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Anti-drug campaign starts in childhood

Tackling drug problems on Koh Samui requires more than just arrests, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), with cures ranging from early-childhood prevention programmes to methadone treatment and prisoner rehabilitation.

Bangkok Post · Jul 16

Lebanese men arrested on Koh Samui for drugs, illegal clinic

Immigration officers on Koh Samui have arrested two Lebanese men accused of running a restaurant as a front for drug dealing and operating an unlicensed Chinese medicine clinic.

Bangkok Post · Aug 25, 2025

White Lotus: Thailand rides tourist wave as fans flock to filming locations

Season one and two locations Hawaii and Sicily saw a 300 per cent year-on-year surge in tourism

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

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Luxury perched amongst fertile surroundings

Payap "Pong" Khunkhayam encountered numerous problems while developing a farm for Conrad Koh Samui. A 5 rai plot of land given to the resort three years ago by one of its investors was an overgrown jungle on top of mostly infertile red clay soil. Pong, the resort's bellman, was tasked…

Bangkok Post · Dec 14, 2022

Six locals arrested over looted Koh Samui hotel

Six people have been arrested after a closed and locked Koh Samui hotel was found looted, stripped bare of everything of value to the tune of 70 million baht.

Bangkok Post · Sep 7, 2022

Autopsy showed Australian Warne's death due to natural causes

Australian cricket great Shane Warne's death on Koh Samui last week was due to natural causes, police said on Monday, citing the results of an autopsy.

Bangkok Post · Mar 7, 2022

England captain Joe Root rocked by shock death of ‘idol’ Shane Warne

Warne was unable to be revived after suffering a suspected heart attack at his Koh Samui villa in Thailand on Friday

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

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Tributes paid to Shane Warne after cricket great’s death – as it happened

Tributes and reaction following the death of the former Australia bowler Shane Warne

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

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