Pattaya Thailand: Russian tourist finds his hotel room ranscacked – video

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Thailand: Police aid Finnish tourist and arrest pickpocket gang

As reported by pattayaone.net, “Pattaya’s Tourist Police assisted a Finnish Tourist early on Monday Morning after the officers witnessed a gang of pickpockets at work on Walking Street in South Pattaya. On Monday Afternoon at the Tourist Police Station, Police Colonel Prapot, Superintendent of Tourist Police Region 2, led a press conference to announce the […]

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Thailand: Honest van driver returns tourist’s duffle bag of money

As reported by phuketgazette.net, “A Phuket tour driver has received high praise from the governor for returning 124,000 baht that an Indonesian tourist left behind in his tour van. Sarawut Sompan, 24, works for the Sai Lom Club van team in Chalong. On Thursday night, he picked up two tourists, Indonesian and Thai, at the […]

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Thailand: Russian tourist found dead in Phuket resort

As reported by phuketgazette.net, “Police are hoping that assistance from forensics investigators will help unravel the cause of death of a Russian tourist whose body was found in his Phuket resort villa yesterday… ‘About 10 meters from the sofa, we found the body of Mr Ievgenii Porithkov, 44, from Russia, wearing white shorts and a […]

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Koh Phangan Thailand: restrictions on firearms after murder of British tourist

Surat Thani governor Chatpong Chatphut on Thursday vowed to implement more restrictive firearms control measures and will announce the province’s tourist spots as gun-free zones within a year, following the fatal shooting of a British tourist on Koh Phangan. Mr Chatpong said after the shooting he had ordered police and provincial officers to carry out […]

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Thailand deadliest destination for Australian tourists

Figures reveal the South-East Asian kingdom is the deadliest destination for Aussies. The 100 Australians who died there last year accounted for one in eight of the 791 deaths on foreign soil. Greece, which boasts large numbers of dual Australian citizens, was the next most likely spot for Australian passport holders to die, with 58 […]

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Thailand: locals upset at Russians moving in on tourism business

Russian businessmen have crossed all borders both literally and figuratively. Thai entrepreneurs say that Russians oust them from the tourism industry. In the kingdom, there are many companies and businesses owned by Russian citizens. In this regard, the Thais conducted an anti-Russian protest action. How justified are their claims? The rally was held earlier this […]

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Conflict escalating in southern Thailand, putting country’s security at risk

dw.de reported that a civil war raging between Muslim separatists and the Thai military in the south of the country becomes a great challenge for Bangkok as the conflict escalates. It happened last December – masked men stormed into a school in southern Thailand and shot three Buddhist teachers in front of their colleagues and […]

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Thailand: German tourist dies from drowning after fall from rocks

According to phuketgazette.net, “A German tourist with a heart condition fell on some rocks and drowned yesterday at Khao Lak. Mr Oberle Ovegov, 57, had spent the morning playing in the water with his wife. At about 2:30pm, as he was walking on some flat rocks that extend into the sea at Khukkhak, he became […]

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