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Scots tourist dies and friend injured after scooter crash with bin lorry on Thai island

James Stephenson Young, 36, and a friend, Pierre, 30 are believed to have been drinking at a bar before trying to ride back to their hotel on Koh Samui.

Daily Record

Brit killed and another seriously injured after crashing motorcycle into rubbish truck

The duo were riding a white Honda scooter when they ploughed into the back of the bright yellow garbage truck while trying to overtake the vehicle on a bendy dark narrow road on Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand

Daily Mirror

Koh Samui welcomes bridge plans

Tourism business operators on Koh Samui want the government to go ahead with plans to promote the island as a wellness destination and connect the mainland to Koh Samui via a bridge.

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Koh Samui welcomes govt plans

Surat Thani: Tourism business operators on Koh Samui are urging the government to press ahead with plans to promote the island as a wellness destination and connect Khanom district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province to Koh Samui via a bridge.

Bangkok Post

‘Very good for tourists’: Thailand aims for high season with U-turn on cannabis

The once-banned drug is now on sale at market stalls, beach clubs and even hotel receptions. But the laws in this ‘pot paradise’ are blurry

The Guardian - UK

Koh Samui enjoys return of world's wealthy

SURAT THANI: Koh Samui has seen more cruise ships and private yachts arriving after travel restrictions were eased. Among them are superyachts owned by a Russian billionaire businessman and a British billionaire investor.

Bangkok Post

Sounds of sea and cicada

Kimpton Kitalay Samui, the second Kimpton in Thailand and Kimpton's first resort in Southeast Asia, lives up to its Thai portmanteau -- kita for music and (ta)lay for sea -- as it sits right next to a secluded and unspoilt stretch of Choeng Mon Beach, Koh Samui. Not only you…

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3 islands proposed as 'entertainment cluster'

SURAT THANI: A call to develop Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phangan into world-class entertainment islands is gaining support from local tourism operators.

Bangkok Post

A cool summer

I would not be lying if I said I enjoyed the lack of foreign tourists in the last two years, and that is simply because it made holiday islands like Samui more accessible to domestic tourists like me. Though this may be at the detriment of the resorts and other…

Bangkok Post

Swing into action at Samui jazz fest

After an eight-year hiatus, Koh Samui will bring back its popular annual jazz festival featuring a superb line-up of leading local and international jazz artists, from June 7-12.

Bangkok Post

Samui Jazz fest returns

Samui Summer Jazz 2022 music festival returns this year to Koh Samui after an eight-year hiatus. Tickets for the six-night programme from June 7-12 are available online through samuisummerjazz.com or the Google Form forms.gle/X2HDVBx9yfRq9KKL9.

Bangkok Post

Superyacht of Tottenham Hotspur owner arrives in Pattaya

CHON BURI: One of the world's most luxurious yachts owned by Joe Lewis, the British billionaire investor and owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club, has arrived in Pattaya.

Bangkok Post

Ukrainians find safe haven on Koh Samui

SURAT THANI: Seventy Ukrainians, mostly women and children, who fled from their war-torn homeland have found peace and safety since arriving on Koh Samui.

Bangkok Post

Tourist slips on rocks and plunges 50ft to her death while taking photo at waterfall

Nane-Iosana Bodea was on holiday in Thailand with pals and was visiting the Na Muang waterfall on Koh Samui island when disaster struck as she attempted to snap a photo

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New 'sandbox' for Samui, Chang and Phuket islands

The Public Health Ministry will propose declaring Covid-19 endemic on three major tourist islands -- Koh Samui in Surat Thani, Koh Chang in Trat and Phuket -- paving the way for night entertainment venues there to reopen.

Bangkok Post

'Endemic sandbox' proposed for islands, nightspots would reopen

The Public Health Ministry will propose declaring Covid-19 endemic on three major tourist islands - Koh Samui in Surat Thani province, Koh Chang in Trat and Phuket - and the reopening of night entertainment venues there.

Bangkok Post

Samui port study gets nod

The Marine Department has decided to launch a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a cruise ship terminal on Koh Samui in Surat Thani province.

ABC News

Shane Warne's body returned to Australia after cricket great's death in Thailand at age 52

Shane Warne's body arrives back in Australia home six days after the cricket great died on the Thai island of Koh Samui at age 52.

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Warne's body to be sent home for funeral

The body of former Australia cricket star Shane Keith Warne, who is thought to have died of a heart attack after being found unconscious in a villa on Koh Samui last Friday, will be repatriated after an autopsy.

Bangkok Post

Warne had chest pain, health issues before death, police say

SURAT THANI: Australian cricket great Shane Warne had experienced chest pains prior to his death on Koh Samui and had asthma and some heart issues, police said on Saturday, citing information from Warne's family.

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Shane Warne had 'seen a doctor about his heart' before his sudden death in Koh Samui, Thai Police say

Australian cricket great Shane Warne had experienced chest pains prior to his death in Thailand and he had a history of asthma and some heart issues, according to Thai Police.

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