Leatherback Sea Turtle Lays 119 Eggs on Phang Nga Beach
A leatherback sea turtle laid 119 eggs at Lam Pi–Hat Thai Mueang National Park in Phang Nga, with officials relocating the nest to protect it from flooding and predators.
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Phuket governor renews weather warning as heavy rain and rough seas loom
The warning follows an alert issued by the Meteorological Centre for the West Coast of Southern Thailand, which reported that a strengthening southwest monsoon over the Andaman Sea would bring increased rainfall and…
Phuket police arrest 4 foreign teens after lamp shade theft in Old Town
Police arrested four foreign teenagers yesterday, May 17, after they stole and damaged a lamp shade outside a resident’s home in Phuket. The incident was reported by the Phuket Times Facebook page, which also shared…
Krabi police seize 280,000 meth pills, including shipment bound for Phuket
Krabi Provincial Police said the operation began with the arrest of a key distributor believed to be supplying drugs within the network. Officers seized 80,000 ya bah pills during the initial raid.
Phuket-Phang Nga water project runs ahead of schedule, officials say
The update was delivered at the 4th/2026 meeting of Phuket’s Joint Public-Private Sector Committee (JPC) at Provincial Hall last week chaired by Phuket Governor Nirat Pongsitthaworn.
Four men die in Phang Nga well after suspected gas exposure
Officers from Kuraburi Police Station were called to a house in Moo 11, Khura subdistrict, at about 10am after reports of multiple people unconscious in a well behind the property.
Four men die from toxic gas in palm plantation well in Phang Nga
Phang Nga, Thailand In a heartbreaking chain of events, four local men lost their lives after collapsing one by one inside a deep water well in a palm plantation in the Khura district, Phang Nga province, on Sunday…
Thailand Records 242 Traffic Related Fatalities in Songkran Seven Days of Danger, Dropping Year Over Year
Thailand- Authorities have released a summary of the annual road safety statistics from the intensive control period during the Songkran festival, April 10–16, 2026. The Kingdom nationwide recorded 242 fatalities, 1,242…
Thai van driver arrested in rape of Ukrainian tourist
PHUKET — 6 April 2026, Police in Phuket have arrested a van driver accused of raping a 20-year-old Ukrainian tourist after tracking him through CCTV footage, authorities said. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old…
Business: ‘Iran War’ drags hotel occupancy in ‘Bangkok-Phuket-Phang Nga-Pattaya’ down 10-20% March 25, 2026 | 5:50
Business: ‘Iran War’ drags hotel occupancy in ‘Bangkok-Phuket-Phang Nga-Pattaya’ down 10-20% March 25, 2026 | 5:50 — confirmed details at this stage for Phuket readers.