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Return of alms-offering festival proves popular
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/08/2023
» Tens of thousands of people joined an annual alms-offering ceremony in Songkhla's Hat Yai district, which resumed yesterday after a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hat Yai expects 30,000 Malaysians over Songkran
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/04/2023
» SONGKHLA: At least 30,000 tourists from Malaysia are expected to travel to Hat Yai during the Songkran festival and generate 300-500 million baht in revenue, says a local tourism leader.
Migrant traffickers' 'boss' nabbed
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/03/2023
» SONGKHLA: A woman alleged to be the leader of a major network responsible for smuggling Myanmar workers to Malaysia via Thailand has been arrested by immigration police.
Alleged labour smuggling ringleader arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/03/2023
» SONGKHLA: A woman alleged to be the leader of a major network smuggling Myanmar workers to Malaysia through Thailand has been arrested by immigration police.
Tourism back to life in Songkhla after Thailand Pass scrapped
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/07/2022
» SONGKHLA: Tourism surged back to life at the Sadao immigration checkpoint, as visitors from Malaysia and Singapore thronged to this southern border province on Friday, the first day the Thailand Pass requirement for international visitors was scrapped.
More job seekers headed to Malaysia arrested in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/05/2022
» SONGKHLA: Twenty-six illegal Myanmar migrants heading for promised work in Malaysia, after borrowing up to 50,000 baht to pay job brokers, were arrested near the southern border in Sadao district early on Thursday.
Myanmar job seekers arrested near Malaysian border
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/05/2022
» SONGKHLA: Fourteen illegal Myanmar migrants heading for promised jobs in Malaysia were arrested near the southern border in Sadao district in the early hours of Thursday.
Illegal migrants en route to Malaysia arrested in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: Eleven Myanmar nationals hoping to get work in Malaysia were arrested near the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district.
More illegal migrants en route to Malaysia caught in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 06/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: A group of 40 illegal Myanmar migrants heading to promised jobs in Malaysia were arrested in this southern border province early on Wednesday.
Border posts reopen in Songkhla
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: The Sadao immigration checkpoint reopens today, two years after the border checkpoint with Malaysia closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.