]