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☆ A US vet wanted to retire in Bangkok. Less than 2 years later, he realized city life wasn't for him and built a home with his fiancée by the sea.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Joe Green and Gift Prakaew gave up Bangkok city life to live in a seaside town in Central Thailand. Joe Green/Thai Girl Gift and Foreigner JoeThe allure of the countrysideThe couple ended up buying a plot of land for $40,000. Joe Green/Thai Girl Gift and Foreigner JoeThe couple's bedroom faces a mountain, and the sea is a five-minute walk away, he said. Joe Green/Thai Girl Gift and Foreigner JoeThe couple worked with a builder and an architect to build their home. Joe Green/Thai Girl Gift and Foreigner JoeOn the other hand, the cost of living in Thailand is "reasonable," he added.

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☆ Thai Bus Accident Kills 14, More Than 20 Injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Dec. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A bus lost control and crashed into a tree in Thailand, killing 14 passengers and injuring more than 20, the state-owned Transport Company said in a statement on Tuesday. The accident occurred in country's western province of Prachuap Khiri Khan at half past midnight. The bus's front was split in half after the crash, according to state broadcaster ThaiPBS. Rescuers were seen pulling passengers out from the wreckage. "All those injured are being treated at hospital," the statement said, adding that an investigation on the causes of the accident was being carried out.

Persons: Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chayut Setboonsarng, Kim Coghill Organizations: Transport Company, ThaiPBS Locations: BANGKOK, Thailand, country's, Prachuap

☆ Relatives despair as search continues for Thai marines missing at sea
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Napat Wesshasartar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Napat WesshasartarBANG SAPHAN, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Hopes faded on Wednesday among relatives of Thai marines still missing after their warship sank off the country's central coast, even as military-led rescue teams expanded their search area. The navy and air force mobilised five planes, six helicopters, and at least four warships to find the missing sailors. The navy said on Twitter that search efforts were focused on the area where others had been found on Tuesday. Families awaited news at rescue centres onshore, but some were already grieving as rescue teams flew in the recovered bodies. Including the HTMS Sukhothai, Thailand's navy has lost four warships in the 116 years since its founding.

☆ Thailand's navy searches for missing marines in race against time
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Napat Wesshasartar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Crew members from the capsized HTMS Sukhothai warship receive medical treatment in the Gulf of Thailand, December 18, 2022. Royal Thai Navy/Handout via REUTERSBANG SAPHAN, Thailand, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Navy ships and rescue teams searched waters off central Thailand on Tuesday in a race against the clock to locate 30 missing marines, who abandoned a warship that sank at the weekend in choppy waters. The HTMS Sukhothai warship, a U.S.-made corvette in use since 1987, suffered an engine malfunction and went down just before midnight on Sunday about 20 nautical miles off the coast. The vessel was carrying 105 military personnel when it capsized after being knocked over by big waves as water flooded its engines. Though military accidents, often with aircraft, are not uncommon in Thailand, incidents involving navy vessels have been rare in recent years.

☆ Thai warship sinks in rough seas; navy searching for 31 sailors
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

BANGKOK — Thai navy ships and helicopters were searching on Monday for more than two dozen sailors still missing more than 12 hours after a warship sank in rough seas overnight in the Gulf of Thailand. As of noon, 75 sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai corvette had been rescued and 31 were still in the water, the navy said. The high waves that caused the accident had lessened since Sunday night’s sinking, but were still high enough to endanger small boats, the navy announced. A rescued crew member interviewed by Thai PBS television said he had to float in the sea for three hours before he was rescued. We have to fly the helicopters and search for them from a bird’s eye view instead,” navy spokesman Adm. Pokkrong Monthatphalin told Thai PBS.

☆ Thai navy hunts for 33 missing marines after warship sinks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BANGKOK, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Thailand's military deployed warships and helicopters on Monday to try to locate 33 marines missing after a corvette sank overnight in choppy waters in the Gulf of Thailand, the navy said. Three navy vessels and two helicopters were sent to find the missing off Prachuap Khiri Khan province, south of Bangkok, after the HTMS Sukhothai warship suffered an engine malfunction and went down just before midnight about 20 nautical miles off the coast. An overnight rescue mission in bad weather secured 73 of the 106 people aboard, the navy said, with the remaining 33 forced to abandon ship. The Sukhothai, a U.S.-built corvette in use since 1987, was hit by strong waves on Sunday, forcing it to tilt to one side before becoming flooded with seawater, navy spokesperson Admiral Pogkrong Monthardpalin said. Reporting by Juarawee Kittisilpa, Panu Wongcha-um and Napat Wesshasartar; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Kenneth MaxwellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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