About Lanta News

Lanta News aggregates and translates news relevant to Koh Lanta and the wider Andaman region, reports a smaller number of stories itself, and publishes live weather, marine, and seismic data for the area. This page explains where our content comes from and how to reach us.

What Lanta News is

We are an independent newsroom publishing from Koh Lanta, on the Andaman coast of southern Thailand. Most of what you read here is reporting from established Thai and international outlets, which we collect, present in English, and pair with live environmental data for the region. We do not claim original reporting on those stories: every one of them credits the outlet that reported it.

A smaller number of stories are reported and written directly by Lanta News staff. Those are the ones whose source line reads “Lanta News”: original reporting by this newsroom rather than aggregated content.

Where our news comes from

Most of our stories are drawn from the public feeds of the following sources. Each of those articles credits its original source, so the outlet that did the reporting is always named alongside the story.

  • BBC Asia
  • Khaosod
  • Ko Lanta Police
  • TAT Newsroom
  • Thailand Meteorological Department — severe weather warnings for the Andaman provinces
  • Thailand.go.th — Events and Issues
  • The Phuket Express
  • The Phuket News — News and Life
  • The Thaiger — Crime, South, Krabi and Travel

Live data services

Alongside the news, we publish live weather, marine, and seismic data for the Andaman region. Our weather forecast comes from Open-Meteo, and marine conditions come from Open-Meteo. Earthquake data comes from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Tide times for Saladan have no outside provider: they are worked out in your browser from a harmonic tidal model calibrated for the Ko Lanta area, so the numbers are ours. This data powers our weather and nature pages.

Translation

Several of our sources publish in Thai. Content from Thai-language outlets is machine-translated into English. Machine translation can introduce errors, so where the exact wording matters we recommend checking the original article, which is always linked from the story.

Contact us

Spotted an error, a wrong attribution, or want to get in touch? Send us a message and it will reach our editorial team directly. Email is optional, but leaving one lets us reply.