BANGKOK, July 9 – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapha said on Monday that 49 Thais earlier detained by Myanmar authorities for encroaching on the neighbour’s territory will likely to be released prior to the visit of Myanmar President Thein Sein later this month. The Thai deputy prime minister expressed his optimistic view regarding […]
BANGKOK, March 23 – Excessive levels of cancer-causing agents are being found in Thailand’s urban areas such as Bangkok and the metropolitan region, as well as in urban centres such as Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Songkhla and Rayong, according to the Pollution Control Department (PCD). PCD Director-General Wijarn Simachaya said three types of volatile organic […]
TRANG, March 18 – Houses and plantations in several southern provinces were ravaged by summer storms over the weekend while some injuries were reported from a collapse of a roof at a plant. In Trang, the roof of a para rubber processing factory collapsed in a summer storm on Saturday night. Two people remain hospitalised […]
Two southerners, one a hospital director, were shot dead in Pattani over the weekend, possibly by insurgents. On Saturday night, two men in Muslim robes arrived at the pharmacy of Saman Masae in Mayo district to buy medicine, before firing three times at him and leaving him critically wounded. Read more: The Nation
Rubber farmers in Betong District of Yala Province haven’t been able to collect rubber for seven consecutive days because a Bengal tiger has been detected in the area. They have pleaded that officials deal with the situation before physical harm comes to themselves or their livestock. More than 50 local officials, including the Border Police, […]
SONGKHLA, Jan 9 – Rubber growers from across the country will rally at the residence of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the capital saying their request to solve the para rubber price drop problem has not been addressed by her government. Chayant Sangkhapaitoon, coordinator of the network of rubber growers in southern region, announced the […]
NARATHIWAT, Dec 24 — More than 50 assault rifles and ammunition were found buried at a rubber plantation in the southern province of Narathiwat during a joint search operation conducted by police and military forces. On Saturday afternoon, police from Rueso District Police Station and military special forces, in a joint operation, searched possible hiding […]
Police on Tuesday recovered a number of weapons and ammunition from a shack in a rubber plantation in Ruso district of Narathiwat on a tip-off from an RKK member who surrendered to the authorities on Dec 19. Abdulromae Hare, who surrendered after a clash with a combined police and military unit on Monday, led the […]
