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Maya Bay, closed until further notice – VIDEO
Koh Phi Phi’s iconic Maya Bay is now being closed until national park officials see some better signs of recovery in the damaged eco-system. Tim Newton reports… https://www.facebook.com/thethaigernews/videos/555881841529943/
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Ten injured in a Krabi minivan accident
Eight tourists and two Thai have been injured in a minivan accident in Plai Phraya, Krabi, this afternoon. Plai Phraya Police in Krabi were notified that a passenger minivan had veered off the road and flipped over on the Southern Sea Road at about 2pm. When emergency responders arrived they found a minivan off the side off the road in…
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Two metre crocodile caught in Krabi
A two metre crocodile has been caught in a mangrove forest in Klongtom, Krabi whilst another crocodile was sighted last night. Officials from the Krabi Provincial Fisheries Office arrived at the area after being notified by locals that a crocodile has been caught. The crocodile was 1.8 metres and 30 kilograms, female and in good health. 36 year old Noppohn…
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10 vehicle pile up in Krabi
Amazingly, no injuries from a 10 vehicle pile up in Krabi City yesterday. Krabi City Police were notified of the carnage on Sri Trang Road near an intersection in the Krabi City Municipality at about noon yesterday (Sunday). Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find a ten-wheeler truck, carrying a machine, on the side of the road…
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Wife and gunman arrested after husband killed in Krabi
Krabi police have arrested a woman who hired a gunman for 200,000 baht to shoot her husband last week. Klongtom Police have arrested 48 year old Wilai Manpean and 28 year old Kittsak Wannaboworn, both from Krabi. They have been arrested after being involved in the killing of 48 year old Saward Manpean, the husband of Wilaiin in Klongtom, Krabi.…
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700,000 year old fossils found in Krabi cave
A physician is urging state agencies to conduct a scientific survey of a Krabi cave where he found fossils of suspected prehistoric Java rhinos and hyenas. He believes the cave in Tambon Ao Luek Nuea could have potential to become a new archaeological site. Dr Samart Srikarn had been informally surveying Yai Ruak Cave when he came across the ancient specimens…
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Wanted Krabi gunmen arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat
Police this week have arrested a pair of gunmen who shot two people that were riding in the back of a pickup. One man was shot dead whilst the other man was seriously injured in Krabi in June. 28 year old Somkit Khaokaewk was shot dead while 36 year old Banyat Duangwang sustained a serious injury. The incident happened near…
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Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort kick off education program with local schools
Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort has launched a new educational program that will teach local school children about the critical importance of environmental preservation and sustainability. Under this new initiative, a group of 14 children, six parents and four teachers from Koh Phi Phi’s LaemTong School visited the resort’s new Marine Discovery Centre to learn about the island’s underwater…
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Maya Bay – closed for one extra month
FILE PHOTO It won’t open to tourists now until November 1. A one-month extension to the four month closure of Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi is to better allow the full recovery of coral reefs, mangrove areas and the general ecosystem, as well as to protect tourists from strong winds and high waves during the period. The Hat Noppharat…
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Drivers survive a Krabi road incident
A female driver and a motorbike driver have survived a Krabi road accident. The accident happened on Maharat Road in Krabi City at about midday yesterday (September 11). The pickup truck collided with a power pole. Under the pickup police and rescue workers found the damaged motorbike. The pickup truck driver, later identified as 67 year old Jurarat Sinprachawong, was taken…
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Two college students killed in Krabi head-on
A pickup truck driver has fled the scene after hitting a motorbike. Two college students, who were on the motorbike, died at the scene in Krabi today (September 11). The incident happened on the Khao Panom – Nuea Klong Road at 11.30am this morning. Police and rescue workers arrived and found a pickup with damage in the front. Nearby they…
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Husband almost beheads wife in Krabi
A man, who slashed his wife’s neck, killing her in Krabi this morning (September 11), has been arrested. Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene just after midnight to find the body of a woman who was later identified as 49 year old Noorin Rueangrat, lying on a bed in the house in Krabi City. Slash wounds were fund…
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Krabi ‘Saleng’ taxi drivers protest to be allowed to carry passengers
More than 100 Krabi Saleng-taxi (motorbike sidecar) drivers are protesting about the new law that does not allow Saleng-taxis to be used to carry tourist passengers. More than 100 of Krabi Saleng-taxi drivers, led by Somkiet Sainui, the head of Ao Nang Saleng-taxi driver Association, massed at the Krabi Provincial City Hall yesterday. A letter of protest was passed on to the…
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Two injured, three vehicles damaged in jealous chase – Krabi
Two people have been injured whilst three vehicles have been damaged in an accident after a husband, who saw his wife with other man in a car, chased and tried to stop them. The wife didn’t stop leading to a collision yesterday (September 5). The Krabi City Police were notified of the incident on Petkasem Road in Krabi City around…
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Couple arrested with drugs hidden inside snack boxes in Krabi
A Thai couple has been arrested with crystal methamphetamine and methamphetamine pills in Krabi yesterday (September 2). A team of Krabi Police arrested 42 year old Kanya Bussaba from Krabi and 21 year old Chookiet Suprasit from Nakhon Si Thammarat. They were arrested at a palm plantation in Khao Panom. The arrest came after police received a tip-off that drugs…
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Autopsy results reveal German tourist died from drowning on Koh Phi Phi
The result of an autopsy reveals that the German tourist who died on Koh Phi Phi in Krabi died of drowning after falling from rocks last week. The body of 50 year old Markus Steibach was found lying near a rock formation on the beach next to a sea gypsy graveyard in the Ban Laem Dong village. Read the original…
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A new dusitD2 opening in Krabi later this year
Dusit International has signed a management agreement with Vogue Pranang Bay Resort Company to run the new dusitD2 in Ao Nang, poised to open at the end of this year. The hotel will be the second Dusit property in Krabi. Located 25 km from Krabi International Airport, the new dusitD2 Ao Nang is located on a hillside in downtown Ao Nang,…
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Everything old is new again – the plastic ban in Krabi marine park
With thousands of tourists heading out to islands around Phuket and Phang Nga Bay every day, all with their lunches and snacks packed up in plastic bags and polystyrene, you can imagine how much waste is produced. So Thais online have been full of praise for tourists using traditional “pinto thao” food containers instead of plastic bags to take their…
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100,000 methamphetamine pills seized in Krabi
Krabi police have seized more than 100,000 methamphetamine pills and a Mercedes Benz car. The total items seized are valued at more than 20 million baht. Krabi Police this week have arrested three suspects, 34 year old Somchai ‘Mhee’ Krueawang with his wife 30 year old Panumart Rakmueang, and 39 year old Anan Jindawong. Police seized 120,317 methamphetamine pills and 949.3…
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The bitter legal battle to salvage Koh Poda
by Piyaporn Wongruang – The Nation Weekend (12 minute read) Worapoj Lomlim could barely sleep days before the Krabi provincial court was set to read the verdict of the Court of Appeals Region 8 on a land dispute over Poda, the renowned island. “It was epic. I just anxiously waited and hoped to win the case,” said Worapoj, recalling last week’s…
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Cargo boat from Phuket hits rocks off Koh Phi Phi
A cargo boat travelling from Phuket suffered engine failure, was hit by waves and ended up stuck on rocks off Koh Phi Phi in Krabi this morning (August 23). Officials from the Hat Nopparat Thara National Park were called at 10.30am to inform them that a cargo boat name ‘Salinee’ had engine failure and was found drifting near Laem Tong on…
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Former Krabi City Mayor fights for Koh Poda
A former Krabi City Mayor is again fighting for Koh Poda after the court dismissed his appeal. The Civil Court Region 8 has dismissed the case after former Krabi City Mayor Chuan Pukhaoluan, who claims he ‘owns’ land on Koh Poda in Krabi, sued three officials of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) for eviction and illegal…
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68 illegal migrant workers arrested at Krabi hotel construction site
Officers have arrested 68 illegal migrant workers at a five star hotel construction site near a beach in the main centre of Krabi yesterday (August 17). Officers checked the hotel construction site on Tab Kheak Beach. Officers found 89 workers including 21 Thai and 68 Burmese. All 68 Burmese workers were registered with a previous construction company not the current…
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Coconut trees provide evidence for land ownership case
Coconut trees have saved a 71 rai (11 hectare) patch of park forestland on beautiful Poda Island (8km from Ao Nang) from falling into the hands of the private sector. Evidence was solid enough for the Appeal Court to overturn a ruling that awarded the land ownership to a man. If the plot became privately owned it could possibly fetch…
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Body found on the roadside in Krabi
The body of a man has been found dead on the roadside in Krabi yesterday (August 9). Krabi City Police were notified at 3am yesterday that a body of a man was found on the roadside in Muang Krabi. Police and rescue workers arrived to find a body of a man who was later identified as 25 year old Subin…
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Parts of Krabi flooded as heavy rains continue
The Than Bok Khorani National Park in Krabi has been temporarily closed due to strong water flows. More than 50 families are suffering from flooding around the area. Yesterday afternoon (August 9) soldiers went to Khao Panom district in Krabi after water level in canals were rising fast. Water is overflowing and flooding many areas. A palm plantation has also been…
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Former tattoo shop owner killed in Krabi
A former famous Phi Phi tattoo shop owner has been shot dead. Ao Nang Police were notified of an incident at 4am this morning (Thursday) at a hut in Khao Kram in Krabi. Krabi Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the body of a man who was later identified as 42 year old Preecha ‘Bangtos’ Boatmen,…
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Special welcomes for Chinese tourists at Krabi Airport
The Krabi Immigration Office at Krabi Airport has provided special warm welcomes for Krabi Chinese tourists including more exclusive Visa checkpoint lanes. Krabi Immigration Office Chief Col Suparueak Pankomon led the warm welcome for 138 Chinese tourists who were arriving with a charter flight on Uron Airlines from China. It’s all part of the recent ‘charm offensive’ to encourage Chinese…
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Krabi millipede invasion
Thousands of millipedes have invaded more than 30 houses in a Krabi community. Some locals are fearful of the plague as they say they’re allergic to millipedes. Locals in Klongtom, Krabi say that thousands of millipedes are being found around and inside their houses. The more rains, the more millipedes. Locals are trying to get rid of them with chemical…
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Indian man assaulted and killed in Krabi
An Indian man was killed by another Indian citizen after he was assaulted by his co-worker’s wife while she was taking a bath yesterday (Aug 2) in Krabi. The reenactment held this morning was led by Khao Panom Police Chief Col Kajit Kongprab. The attacker was 25 year old Indian, Prakart Natarang, who is a staff member of a biomass…
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