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  • Slapped airport security worker praised for showing restraint

    Slapped airport security worker praised for showing restraint

    A female airport security officer, who was slapped by a South Korean woman after she asked if the tourist would submit to a routine pat-down at a security post at Suvarnabhumi Airport, has been praised by an airport executive for not retaliating or responding negatively. The incident took place on Saturday night at Suvarnabhumi Airport while the Thai worker was checking passengers at the security checkpoint in the departure area. The officer asked if she could carry out a pat-down body check of the woman, who was accompanied by a Korean man, but the tourist refused to allow the officer to carry out the check

  • 17 year old UK teenager dies in motorbike accident during holiday in Thailand

    17 year old UK teenager dies in motorbike accident during holiday in Thailand

    A 17 year old teenager from the UK has died after being involved in a motorbike accident while holidaying in Thailand. The article in The Telegraph and Argus, a Yorkshire daily in the UK, doesn’t mention where the young man died. 17 year old Anthony Ryan was visiting Thailand on his first trip abroad and was killed in the accident last Thursday  reported

  • Foreign tourist caught carrying protected sea star at Chalong Pier – VIDEO

    Foreign tourist caught carrying protected sea star at Chalong Pier – VIDEO

    PHOTOS/VIDEO: Khanchit Klingklip A foreign man has been caught on camera carrying sea star along Chalong pier yesterday. A Facebook user ‘Khanchit Klingklip’, a member of a nature resources volunteer network, yesterday posted photos and a video with a message reading, “6pm at Chalong Pier, a foreign man was carrying sea star inside a plastic bag

  • Some restrictions lifted for superyachts in the region

    Some restrictions lifted for superyachts in the region

    PHOTO: katarocks.com Thailand is poised to ease rules on bareboat charters as well as introducing new measures to attract more luxury and super yachts into the region. The new measures were laid out in a presentation called “Highlighting Strategies for Attracting Yachts and Improving Safety at Sea” held at the 2019 Thailand Yacht Show and Rendezvous in Phuket.

  • Company rolls out new computers for Chiang Mai school

    Company rolls out new computers for Chiang Mai school

    Top executives from Thailand property development company Boutique Corporation recently visited the Intanon Wittaya School in Chiang Mai and presented them with ten desktop computers to the school.

  • Police hunting for driver in hit and run – Patong

    Police hunting for driver in hit and run – Patong

    WARNING: Extreme graphic content Patong Friday, January 18, 2.06am – Police are trying to locate the driver of this hit and run silver sedan in Patong. If you have any information please contact the Tourist Police or Patong Police – 1155 or 191 (Thai) VIDEO: Newshawk Phuket PHUKETWARNING: Extreme graphic contentPatong Friday, January 18, 2.06am – Police are trying to locate the driver of this hit and run silver sedan in Patong. If you have any information please contact the Tourist Police or Patong Police – 1155 or 191 (Thai)VIDEO: Newshawk Phuket Posted by The Thaiger on Saturday, January 19, 2019 The post Police hunting for driver in hit and run – Patong appeared first on The Thaiger Thailand news

  • UPDATE: Narathiwat temple murders – Security increased while PM condemns shooting

    UPDATE: Narathiwat temple murders – Security increased while PM condemns shooting

    PHOTO: Slain Abbot Phra Khru Prachote Rattanarak The national police chief is ordering police regional units in Narathiwat to ramp up security in the province to hunt down the culprits behind last night’s deadly attack at a temple.

  • Police searching for the killer after shooting near Saphan Hin

    Police searching for the killer after shooting near Saphan Hin

    A Thai man has been shot dead near Saphan Hin in eastern Phuket earlier today. The arrest warrant has already been issued for the suspect

  • Danish tourist dies in Phuket road accident

    Danish tourist dies in Phuket road accident

    A male Danish tourist, driving a motorbike, has died after colliding with a truck in front of a market in Kathu. The Kathu Police were notified of the incident on Phra Phuket Keaw Road in front of the new outdoor Vintage Market in Kathu at 3am yesterday morning.

  • Cave divers reunite to retrieve equipment at Tham Luang caves

    Cave divers reunite to retrieve equipment at Tham Luang caves

    Divers involved in last July’s rescue of the 13 young Mu Pa footballers from the flooded Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai, are to reunite to retrieve around 100 tonnes of equipment left behind from the rescue. The Thai navy SEALs and Finnish diver Mikko Paasi re-united this week for the first time since July 2018 when the last members of the Mu Pa team were retrieved from the cave complex