A CYLINDER containing dangerous radioactive material caesium-137 that has been missing in Prachinburi since March 10 appears to have been sold as scrap to a smelter, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Mar. 20). Provincial Governor Ronanrong Nakhonchinda together with staff from the Office of Atoms for Peace and related agencies inspected two metal smelters
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Hunt for German man who jumped from Koh Phangan-Surat Thani ferry
A GERMAN MAN jumped into the sea from a ferry sailing from Koh Phangan to Surat Thani’s Don Sak pier last night (Jan. 31) with search for him continuing today after being halted due to strong waves and the darkness, Naewna newspaper said. An examination of the tourist’s bag identified him as Mr. Florian
Read moreMaverick MP to lead team of divers in search 0f 23 missing sailors
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN MP MONGKOLKIT Suksintharanond has offered to lead a team of divers in search of 23 sailors reportedly missing from a sunk navy corvette in the stormy Gulf of Thailand since last Sunday. The Thai Civilized MP said he is patiently waiting another couple of days for the navy’s search
Read moreBelgian tourist missing while rafting in Chiang Mai still not found
AFTER searching all day and late into the night rescuers and divers in Chiang Mai had not found a Belgian man who fell off a rubber dinghy while rafting in Mae Taeng river with two fellow countrymen and a guide yesterday afternoon with the search continuing today (July 23), Sanook.com and Matichon newspaper said.
Read moreMissing German woman found by a creek in national park forest
A LARGE search team in Phuket found the elderly German woman tourist missing for seven days lying by a creek in a forest within Sirinat National Park today (May, 16), Thai Rath newspaper and Amarin TV said. Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, who is said to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and disappeared
Read moreHelicopter, boat join hunt for German woman missing in Phuket
THE HUNT for an elderly German woman said to be suffering from Alzheimer’s and missing in Phuket since May 9 intensified this morning (May 15) with an army helicopter and a national park boat joining the search, Amarin TV said. Twenty policemen are searching for Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, on foot at
Read moreElderly German tourist missing in Phuket for 6 days
PHUKET police and officials are searching for an elderly German woman tourist who disappeared from her hotel six days ago, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said today (May 14). The tourist, identified as Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, had been staying at Maikhao Palm Beach Resort with relatives but had not returned
Read moreChonburi chasing two infected Indian tourists
THE Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office posted an announcement on its Facebook page this afternoon (Jan. 4) that they searching for two Covid infected Indian tourists with those who know of their whereabouts urged to immediately contact Vibharam Laem Chabang Hospital, TV Channel 7 said The announcement identified the two tourists as Mr. Ankit
Read moreResidents furious at woman honking loudly after not finding her husband
ATTRACTING a lot of comments on Thai social media is a video clip of a woman disturbing residents of a few blocks of police flats by loudly blaring the horn of her car in the middle of the night after failing to find her husband, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Sept. 26). The video clip of
Read moreBody of missing hotel manager found on Phi Phi island
THE BODY of an Austrian hotel manager who has been missing on Phi Phi island since last Saturday (Sept. 11) was found late afternoon today (Sept. 15) after a big search by Krabi and Phi Phi island policemen, immigration officials and over 50 local residents, Sanook.com said. The staff of Zeavola Resort on the
Read moreBig hunt on Phi Phi island for foreign hotel manager
A LARGE team of Krabi and Phi Phi island policemen, immigration officials and over 50 residents are trekking through the island’s mountainous jungle and scouring its beaches in searching for an Austrian hotel manager who disappeared on Saturday Sept. 11, Amarin TV said today (Sept.15). Mr. Florian Klaus Hallermann, 56, general manager of Zeavola Resort
Read moreProtest guards seek help after member disappears
LEADERS of the Free Guards who yesterday (Jan. 16) staged a pro-democracy activity near Victory Monument and later a demonstration at Samyan Mitrtown complex in Pathumwan area are today searching for one of their members who was apparently kidnapped by people who claimed to be from the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreMysterious plastic plaque shows up at Sanam Luang
AFTER THE removal of the second Khana Rasadorn plaque from Sanam Luang last night, with it not yet know who dug it out and whether it has been destroyed, at 2 p.m. this afternoon (Sept. 21) a plastic copy of the same plaque was placed at the same spot, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The plastic
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