Chinese investors and their Thai partners have inaugurated a durian processing factory in the insurgency-stricken Deep South, in a joint venture where hundreds of residents could reap jobs from the tasty fruit known for its spiny husk and stinky aroma, agriculture officials said. Manguwang Food Co., Ltd., would employ up to 1,200 workers at its […]
SONGKHLA, July 8 (TNA) – Eight Myanmar migrants and two Thai illegal agents have been arrested following a police hot pursuit in southern Songkhla province of Thailand. The two female labour agents allegedly picked up the six male and two female Myanmar migrants in Phang-nga and tried to transport them in a SUV to a […]
A Polish family of four, who got lost in the mountainous forest on Pha-ngan Island in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, was found by a Thai search and rescue team Monday night. A staffer at an unnamed hotel on the popular resort island, known for its “Full Moon Party”, received a distress call at […]
TRANG: Park officials on Thursday asked police to take action against the crew of a South Korean broadcaster who used giant clams caught in Thailand in one of its dishes. Narong Kong-ead, chief of Hat Chao Mai National Park, and Amnart Yanglang, the Koh Kradan supervisor, filed the complaint with Kantang police against the crew […]
Police announced on Friday that two women were arrested for allegedly talking nearly 100 people into handing over their vehicles and swindling them out of more than Bt30 million. Immigration Bureau’s acting chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang identified the suspects as Pawarisa “Pattanan” Nakrod and Chomphunut Pongsathornpipat. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
One para-military ranger and a civilian were killed and three other rangers and another villager wounded in two related shooting and bombing incidents in the forests of Yaha district of the southern province of Yala Wednesday morning. A team of para-military rangers was dispatched to the forest in Ban Kuwing, Village 6 of Tambon Baroh […]
Thai authorities are requiring cellphone users in the Deep South to have their photographs taken as an extra step in registering SIM cards, saying it could help prevent bombings by insurgents, but rights advocates warn this could threaten people’s privacy. Some 1 million cellphone users in the troubled southern border region have till the end […]
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued its 3rd consecutive weather warning in 24 hours to inform the people of heavy rain in the South and strong winds and high seas. In the latest warning, issued at 6am today (Monday), the TMD reported that, from 24th to 27th June, the strong southwest monsoon will prevail […]
