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Hat Yai under tight security
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 23/04/2016
» HAT YAI — Authorities have stepped up security measures against car bombs in the South's largest city following intelligence reports about possible attacks by southern insurgents this weekend.
Police arrest temple chief
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 23/08/2015
» Songkhla: The director of the Office of Buddhism in Songkhla has been charged with corruption after he allegedly stole money meant for religious projects.
Songkhla Buddhism chief caught with temple cash
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 22/08/2015
» The director of the Songkhla Provincial Office of Buddhism has been arrested for allegedly pocketing 3.2 million baht from the budget of a temple in Narathiwat province.
B30m in drugs found under coconuts
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 07/02/2015
» SONGKHLA — A couple were arrested after 30 million baht worth of speed pills and heroin were found hidden in their pickup truck loaded with coconuts on Saturday morning.
No South rail service until Sunday
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 19/09/2014
» Train services between Songkhla province and the far South will be suspended through the weekend as railway employees labour to remove a derailed train and repair the track.
Tourists pick Hat Yai after Yala bomb
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 26/07/2014
» Hotels in Songkhla's Hat Yai district have been overwhelmingly reserved for end of Ramadan celebrations as tourists are shifting from restive Betong district in Yala.
Bolts pulled from southern tracks
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 26/04/2014
» SONGKHLA - Railway workers have reinstalled 200 track bolts found missing from the southern line in Thepha district on Saturday.
6 fishermen nabbed over Indonesia navy murders
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 04/04/2014
» Six more Thai fishermen accused of involvement in the murder of two Indonesian navy personnel last month have been apprehended, police said yesterday.
Scientists discover new bat, squirrel species
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 28/01/2014
» Researchers have found two new species of bats and a species of flying squirrel in southern Thailand and Laos.
Venerable Hat Yai market struggles on
News, Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 24/08/2013
» In downtown Hat Yai, surrounded by a thriving central business district complete with upscale supermarkets, restaurants and modern coffee shops, Kimyong market seems never to lose its appeal. To visitors, it is still worth exploring, even if it is not the bustling centre of trade it was in the past.