AN ONGOING crackdown on nominees in tourist areas revealed that over 50,000 Thais have assumed this role on behalf of foreigners with further investigation and legal proceedings continuing, Naewna newspaper said today (May 18). Mr. Poonpong Naiyanapakorn, director-general of the Department of Business Development, said Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had assigned his agency to
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Tourist injured in Phuket shooting range accident
A BULLET accidently fired by a Phuket shooting range employee flew across and lodged in the cheek of a Chinese tourist at around 6 p.m. today (March 18), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Kiattisak Saengmanee, deputy investigator at Kathu police station, quickly took a team to the shooting range in Kathu district to investigate
Read moreFrench tourist nabbed after dropping drug at Phuket Airport
A FRENCH national holidaying in Phuket was arrested after dropping 10 small bags cocaine at the southern island’s airport with more drugs found at his hotel room, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 6). Pol. Lt. Col. Chamnan Inthanon, head of investigation at Sakhu police station, was alerted by Phuket Airport’s security personnel that 10
Read moreTourist dies at EDC music festival in Phuket
A TOURIST who collapsed at Electric Daisy Carnival Thailand 2026 (EDC Thailand) music festival being held today (Jan. 18) at Choeng Thale subdistrict, Thalang district, Phuket, later died at a hospital, Amarin TV said. At around 3.15 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Thanaphop Rattanaburi, an investigating officer at Thalang police station, was informed by the
Read moreFrench tourist dies in Phuket as drunk driver hits 9 vehicles
THERE was chaos in Phuket at around noon today (Jan. 10) when an intoxicated man driving a luxury sedan slammed into nine vehicles as well as two tourists walking by a roadside leading to one of them, a Frenchman, later dying at the hospital, Amarin TV said this evening. Upon being alerted of the
Read more9 Thai tourists missing as boat capsizes off Pattaya
A FISHING boat carrying 13 Thai tourists capsized near Koh Maravichai off Pattaya with four having swum ashore while an urgent search and rescue operation is underway to find the others, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Nov. 21). Chonburi Maritime Security Centre received an urgent message from Marine Disaster Relief Line group and 1445 hotline
Read moreNaked foreigner causes trouble at Pattaya intersection
PATTAYA police quickly arrested a naked foreign man who hit vehicles passing through an intersection at South Pattaya Two road and at times stood still as if praying as he looked at the sun, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 20). At 9 a.m. Pol. Lt. Panupong Nimsuvarn, a traffic inspector at Pattaya City
Read moreTrans women hug, steal gold chain from Indian tourist
AN INDIAN tourist filed a complaint at Pattaya City police station after a group of transgender women hugged him then stole over 25-gramme gold chain worth more than 100,000 baht with police chasing the culprits, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 20). Pol. Lt. Manasak Phonliam, deputy investigation officer at Pattaya City police station, immediately
Read moreState Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on
Read moreGRC decorative panel falls from Pattaya high-rise injuring tourist
A GLASSFIBRE reinforced concrete (GRC) decorative panel fell from a luxury condominium in Khao Phra Tamnak area of South Pattaya last evening (May 28) injuring an Australian man holidaying there, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said. Injured when the GRC panel fell from the building’s 38th floor was Mr. Paul Denis Smith
Read moreIndian tourist found dead in the sea off Koh Samet
AN Indian man who has been missing for three days while holidaying at Koh Samet was found dead in the sea off this tourist island seemingly strangled with a black garbage bag, Naewna newspaper said late last night (May 17). Pol. Lt. Col. Kwanchai Mankanisorn, an investigation officer at Phe police station, Rayong province,
Read more35 tourists rescued after boat billows black smoke into the sky
A GROUP OF 35 Russian tourists were safely rescued from their double-decker boat sailing near Koh Sak island, close to Koh Larn off Pattaya, this morning (March 18) after the vessel started releasing billows of thick black smoke into the sky due to engine malfunction, Amarin TV said. At 10 a.m. the Marine Disaster
Read moreBerserk Iranian tourist uses syringe to stab hotel staff
AN IRANIAN man holidaying in Phuket went berserk this evening (March 17) using a syringe to stab staff of a hotel in Karon subdistrict with police rushing in to control and overpower him, Amarin TV said. Karon police station was notified at 6.11 p.m. that the Iranian tourist, identified as Mr. Reza Bahman Farshi,
Read moreKoh Samui officials spent hours rescuing Polish woman who fell at waterfall
KOH SAMUI officials, policemen and navy sailors took five hours bringing a Polish woman tourist who slipped and fell at the top of a waterfall and broke her ankle down to safety yesterday (March 10), Naewna newspaper said today. The female tourist, Ms. Monika (surname withheld), 38, slipped and fell while walking along the top
Read more9 hurt as tourist bus falls off cliff in Phuket
A TOURIST BUS travelling on Phuket’s Karon-Patong road fell off a cliff today (Feb.1) injuring nine people including the driver, Naewna newspaper quote Facebook user Sorayuth Suthassanachinda, who identified himself as a news worker, as saying. The accident occurred at 12.30 p.m. when the medium-sized 32-seat bus lost control and plunged down the cliff.
Read moreSpanish tourist killed by ‘panic-stricken’ elephant at Thai sanctuary
By Agencies and published by CNA A “PANIC-STRICKEN” elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, local police said on Monday (Jan. 6). On Friday, Blanca Ojanguren García, 23, was washing the animal at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in the Koh Yao district
Read moreMan nabbed after bullet nearly hits tourist on Koh Phangan
A THAI MAN was arrested on Koh Phangan after picking a fight and threatening a tourist with a shotgun which went off and the bullet narrowly missed his head after another man interceded and pushed it away during New Year countdown celebration, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Jan. 2). A surveillance camera video clip
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 moreSingaporean tourist, Thai singer die after getting massage
A SINGAPOREAN tourist holidaying in Phuket died after a massage at a parlour in Phuket late last night (Dec. 7) with a Thai female singer too dying today after a masseuse at a Thai massage parlour in Udon Thani twisted her neck, Amarin TV said. At 11.05 p.m. Pol. Col. Chalermchai Hirasawat, superintendent at
Read moreSearch for elderly Frenchman after tourist boat capsizes
DIVERS are searching for an 83-year-old French man after the tourist boat he was sailing in capsized at Ratchaprapa Dam or Cheow Lan Dam in Surat Thani province amid a thunderstorm and strong waves, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Nov. 23). Rescuers had earlier managed to safely pull out 11 people from the
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