A CHINESE tourist drowned while swimming in the choppy seas off Koh Samet, Rayong, this afternoon (Dec. 31) while another holidaymaker also died after falling off a cliff at Pam Bok waterfall in Mae Hong Son’s Pai district, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said this evening. The Chinese tourist who drowned, Mr. Lee Yuefeng,
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9 injured as speedboat crashes into rocks off Phuket
A SPEEDBOAT that took seven tourists to Phi Phi island off Phuket slammed into some rocks at Maiton island on the way back injuring all of them as well as the captain and his crewman, with two of them in serious condition, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 31). At 3.30 p.m. Phuket Regional
Read moreMove Forward’s election victory biggest event of 2023: Poll
MOST PEOPLE rated Move Forward Party’s election victory as the best event of 2023 in a survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll and released today (Dec. 31), according to TV Channel 7, Altogether 40.53% of the respondents in this opinion poll said Move Forward’s stunning election victory was the best development of the outgoing
Read moreNew Year road toll climbs to 71 on second day
WITH just two of seven dangerous days of New Year holidays having passed, as many as 71 people have died in traffic accidents with 37 fatalities occurring yesterday (Dec. 30), TV Channel 7 said. Moreover 404 people got injured in 385 accidents yesterday, with two key causes being speeding, 34.55%, and drink driving, 22.60%.
Read moreIndonesia’s Papua region jolted by 6.5 magnitude earthquake
By AP and published by Fox9.com Jakarta, Indonesia – A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua early on Sunday (Dec. 31), but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake was centred 162 kilometres (101 miles) northeast of Abepura, a subdistrict
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