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Suthep protests against police office relocation
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 28/07/2015
» SURAT THANI — Suthep Thaugsuban has wasted little time after leaving the monkhood before launching his first move as a reform crusader.
PDRC, reds mark watershed protests
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/11/2014
» The People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) yesterday marked the first anniversary of the start of its anti-government protests as red-shirt leaders remembered a taxi driver who took his own life to protest against a coup eight years ago.
Air force jet sonic boom panics tourists, residents
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/09/2014
» Surat Thani: A sonic boom created by an air force jet caused panic over Koh Samui yesterday.
Samui ferry stirs bad feelings
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 14/07/2014
» SURAT THANI — The mother of a student has reasons to remain upset with a ferry firm which denied her request to advance her queue to take her son for a surgery.
Man jumps off Samui ferry
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 12/07/2014
» SURAT THANI - Rescue workers are searching for a man who jumped off a ferry from Koh Samui as it sailed to the mainland port of Don Sak.
Suthep hailed 'hero' in hometown
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 25/06/2014
» SURAT THANI — People’s Democratic Reform Committee leader Suthep Thaugsuban was hailed a hero and welcomed by thousands of people when he set foot in his hometown for the first time in eight months on Tuesday night after spearheading anti-government protests in Bangkok.
Five killed in Surat Thani crash
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 21/06/2014
» Five people were killed and five others injured in an accident involving an 18-wheel truck and three other vehicles in Surat Thani on Saturday afternoon.
Fishermen rally against mud dump
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 17/06/2014
» SURAT THANI - About 1,000 coastal fishermen and local officials held the first significant protest since the May 22 coup on Tuesday, to demand that a ferry firm based in Don Sak district immediately halt dumping mud into the sea.
Curfew end set to boost tourist hubs
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/06/2014
» Travel operators are confident tourism will soon recover in Phuket, Koh Samui and Pattaya after the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) lifted the curfew yesterday, allowing night entertainment venues to stay open beyond midnight.
Curfew will curb next full-moon party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/06/2014
» SURAT THANI – Tourism operators are banking on the army to relax a curfew for the next full-moon party with the fun set for June 12.