Elderly Thai Woman Commits ‘Suicide By Crocodile’ at Samut Prakarn Crocodile...
Police said they arrived at the scene to find zoo keepers and staff desperately trying to ward off dozens of reptiles which were feasting on her body (file picture not related to Samut Prakarn...
View ArticleThree Migrant Workers Held in Deaths of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge
CCTV showed David Miller and Hannah Witheridge holding hands before the fatal attack KOH TAO – Three male migrant workers have been arrested following the double murder of two British backpackers in...
View ArticleChiang Rai International Airport Practices Trial Run, in Case of Ebola Infection
Thailand is buying Ebola detection kits from German and China, CHIANG RAI – Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport has announced a staff practice in case of an Ebola infection of a passenger....
View ArticleChiang Rai Police Seize 200,000 Yaba Pills
The authorities have seized a total of 240,000 amphetamine pills and a small amount of crystallized methamphetamine or “ya-ice” weighing about 0.7 kilograms. CHIANG RAI – Police in Chiang Rai have...
View ArticleBriton Christopher Ware Called Back to Koh Tao by Thai Police
British tourist Christopher Alan Ware (right) is questioned by a Thai police officer on Koh Tao BANGKOK – Police investigating the killing of two young British tourists, David Miller and Hannah...
View Article104 Year Old Phrae Woman Wonders Whether Perhaps She has Lived Too Long
104-year Por Senanuch, left, with her 79-year daughter and 84-year son-in-law at their home in Phrae province on Wednesday (Photo by Thaweesak Sukkhasem) PHRAE – Another centenarian has been...
View ArticleSave the Mekong Coalition (SMC) Object to Don Sahong Dam Consultation Process
Residents from eight provinces along the Mekong River gather outside the headquarters of the construction firm Ch Karnchang and Siam Commercial Bank to protest against the companies’ role in the...
View Article3.7 Earthquake Reported in Chiang Rai’s Mae Saruay District
According to statistics from the Seismology Office, said quake struck at 8:30 AM CHIANG RAI – An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter open-scale, at a 3 km depth shook Chiang Rai’s Mae Saruay...
View ArticleHeavy Rains and Thunder Storms to Hit Chiang Rai
Today at 4.00 a.m., typhoon “KALMAEGI” descended on upper Vietnam but was downgraded to a tropical storm. CHIANG RAI – According to the Meteorological Department’s daily weather forecast, more rain...
View ArticleThai General Questions if ‘Tourists in Bikinis’ Safe after Murders
Foreign Women Sunbathing on the Island of Koh Tao BANGKOK – Thailand’s military ruler on Wednesday (Sep 17) questioned whether tourists in bikinis are safe in the kingdom, in comments following the...
View ArticleScott Kelby’s 7th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk Comes to Chiang Rai
CHIANG RAI – On Saturday, October 11, 2014, photographers will gather in cities across the globe to capture a slice of life through their eyes during the 7th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk. It’s the...
View ArticleDNA Tests For British Murder Suspects on Koh Tao Negative
Passport photos of David William Miller, and Hannah Victoria Witheridge, both 24, were place on this memorial on Koh Tao on Wednesday. (Photo by Supapong Chaolan) BANGKOK – Royal Thai Police adviser...
View ArticleDurex Condom Ad Sparks Outrage In Thailand
BANGKOK – In the age of the internet, Durex and other condom sellers have upped the ante with websites and social media that promote their products by promoting the main activity required for their...
View ArticleWare Brothers From UK Questioned Over Koh Tao Murder
Police are now collecting DNA evidence from a number different sources, including a blood stained t-shirt and trousers that were found inside Miller’s rucksack. BANGKOK – Two Brothers from the UK...
View ArticleRiver Overflows Flooding Mae Sai-Tachileik Border Areas in Chiang Rai
The level of the Mae Sai River running past the Mae Sai-Tachileik border in Chiang Rai province was reported to be increasing rapidly until the river finally burst its banks at around 3 am.- Photo...
View ArticleGeneral Prayuth Chan-ocha Offers Apology Over Bikini Comment
Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha today offered an apology BANGKOK – Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha today offered an apology for his remark about foreign tourists wearing bikinis...
View ArticleThailand’s Election Officials Go to Scotland to Observe Scottish Vote
Yes and no voters in Scotland BANGKOK – Members of Thailand’s Election Commission, who were reluctant to organize elections earlier this year in their own country, were among the observers of the...
View ArticlePrime Minister General Prayuth Say’s No public Political Discussions Allowed...
Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan- ocha BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan- ocha said on Friday that no political discussion is allowed in public under martial law which is...
View ArticleConfusion Plagues Police Investigation of Koh Tao Murders
Police unsure if killers of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller are still on island or if there was more than one murder weapon KOH TAO – Police in Koh Tao Thailand have admitted the investigation...
View ArticleChiang Rai’s Mae Sai Market Cleans up after Severe Flooding
Border at Mae Sai in Chiang Rai was closed last night due to floods - - MAE SAI – After a river overflow left both sides of the Mae Sai-Tachileik border submerged under water, cleanup has begun in...
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