Tensions have escalated between Thailand and Cambodia following the death of a Cambodian soldier in May during a brief ...

When the last day-trippers returned home, we had the beaches – some of the most spectacular I’d seen during more than a ...

Thailand is seeking at least 12 million baht in damages after a Myanmar cargo ship ran aground on a coral reef in Mu Koh Surin National Park in Phangnnga, causing extensive harm to the environment.The ...

Authorities are concerned about potential oil leakage from the ship and are taking immediate steps to mitigate environmental ...

Park and navy divers are surveying coral off Mu Ko Surin National Park amid concern it could be damaged by a sunken vessel from Myanmar.The Thai Maritime Enforcement Commander Centre, overseeing the ...

Cambodia’s government says it plans to seek a ruling from the U.N.’s International Court of Justice over violent border ...

Despite the name, Mu Koh Surin has no link to Surin province. Instead, the name honours a little-known naval officer whose ...

On the far west coast, the Andaman Sea flows south from Myanmar through the remote Surin Islands ... Phuket – Thailand’s largest and most developed island – is also the hopping-off point ...

A view of Bang Bao Bay on the Thai resort island of Koh Kood (Koh Kut ... an Angkorian temple that sits in Thailand’s Surin province, close to the border with Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey ...

SURIN ISLANDS, Thailand | When Hook was a child, he started his days by jumping off the boat that his family lived on and into the ocean. By age 3, he could already swim and dive in shallow waters.

Moken started settling in the Surin Islands, off the Thai coast, where they had always stayed seasonally. Some came from Myanmar to Thailand, looking for jobs and safety from pirates. The Surin ...