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Popular tourist destination Koh Samui is ready to reopen on July 1 after tourists have been kept away for several months to curb Covid-19 infections.

A wild bull, which had escaped from Khao Sok National Park in Surat Thani province last month, and was rumoured to have had relations with a cow raised at an oil-palm plantation nearby, is once again absconding, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said on Saturday.

Authorities in Surat Thani have banned all provincial staff and those of state enterprises from leaving the province without urgent reasons, in a bid to control the Covid-19 crisis in the area.

Surat Thani Governor Wichawut Jinto has ordered all residents and travellers in the province to wear sanitary or cloth masks when in public or face a fine of up to Bt20,000.

A wild bull is having a relationship with a raised female cow at an oil palm plantation in Surat Thani province, after escaping from Khao Sok National Park on Saturday.Saturday.Saturday.

A four-metre-long saltwater crocodile was captured in a mangrove forest in Surat Thani’s Phunphin district on Sunday.

The plan to build a port for ferries on Koh Phaluai island in the South has passed community hearing involving villagers and government agencies in the area.

A female Bryde's whale and her calf appeared in Surat Thani’s Mu Koh Ang Thong National Marine Park this morning, treating observers to one of the most spectacular sights that the ocean has to offer.

Pilots from Air Squadron 7 of the Royal Thai Air Force brought sheets of gold, silver and copper alloy aboard the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet on Wednesday and flew above the Gulf of Thailand east of Koh Samui in Surat Thani province.

Surat Thani immigration police descended on the “360 Three Sixty Bar” in Koh Pha-ngan district on Tuesday night and promptly arrested the owner and 109 customers – 89 foreigners and 20 Thais – for reportedly violating Covid-19 lockdown measures.

A police senior sergeant-major in Surat Thani province has been suspended from duties for allegedly raping a Myanmar drug suspect at a local police station.

Consumer goods stocked inside a community pantry in front of the Surat Thani governor’s residence were snapped up in 10 minutes on Thursday by needy people suffering from the impact of Covid-19.