A GERMAN man holidaying in Thailand drowned after being pulled further into the sea by large waves that pounded Phuket’s Freedom beach yesterday (Aug. 10) while six other tourists narrowly escaped death after being caught in strong currents off Nai Thon beach today, TV Channel 7 and NBT World said, Rescuers have found the
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German cyberattack suspect arrested in Bangkok
ARRESTED IN Thonglor area of Bangkok today (April 11) is a German man wanted under 74 German and EU arrest warrants plus an Interpol Red Notice on charges of operating two online platforms offering to mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt websites and servers of organizations across the world, TV channel 7 and
Read moreSubmarine deal approved now awaiting cabinet go-ahead: Phumtham
By TV Channel 7, Naewna newspapepr and Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWLY-APPOINTED Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said upon bidding farewell to the Defence Ministry today (July 2) that he has approved the navy’s long-delayed plan to buy a Chinese-built S26T submarine with this now to be tabled to the cabinet for final approval.
Read moreChinese submarine purchase plan to be finalised sooner than later
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEFENCE MINISTER PHUMTHAM Wechayachai confirmed last night (Oct. 25) the navy’s long-delayed plan to buy a Chinese-built S26T submarine will be finalised sooner than later. Phumtham said the navy’s plan to buy the Yuan-class S26T submarine from China Shipbuilding & Offshore International with a Chinese-made engine to be installed aboard
Read moreGerman tourist dies after falling from Pattaya hotel
A GERMAN man holidaying in Pattaya fell to his death from the 33rd floor of a luxury hotel last night (June 5) with this being the fourth such death in a month at this seaside city, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. At 10 p.m. last night Pol. Maj. Thanya Utthong, an inspector at
Read moreIt’s final: Chinese engine to be installed aboard Chinese submarine for Thai navy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND TODAY (May 16) finally agreed to have a Chinese engine, and not a German engine, installed aboard a Chinese-built submarine purchased by the Thai navy, a navy source said. The Thai navy has agreed to procure the Yuan-class S26T submarine with the Chinese-made CHD620 engine in lieu of the
Read moreWestern engineer assaults Pattaya bar women in row over bill
TWO WOMEN working at a beer bar filed a complaint against a Western engineer at Pattaya City police station this afternoon (Apr. 7) for beating them up in a row over a bill and submitted a surveillance camera clip to support their accusation, TV Channel 7 said this evening. Ms. Anchisa, 55, manager of
Read moreAxe-wielding foreigner arrested for overstaying over 500 days
A FOREIGN man was arrested for overstaying over 500 days after his neighbours in Phuket’s Chalong subdistrict complained that he has often wielded an axe and a knife in rampaging through the area, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 5). Chalong police went to the unidentified German man’s house and found that the complaint held
Read moreSky Doctor flies ailing German tourist from Koh Samui to Trang
THE SKY DOCTOR service flew a German tourist who had suffered a stroke on Koh Samui to Trang Hospital and saved his life, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Mar. 15). At 11.15 a.m. yesterday National Institute of Emergency Medicine (NIEM) was asked by the Nerendthorn Centre on Koh Samui to send an aircraft
Read moreGerman tourist injured while walking on Pattaya footpath
A GERMAN tourist injured his foot while walking down a Pattaya footpath at 12.30 a.m. this morning (Jan. 27) with Tourist Police and rescuers from Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan quickly helping him, Naewna newspaper said. The tourist, Mr. Nils Gleissner, 24, was walking down Pattaya Beach Road in Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, when
Read moreGovt urged to cancel Chinese submarine deal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT was today (Jan.4) encouraged to cancel the navy’s Chinese submarine purchase deal since the Chinese shipbuilder has already failed to deliver it. During a second day of floor debate on the 2024 budget bill, Move Forward MP Chayapon Sathorndee suggested Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang to entirely
Read moreSuthin backs down on swapping submarine for frigate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEFENCE MINISTER SUTHIN Khlangsaeng has given up on his earlier call for the navy to procure a Chinese-built frigate in place of a troublesome Chinese-built submarine. The civilian member of cabinet said today (Dec.15) he has finally agreed to the navy’s sustained plan to procure submarines, either from China or
Read moreThailand to urge Germany to provide engine for Chinese sub purchased by Thai navy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND PLANS to call on Germany to provide a German-made engine for a Chinese-built submarine already purchased by the Thai navy, Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsaeng confirmed today (Sep.7). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Panpree Pahitthanukorn will likely call on the German government to allow the sale
Read moreThird suspect in murder of German businessman nabbed in Kanchanaburi
THE THIRD suspect in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week was arrested this afternoon (July 12) in Kanchanaburi while trying to flee across the border to Myanmar, Naewna newspaper said. Police arrested Mr. Shahrukh Kareem Uddin, 27, a Pakistani holding Thai nationality, while travelling in a taxi to
Read moreTwo Germans arrested in murder of businessman
TWO Germans wanted in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week have been arrested with the third suspect, a Pakistani who holds Thai nationality, still being hunted, Matichon newspaper quoted police as saying late this evening (July 11). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big
Read morePolice moving to arrest 3 foreigners in brutal murder of German businessman
POLICE are gearing up to ask Pattaya Provincial Court to issue arrest warrants for two Germans and a Pakistani in the brutal murder of a German real estate businessman who disappeared in Chonburi last week and whose dismembered body was found in a freezer placed at a house in this same province last night,
Read moreBig cash transfer a new clue to missing German businessman
INVESTIGATION of the mysterious disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi last week made some headway with an unusual transfer of over 2 million baht discovered while three foreigners were questioned, one of them a woman, as were his Thai wife and children, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapes said today (July 10). Mr. Hans-Peter
Read moreMissing German businessman’s sedan found abandoned at a condo
PROGRESS has been made over the disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi since last Tuesday (July 4) with his family having offered 3 million baht to anyone who finds him and 100,000 baht for the recovery of his Mercedes Benz sedan with the latter spotted a condo in this same province today (July
Read moreYuck! German ballet chief allegedly wipes dog faeces on critic’s face
By Reuters and published by CNA :Berlin – Arts critics are used to trashing sub-par performances with negative reviews, but they are rarely on the receiving end of an all-too-literal smear campaign. This weekend though, the chief choreographer of Hanover State Opera smeared the face of a dance critic with dog excrement after she
Read moreGerman man charged with theft after taking Russian woman’s sunglasses
A GERMAN man holidaying on Koh Phangan was arrested today (Feb. 11) at a resort he is staying in after having picked up a pair of sunglasses belonging to a Russian woman on Thursday (Feb. 9), Sanook.com said. Pol. Col. Suparerk Phankosol, Surat Thani province’s immigration superintendent, together with Tourist and Koh Phangan police arrested
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