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.

Authorities in southern Thailand are monitoring the situation in Krabi province after a 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Nuea Khlong district on Tuesday afternoon. The tremor occurred at 2:27 p.m. at a ...

It is already one of Thailand’s tourist island jewels, but Koh Samui has received the ultimate tourist bounce as the luxury location for the third series of HBO’s satire-laden murder mystery ...