It's been nine years since Zanette Cross left the UK and moved to Koh Samui, Thailand. After many vacations in Thailand, she saw it as the ideal place to raise her now 13-year-old daughter. The slower ...

Two years of lockdowns and other restrictions have pushed the appeal of waterfront living to the forefront of many homebuyers’ minds. “For many, being near the water, with more space and greenery, has ...

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Residents in southern Thailand have been urged to head inland as the first tropical storm outside of the monsoon season in nearly 30 years makes landfall. Many tourists fled the popular destinations ...

Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall on Friday in the Pak Phanang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where trees crashed down on houses to cause widespread damage at 12.45pm local time (5.45am ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Zanette Cross, a real estate agent who has lived in Koh Samui, Thailand, for nine years. Her words have been edited for length and clarity. For ...