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Power plants attacked, tyres set ablaze in South
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/04/2024
» SONGKHLA: Suspected insurgents launched a bomb attack on a power plant in Saba Yoi district and set fire to car tyres in the adjacent district of Thepha in the early hours of Friday.
Insurgent shot dead, two police wounded in clash
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/10/2022
» SONGKHLA: One suspected insurgent was killed and two policemen were wounded in a clash with security forces in Thepha district of this southern border province on Tuesday afternoon.
Chana estate to boost job growth
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/11/2020
» Advocates of the proposed Chana Industrial Estate in Songkhla on Sunday argued the controversial project will help reduce unemployment in the southern region.
Gold shop heist linked to insurgents
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/08/2019
» Songkhla: The robbery of a gold shop in Na Thawi district on Saturday, in which a group of armed robbers made off with gold worth over 85 million baht, could be linked to the southern insurgency, police said on Sunday.
Songkhla on terror alert
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/01/2019
» Security has been beefed up in Songkhla's economic districts of Hat Yai, Sadao and Muang after intelligence indicated the nearby presence of a key insurgent figure.
PM mulls canal plan but army brooks no delay
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/10/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and Office of the National Security Council (NSC) to look into a proposed canal project connecting the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea.
Two ATMs bombed in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/05/2018
» SONGKHLA: Bombs exploded at two ATMs of the Government Savings Bank, in Thepha and Saba Yoi districts, on Sunday evening about the same time others went off in the neighbouring three southernmost provinces.
Key rebel figure Masae dies in KL
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/05/2016
» Masae U-seng, a key figure behind the separatist movement in the deep South, has died of tuberculosis in hospital in Malaysia, a security source said yesterday.
Songkhla hospital faces staff shortage
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/01/2013
» SONGKHLA: Employees of Songklanagarind Hospital in Hat Yai district urged the government to place them in civil servants' positions after resignations by hundreds over the past several years have cause a staff shortage.
South forces hunt for stolen vehicles
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/12/2012
» Security forces in the deep South have been warned to look for six stolen vehicles that may be used in bomb attacks by the Muslim insurgency, especially during the New Year holiday.