Artikel erschien September 2018

  • Police looking for couple that had sex in a supermarket and posted the photos

    PHOTOS: Sanook Police are trying to track down a Thai couple who were photographed having sex in a famous supermarket. The photos were shared (of course) on the SSBN Facebook page, which is known for sharing risqué photos and clips, and quickly went viral during last night. The photos show a man wearing jeans and t-shirt and a woman in a red dress engaged in a number of ‘intimate’ acts in what appeared to the aisle selling toilet cleaning products (in preference to the garden tool section).

  • Australian living in Chiang Mai hangs himself from a roadside tree

    Australian living in Chiang Mai hangs himself from a roadside tree

    An Australian man is believed to have hanged himself from a tree on a roadside in Chiang Mai’s Hang Dong district this morning. The man has been identified as Nicholas James Watek. A passer-by called the Hang Dong police around 9.30am after he saw the man hanging from a tree on Soi Bon Kai Doi Tham in Ban Doi Tham village in Tambon Nam Phra

  • Former Mae Hong Son border police chief gets suspended jail term for pimping out underage girl

    Former Mae Hong Son border police chief gets suspended jail term for pimping out underage girl

    The former commander of a border patrol police company in Mae Hong Son, north-west Thailand, has been given a suspended jail term and a small fine for forcing a girl under 18 into prostitution, according to the victim’s mother. The girl’s mother, Namphet Koeyputsa, says the Mae Hong Son Court convicted Pol Lt Col Pongnarin Pongnam, former commander of the BPP Company 336 based in Tambon Pang Mu in Muang district, of forcing an underage girl into providing sex service.

  • Foreigner sets fire to his house then tries to jump off cliff

    A foreign man, who set fire to a house he was living in with his Thai wife, tried to jump off a cliff in Rawai this morning. Firefighters were notified about the incident at a house in Rawai earlier today. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the house was already well ablaze.

  • Police hunting for Phuket coffee shop thief

    Phuket police are hunting for a thief who has broken into a coffee shop in Thalang this week. Thalang Police were notified of the incident at the coffee shop inside PTT gas station on Thepkrasattri Road, northbound in Thalang. Panada Molee,  a coffee shop staff member, told police that she had closed the coffee shop at 8pm on Tuesday night before she opened the coffee shop again yesterday morning.

  • How many twins in one Trang school?

    Sanook is reporting that a primary school in Trang has an unusual problem.

  • Bangkok and Phuket on the list of the World’s ‘Top City For Visitor Spending’

    According to Mastercard’s annual Destination Cities Index, Bangkok has earned the position as the world’s most visited tourist destination once again in 2017. Phuket also got into the Top 10 list of tourist money magnets. The Thai capital attracted over 20 million visitors over the past year, more than both London (19.83 million) and Paris (17.44 million).

  • Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach appoints Harold Rainfroy as GM

    Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach appoints Harold Rainfroy as GM

    Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket has announced the appointment of Harold Rainfroy as General Manager who starts in his new role on September 14.   Harold, previously the General Manager of Mövenpick Hotel Mactan Island, Cebu in the Philippines, brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, mainly being based the United Arab Emirates and Southeast Asia, where he has spent the last nine years. “I am delighted to join such an incredible team, who I will be working hand in hand to ensure the resort strives in delivering outstanding guest satisfaction and reinforces its position as one of the finest resorts in Karon Beach” said Mr.

  • Typhoon Trami predicted to regain strength and hit Japan this weekend

    Tropical Typhoon Trami has weakened and it is no longer considered a “super typhoon” but is still packing winds up to 195 kilometres per hour (121 mph). The islands in the storm’s projected path are bracing for its arrival.

  • Duterte talks down a coup plot to remove him from office

    Duterte talks down a coup plot to remove him from office

    The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is calling on his police force not to join any “stupid” coup attempts against his Presidential administration. His warning follows reports of a plot to oust the outspoken President. The plot has been nicknamed “Red October.” Quoted in inquirer.net, President Duterte said yesterday, “Do not go into such stupid thing as coup d’ etat.