Thai officials have filed criminal charges against a news website for branding the popular beach destination of Koh Tao “Death Island” in reports about a string of murky tourist fatalities. Koh Tao’s reputation as a tropical paradise was first sullied in 2014 when two British backpackers were brutally murdered on one of its white-sand beaches. … Read more
A British drug trafficker convicted over a £1million ($1.3million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run, police said on Tuesday, in the latest example of global underworld figures using the kingdom as a bolthole. Jonathon Moorby, 47, was detained by Thai police on the popular southern tourist island of Koh … Read more
Thousands of Thai mourners have lined the streets of Bangkok, as the body of King Bhumibol Adulyadej was moved from a hospital to the royal palace. The world’s longest-reigning monarch died on Thursday aged 88 after years of ill health, sparking a national outpouring of grief. The government has declared a year-long official mourning period. … Read more
More than 100 people were on board at the time of the accident A boat has capsized after hitting a bridge in the central Thai city of Ayutthaya, killing at least 13 people including a child, local media say. The two-deck boat was travelling the Chao Phraya River at 16:00 local time (09:00 GMT) when … Read more