Month: September 2018

  • Phuket NewsForeigner sets fire to his house then tries to jump off cliff

    Foreigner sets fire to his house then tries to jump off cliff

    A foreign man, who set fire to a house he was living in with his Thai wife, tried to jump off a cliff in Rawai this morning. Firefighters were notified about the incident at a house in Rawai earlier today. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the house was already well ablaze. It took half an hour to put out…

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  • Phuket NewsPolice hunting for Phuket coffee shop thief

    Police hunting for Phuket coffee shop thief

    Phuket police are hunting for a thief who has broken into a coffee shop in Thalang this week. Thalang Police were notified of the incident at the coffee shop inside PTT gas station on Thepkrasattri Road, northbound in Thalang. Panada Molee, a coffee shop staff member, told police that she had closed the coffee shop at 8pm on Tuesday night…

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  • Thailand video newsThaiger Radio News – Thursday

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  • South Thailand NewsHow many twins in one Trang school?

    How many twins in one Trang school?

    Sanook is reporting that a primary school in Trang has an unusual problem. It’s a confusing time for teachers and students with 20 sets of twins in classes from kindergarten up to primary 6. In the past the school has had as many as 28 twins in some years over the past decade. That is more than any other school…

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  • Phuket NewsDarasamut Underpass to close temporarily for repairs

    Darasamut Underpass to close temporarily for repairs

    The Phuket Highway Office has issued an announcement that says the Darasamut Underpass (adjacent to Central Festival) will be closed from 9am to 3pm on Thursday (September 27). The announcement says, “Both the northbound and southbound lanes through the underpass will be temporary closed.” “Workers will be carrying out maintenance, repairing water pumps and fans from 9am to 3pm on September…

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  • Thai LifeMövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach appoints Harold Rainfroy as GM

    Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach appoints Harold Rainfroy as GM

    Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket has announced the appointment of Harold Rainfroy as General Manager who starts in his new role on September 14. Harold, previously the General Manager of Mövenpick Hotel Mactan Island, Cebu in the Philippines, brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, mainly being based the United Arab Emirates…

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  • World NewsTyphoon Trami predicted to regain strength and hit Japan this weekend

    Typhoon Trami predicted to regain strength and hit Japan this weekend

    Tropical Typhoon Trami has weakened and it is no longer considered a “super typhoon” but is still packing winds up to 195 kilometres per hour (121 mph). The islands in the storm’s projected path are bracing for its arrival. If the current projected path of the typhoon holds, Trami will hit the southern Japan Ryukyu islands, including Okinawa, some time…

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  • World NewsDuterte talks down a coup plot to remove him from office

    Duterte talks down a coup plot to remove him from office

    The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is calling on his police force not to join any “stupid” coup attempts against his Presidential administration. His warning follows reports of a plot to oust the outspoken President. The plot has been nicknamed “Red October.” Quoted in inquirer.net, President Duterte said yesterday, “Do not go into such stupid thing as coup d’ etat. You’re…

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  • Northern Thailand NewsFour others rescued in Tham Luang before the Mu Pa 13

    Four others rescued in Tham Luang before the Mu Pa 13

    PHOTO: British cavers, Rick Stanton and John Volanthe Dramatic new stories out of a “Hidden Earth” cave-community event where it’s been revealed that the, now famous, Mu Pa 13 weren’t the only people trapped inside the caves in Chiang Rai. Two of the British divers who were part of the Tham Luang rescue effort, extracting the Mu Pa football team from…

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  • Bangkok NewsAirbnb partners with Thailand Boutique Accommodation Trade Association

    Airbnb partners with Thailand Boutique Accommodation Trade Association

    PHOTO: Mike Orgill, Airbnb Country Manager for Southeast Asia (left) and Suparerk Soorangura, President of TBAA and Advisor to the Thai Travel Agents Association (right) signing the MoU. Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company has announced its industry-first partnership with the Thailand Boutique Accommodation Trade Association (TBAA) to promote creative, people-powered Thai hospitality. Through the partnership, Airbnb and the TBAA…

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  • Phuket NewsTrailer driver escapes injury in Phang Nga roll over

    Trailer driver escapes injury in Phang Nga roll over

    PHOTOS: ทีวีคนอาสา จังหวัดพังงา / Newshawk Phuket A driver of has escaped injury after a trailer rolled over off the side of a road in Phang Nga yesterday. Phang Nga foundation rescue workers were notified of the accident at 2.15pm at an intersection on Petkasem Road, southbound. Rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the 18 wheeler trailer rolled over off…

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  • Northern Thailand News12 million meth pills, half tonne of ‘ice’ seized in Chiang Rai

    12 million meth pills, half tonne of ‘ice’ seized in Chiang Rai

    Been a busy day in northern Thailand as police grapple with the transporting of drugs across the borders. First, this morning there was a motorcyclist with a backpack full of meth pills. Now a much larger shipment has been intercepted. The Nation reports that Chiang Rai police have foiled an attempt to smuggle 12 million methamphetamine pills and 521 kilograms…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsGreed unravelled the trio’s grisly plot – Phrae double murder

    Greed unravelled the trio’s grisly plot – Phrae double murder

    PHOTO: Alan and Nod receive the keys to their new pick-up truck. The bodies of 64 year old Alan Hogg and his 61 year old wife, Nod Suddaen, wee unearthed yesterday morning following a short investigation where greed brought the plot unstuck for the killers. After a few hours of interrogation three men admitted to collusion in the plot to…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsA backpack full of meth pills headed for Chiang Mai

    A backpack full of meth pills headed for Chiang Mai

    A Chiang Mai man has been arrested las night after allegedly trying to smuggle 100,000 methamphetamine pills into the city from the Myanmar border, 100 kilometres away. Police at a checkpoint in Mae Ai district had signalled for a motorcyclist to stop but he sped off. With officers in pursuit, he lost control of his motorbike and came to grief…

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  • Phuket NewsTwo injured in By Pass road roll-over

    Two injured in By Pass road roll-over

    PHOTOS: Jao Blue Car 2299 / Newshawk Phuket Two people have been injured after an SUV careered off the side of Chalermprakiat Ror 9 Road (Bypass Road) last night. Rescue workers were notified of the accident on the By Pass Road, southbound, around 11pm. They arrived at the scene to find an SUV rolled over on the roadside verge. Inside the…

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  • Koh Samui News4,000 pills and a 25 year old nabbed at Samui Post

    4,000 pills and a 25 year old nabbed at Samui Post

    A man has been arrested on Koh Samui after collecting a parcel containing 4,000 methamphetamine pills and 500 grams of crystal methamphetamine from a private post office. Acting on tips-off, troops, police and provincial officials staked out at the post office in Tambon Mae Nam and nabbed 25 year old Nattapong Nakwetcharin after he arrived to pick up the parcel.…

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  • Thailand video newsThaiger Radio News – Wednesday

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  • Northern Thailand NewsTAT plan to boost tourism to secondary locations, and Thai Airways’ bottomline

    TAT plan to boost tourism to secondary locations, and Thai Airways’ bottomline

    The TAT – Tourism Authority of Thailand – is coming to the rescue of the beleaguered national carrier, Thai Airways. They are going to promote 20 flight routes in 10 provinces for the rest of this year. This is in response to instructions from the Thai government for state-owned enterprises to work together to boost income for the airline which…

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  • World NewsSouth Korean band’s motivational UN speech transcends race and gender identity

    South Korean band’s motivational UN speech transcends race and gender identity

    by Yim Hyun-su (hyunsu@heraldcorp.com) K-pop sensation BTS embraced self-love and encouraged young people around the world to “speak themselves” regardless of their origin, skin color and gender identity, in a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. Kim Nam-joon, better known as RM, said, “No matter who you are, where you are from, your skin color, your…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsTwo motorists died in Phuket road accident

    Two motorists died in Phuket road accident

    PHOTOS: CITY LAW 201 / Newshawk Phuket Two motorists havedied in a road accident on Chalermprakiat Ror 9 Road (Bypass Road), southbound this morning. The Phuket City Police were notified of the accident at 5.45am this morning. Emergency responders and police arrived at the scene two find one deceased female and one deceased male. Two identification cards were found with their personal…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsPolice find bodies of Briton, Thai wife buried behind their house in Phrae

    Police find bodies of Briton, Thai wife buried behind their house in Phrae

    The bodies of a Briton and his Thai wife were found buried over 2 metres deep in the garden of their property in Phrae Muang district today after they went missing on September 19. The Nation is reporting that the bodies of 64 year old Alan Scott Hogg and 61 year old Nott Sudaen were found buried beside a creek on…

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  • Phuket NewsSeven Phuket police questioned, more evidence collected

    Seven Phuket police questioned, more evidence collected

    PHOTO: The pursued pickup slams through motorcyclists at a traffic light in Rassada. Seven Phuket police today have been called to acknowledge the charge of intent to murder. More evidence has also been collected. At the Cherng Talay Police station today a team of investigators, including police, prosecutors and representative from the lawyers council, have spoken to the seven police.…

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  • Pattaya NewsHK ‘celebrity’ gets his stolen goods back, sort of

    HK ‘celebrity’ gets his stolen goods back, sort of

    Police in Pattaya have announced the arrest of three people who took advantage of the confusion in a Walking Street fight to steal the property of a ‘celebrity’ from Hong Kong over the weekend. But evidence recovered was nothing like what the visitor had claimed was stolen and the man even failed to turn up at the police station yesterday…

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  • Koh Samui News25 yo British woman claims she was raped on Koh Phangan but later recants

    25 yo British woman claims she was raped on Koh Phangan but later recants

    A 25 year old British woman has accepted that she was not raped on Koh Phangan as she had previously claimed. Hospital tests and CCTV indicated there was no evidence a crime had occurred. Sanook is reporting that the woman admits that her fears were completely unfounded. She has been named only as ‘Joanna’. Her distraught father had contacted the British…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsThree men have confessed, one remains on the run – murder of Phrae married couple

    Three men have confessed, one remains on the run – murder of Phrae married couple

    Three men have confessed to the murder of a missing couple – a British expat and his Thai wife – in Phrae. Police say the three men were hired by the woman older brother to kill the married couple. Police made the arrests in Wang Chin district late yesterday. They say they eventually had the confessions after hours of ‘intense’…

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  • Chiang Mai NewsBodies of missing British man and Thai wife found buried in garden in Phrae

    Bodies of missing British man and Thai wife found buried in garden in Phrae

    The bodies of a missing British man (earlier reported as Australian) and his Thai wife have been found buried in the garden of their home in Phrae, northern Thailand. 64 year old Alan Hogg from Scotland, and his Thai wife, 61 year old Nott Suddaen, were reported missing from their home in the Phrae province last Thursday. A weekend report…

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  • Bangkok NewsWelcome home, now off to jail

    Welcome home, now off to jail

    PHOTOS: Tourist Police Bureau Thailand’s roving crime-buster Pol Maj-Gen Surachate Hakparn was part of the welcoming committee as a group of Thais, he helped to bust in The Philippines, arrived back at Suvarabhumi Airport in Bangkok. They were immediately taken away to the police station after Big Joke introduced himself. Back in June the deputy chief of the Tourist Police…

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  • Bangkok NewsRoad racing motorbikes collide in Bangkok – one dead, one injured

    Road racing motorbikes collide in Bangkok – one dead, one injured

    A motorcyclist has been killed and another injured when their bikes, which a witness said were racing on a Bangkok road, grazed each other early this morning. The incident happened on Sukhaphibal 5 road in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district. Police said 26 year old Yospol Aksorn died of serious head injuries after he was thrown from his black Honda CBR…

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  • Business NewsTourism stakeholders commit to plastic-free future at PHIST

    Tourism stakeholders commit to plastic-free future at PHIST

    PHIST – Phuket Hotels for Island Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 Leading hotels and tourism groups have signed the “Phuket Pledge” at Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST) establishing a model for the future development of islands throughout Asia that embraces sustainability as a core and sets urgent goals for long-term change. The Phuket Pledge is a commitment…

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  • Thailand video newsThaiger Radio News – Tuesday

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  • South Thailand NewsFishing worker reported hanged on returning boat

    Fishing worker reported hanged on returning boat

    FILE PHOTO The skipper of a fishing boat has reported to police that one of his workers allegedly hanged himself on the boat as it returned to Songkhla fishing pier last night (Monday). But the wife of the dead man, 37 year old Anucha Kahapanna, doubts whether her husband committed suicide and is asking police to investigate whether it was…

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  • Phuket NewsMechanic found dead on tour boat – Phuket

    Mechanic found dead on tour boat – Phuket

    PHOTOS: Suppawattakan Khunnaluck A mechanic. whose head had been injured, was found dead on a boat in Chalong last night. Chalong Police were notified of the incident at the Chalong Pier at 7.20pm last night Police and emergency responders arrived to find a body of a man who was later identified as 30 year old Wanchai Yuttasang from Nakhon Si Thammarat.…

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  • Krabi News‘Thailand Biennale 2018’ international art festival in Krabi

    ‘Thailand Biennale 2018’ international art festival in Krabi

    The Culture Ministry’s first international art festival, the upcoming “Thailand Biennale 2018” in Krabi, will represent the biggest collaboration between the public and private sectors under the government’s “Pracharat” policy. “The Bt100-million art festival is funded and engaged in by over 50 governmental and private agencies. It’s the biggest ‘Pracharat’ project concerning art so far that the ministry has organised,…

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  • Phuket NewsSeven Phuket police charged with intent to murder

    Seven Phuket police charged with intent to murder

    Seven Phuket police have been charged with intent to murder after a man was shot dead after breaking through a checkpoint. A Phuket man, who broke the Phuket City Police checkpoint, was shot and died after allegedly attempting to open fire on police in Cherng Talay very early on (September 18). Read more about the man running the checkpoint and…

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  • Thailand NewsThai PM at the crossroads

    Thai PM at the crossroads

    PHOTO: The Nation With the election looming (5 months away) the Thai PM is being forced to declare his cards and his intentions to run as a political party member, or not. According to The Nation, Prayut Chan-o-cha appears to have made up his mind to take a risky political journey after publicly admitting for the first time yesterday that…

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  • Phuket NewsA ‘pawsome’ Sunday with Surf for Soi Dog at SurfHouse Kata Beach

    A ‘pawsome’ Sunday with Surf for Soi Dog at SurfHouse Kata Beach

    Soi Dog Foundation, teaming up with Surf House Phuket, had a ‘pawsome’ day of surfing yesterday. The proceeds from the surfing tickets were donated to contribute to the work of Soi Dog on helping to relieve the suffering of dogs and cats across Thailand and Asia. The charity surfing session took place from midday until 6pm and was attended by…

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  • Phuket NewsSeven Phuket police transferred off the island after man shot dead

    Seven Phuket police transferred off the island after man shot dead

    Seven police officers have already been transferred out of Phuket while investigations continues after a man was shot dead by police following the man breaking through a checkpoint in Phuket Town last week. The Phuket man, who broke a Phuket City Police checkpoint, died after ‘attempting’ to open fire on police in Cherng Talay early on September 18. Read more…

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