By Reuters and published by CNA Kuala Lumpur – Hundreds were missing on Sunday (Nov. 9) after a boat sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border, as 10 survivors and one body were recovered, the Malaysian maritime authority said. More victims might still be found at sea about three days after the sinking of the vessel,
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Search for British youth missing in Kanchanaburi
A SEARCH for a British youth who disappeared from Pattaya on Sep. 26 and was later stopped from crossing over to Myanmar from Three Pagodas Pass in Kanchaburi is underway as it is feared he has been lured to work for call centre criminals, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Oct. 2). Kanchanaburi Governor Athisan
Read moreBritish woman missing as dive boat catches fire off Koh Tao
A YOUNG British woman is missing after the dive boat she was sailing in together with 15 other tourists caught fire as it was heading for a dive site around five nautical miles from Koh Tao, Surat Thani province, today (March 16), TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. The boat, named Davy Jones
Read moreChinese model too feared trafficked to Myawaddy scam hub
AFTER the recent release of a Chinese actor who was trafficked from Thailand’s Mae Sot town to a scam centre in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, the father of a Chinese model who disappeared in December has asked Thai police to help find him as it is feared he might have suffered the same fate, PPTVHD36
Read moreChinese actor missing at Mae Sot after being tricked into joining a shoot here
A CHINESE actor’s girlfriend posted a message on Sina Weibo social media platform that he had been tricked into travelling to Thailand to film a drama before disappearing at Thai-Myanmar border with the Chinese consulate in Chiang Mai confirming that he went missing in Mae Sot, Naewna newspaper and Global Times said this afternoon
Read moreTourist missing as strong waves sink long-tailed boat off Koh Phangan
A SOUTH Korean tourist is missing after big waves sank a long-tailed boat off Koh Phangan at around 3 a.m. this morning (Dec. 29) but fortunately the other nine tourists and three crew members were safely rescued, MNG Online said. Koh Phangan’s police station was alerted at 3.10 a.m. that a long-tailed boat had
Read moreMissing Belgian female tourist found drowned in a stream
A YOUNG Belgian female tourist who went missing in northern Mae Hong Son’s Pai district yesterday (Sep. 6) was found drowned in a stream near Mae Hi weir after a major search for her was undertaken, Naewna newspaper said. At around noon a woman’s clothes were found near Mae Hi weir, with the search
Read moreOfficials puzzled how missing young man survived in the jungle for a week
THE BIG WEEK-LONG search for a Thai tourist missing on Phu Soi Dao mountain at Phu Soi Dao National Park, Uttaradit, ended this morning (July 11) when the young man walked out of the jungle on his own and is still in good health with officials puzzled by his miraculous survival, TV Channel 7
Read moreChopper joins hunt for Thai tourist missing on mountain
NEARLY a hundred national park officials and policemen who are searching for a Thai man missing on Phu Soi Dao mountain at Phu Soi Dao National Park, Uttaradit, since last Thursday (July 4) got help from helicopter sent by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in continuing to hunt for him, Naewna newspaper said
Read moreYoung Canadian goes missing at sea off Phang Nga
A BIG SEARCH was launched today (July 1) for a young Canadian man missing in southern coastal province Phang Nga who likely drowned while swimming in the sea, Naewna newspaper said. Phang Nga Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office together with Phuket Charity Foundation and some volunteers went out in a rubber boat to search
Read moreContraband oil, many crew members missing from seized boats
MARINE Police who capture the three oil-smuggling boats initially sent word that the over 330,000 litres of contraband oil is now missing with only six to seven crew members of approximately 20 who escaped from the Sattahip pier last Tuesday (June 11) being aboard, Amarin TV said today (June 17). The three large boats
Read moreMissing oil-smuggling boats returning to Songkhla tomorrow: Police
THAI Marine Police have taken control of three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from a pier in Sattahip, Chonburi, last Tuesday night (June 11) and they are expected to sail back to southern Songkhla port tomorrow, TV Channel 7 said this evening (June 16) Pol. Lt. Gen Kraiboon Suadsong, director of National Police Oil Smuggling
Read more3 missing oil-smuggling boats heading for Trat then neighbouring waters
CHONBURI police said that three seized oil-smuggling boats that went missing from Sattahip bay on Tuesday night (June 11) are believed to be heading for Trat coastal province, which is next to Cambodia, and then sail to neighbouring waters, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said late last night. Pol. Lt. Col. Santichon Hume,
Read moreAmerican man swept into the sea, wife and child rescued in Phuket
PHUKET lifeguards spent more than four hours searching for an American man swept into the sea by strong waves off Nai Harn beach in Phuket last evening (June 9) but managed to quickly rescue his Thai wife and child, Thai Rath newspaper said early this morning. Lifeguards at this beach together with Rawai subdistrict
Read moreThai woman missing in Switzerland found: Embassy
THE Thai embassy in Switzerland has been informed by the family of a Thai woman missing in Switzerland that she has now been found, Naewna newspaper and Mcot said this morning (May 25). Ms. Nantiwa “Noon” Saejiw, who is travelling on a Swedish passport and went Switzerland with her foreign boyfriend, had not contacted
Read moreSwiss man admits killing missing Thai wife: Police
A SWISS man who is the second husband of a Thai woman who inherited 13 million baht from her first Swiss husband upon his death in 2021 and has been missing since Jan. 8 has now confessed to having killed her, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Jan. 29). Police at Chaliang subdistrict, Khon Buri
Read moreSearch continues for 6 missing trawler crewmembers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SEARCH AND RESCUE mission for six missing crewmembers of a capsized trawler in the sea near Koh Chang island off Trat has been conducted for a fifth day today (Dec.25). The six crewmembers were believed to have been swept away from Koh Chang island by strong winds and high
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 moreMissing radioactive cylinder likely sold as scrap to a smelter
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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