Fourteen businesses sue SPRC and turn delay into a court record
If compensation drags long enough on this coast, someone eventually has to file papers.
Policy
Land, piers, park control, crackdowns and the administrative fights that keep resurfacing.
Compensation protests show the 2022 spill never got politically settled
Oil spills end environmentally in stages and politically in arguments.
Entrepreneurs force a retreat from another shutdown plan
By mid-2021, even a tidy conservation rationale could not outrun the arithmetic of exhausted tourism operators.
The concert ban is confirmed and Samet's patience gets an official stamp
The final ban mattered because it showed locals could still win a policy fight on an island where outsiders usually carried the louder voice.
The crackdown was about more than mafia names. It was a bid to redesign Koh Samet
The 2016 cleanup drive was not only punitive. It was an attempt to change what kind of island Samet was allowed to be.
Banana boats and parasails get pushed off the island's front stage
Once the crackdown reached the inflatable toys and tow ropes, it was obvious officials were trying to rewrite the beach itself.
Graft probe says Samet's beach economy was feeding a mafia system
The 2016 graft findings were among the clearest public explanations for why Koh Samet so often felt chaotic despite layers of formal control.
Forest reclaim push reaches Koh Samet resorts and piers
The 2016 encroachment action extended the island's pier and land disputes into a broader state-led reclaim campaign.
Rayong Resort sues back and turns the pier order into a test of how serious the state really is
Real crackdowns begin only after the first court filing arrives.
The illegal pier fight shows how Samet's access politics work
On Koh Samet, a pier is never just a pier. It is a claim on access, fees, convenience and control over who lands where.