Artikel tagged “Songkran”

  • Pattaya’s LONG Songkran comes to an end today

    Pattaya’s LONG Songkran comes to an end today

    Whilst most of us have hung up our water pistols last Saturday or Sunday following Songkran revellry, punters in Pattaya have been hard at it all week. But after 9 days of water wastage and Songkran celebrations, the annual festivities come to a close in parades and official festivities today and tomorrow

  • Twitter shares the Songkran experience – 2.8 million tweets

    Twitter shares the Songkran experience – 2.8 million tweets

    Thais flocked to Twitter during this year’s Songkran to share their experiences. This year’s #Songkran’s festivities generated 2.8 million Tweets from April 12-16 and the conversation peaked on April 13, around 6pm, with 71,000 Tweets per minute. The celebration of the Thai Buddhist New Year, Songkran, is a time for family

  • Total five deaths in Phuket Songkran ‘Seven Day of Danger’ campaign

    Total five deaths in Phuket Songkran ‘Seven Day of Danger’ campaign

    PHOTO: Kathu Police As reports are tallied for the seventh full day (April 17) of the ‘Seven Days of Danger’ road and marine safety campaign, there were 3 road accidents, including 1 injury and two deaths on the final day. Those two dead were from separate motorbike accidents. A motorbike driver, 68 year old Filipino man Regoberto Igaciq, died at the scene at the intersection of Khwang Road and Chao Fah West Road in Wichit yesterday at 1.25am

  • Burglar drowns Pomeranian puppy before stealing computer and cash

    Burglar drowns Pomeranian puppy before stealing computer and cash

    A 21 year old Udon Thani tertiary student has returned from Songkran to find her Pomeranian puppy drowned in a water bin and her boyfriend’s laptop computer and cash stolen. Muang Udon Thani police were contacted lunchtime yesterday (Tuesday).

  • Day Five: Total three deaths in Phuket – ‘Seven Days of Danger’ 

    Day Five: Total three deaths in Phuket – ‘Seven Days of Danger’ 

    As reports are tallied for the fifth full day (April 15) of the ‘Seven Days of Danger’ road and marine safety campaign, there were a total of 4 road accidents, including 3 injuries and 1 death on the day. The dead woman was 20 year old Kunwaree Hemmin who has died at the scene after a motorbike accident in Pakhlok at 4 pm yesterday. She tried to overtake another vehicle at high speed when she collided with a minivan coming in the opposite direction, according to police.

  • Report filed against Italian expat following Phuket boat collision

    Report filed against Italian expat following Phuket boat collision

    Relatives of a seriously injured fisherman have filed a report with the Chalong Police relating to an Italian expat who was allegedly helming a boat that collided with a long-tail fishing boat yesterday off Rawai, Phuket.

  • Day Three: Songkran road deaths show a dramatic drop

    Day Three: Songkran road deaths show a dramatic drop

    There has been 1,665 traffic accidents, with 174 deaths and 1,728 people injured in the first three days of the Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ (Thursday, Friday, Saturday). This equates to a significant drop from the 2018 road toll and lower even than Thailand’s average daily road deaths throughout the year.

  • Bangkok hit by zombie apocalypse? Songkran 2019.

    Bangkok hit by zombie apocalypse? Songkran 2019.

    Is it the apocalypse? Have zombies invaded Bangkok and taken everyone away?

  • Day Two: First death in Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    Day Two: First death in Songkran ‘seven days of danger’ in Phuket

    PHOTOS: Newshawk Phuket As reports are tallied for the second full day (April 12) of the ‘Seven Days of Danger’ Songkran road and marine safety campaign, one death was reported yesterday plus four injuries in four road accidents. There have been no marine incidents reported. The person who died was a 26 year old Burmese man, Ye Min Aung, who was driving on a motorbike but not wearing a helmet.

  • Thailand swelters under the Songkran sun

    Thailand swelters under the Songkran sun

    Temperatures are soaring around the country, right on time, as the Songkran holiday kicks in. People are heading home for the annual Thai New Year break whilst the tourists are flooding into the main hot spots for the water fights. The annual celebration is meant to provide a ritual washing of Buddha images, ‘gentle’ splashing of family and friends and an ushering in of the country’s wet season