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Envoys taken on govt-led southern tour
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 03/10/2025
» SONGKHLA: The National Security Council (NSC), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has led ambassadors and embassy officials from 21 countries on a three-day visit to Songkhla in a bid to reshape perceptions about safety in Thailand's southern border provinces.
Calls for 24-hour Sadao checkpoint
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 02/10/2025
» The number of arrivals and revenue from the Malaysian tourism market can increase by 20-30% if bribery at the border is resolved and the new government extends the operating hours of border checkpoints, according to Hat Yai tourism operators.
Malaysia detains 23 nationals for drug use while in Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 02/09/2025
» Malaysian drug enforcement authorities have arrested 23 nationals for drug use in separate operations at the border after they returned from a holiday break in Thailand.
Fewer Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai hiring guides
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/07/2025
» SONGKHLA - Visitors from Malaysia are changing a pattern by increasingly favouring travel to southern Thailand in private vehicles, causing concern to tour guides who fear losing their livelihoods.
Defence volunteers warned regular routine makes them easy targets
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 20/05/2025
» PATTANI - Defence volunteers have been advised to vary their daily routine, because a fixed schedule makes their movements predictable to insurgents looking for a target.
Malaysia crucial to peace efforts: Paetongtarn
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/05/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra issued a statement on social media on Thursday, stressing the need for joint efforts with Malaysia to end the violence in the deep South.
Malaysia to help boost road, rail networks in push for closer ties
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/05/2025
» The government is forging closer cooperation with Malaysia on infrastructure improvement and cross-border connectivity, focusing on linking roads and rails, says Transport Minister Suriya Juengrunreangkit.
Malaysian arrested over gold shop heist
News, Published on 10/04/2025
» Police arrested a Malaysian man yesterday in connection with the armed theft of jewellery worth about 7 million baht from a gold shop in Hat Yai on Tuesday.
Dual train track, new motorway planned to southern border
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/02/2025
» SONGKHLA - The Transport Ministry plans to improve transport infrastructure between Thailand's southern border and Malaysia with a double-track railway network and a motorway running from Hat Yai to the Sadao border checkpoint, or M84.
Premier promises to splash out in South
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/02/2025
» The government will develop the South to its fullest potential, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra during her visit to Phatthalung and Songkhla on Monday.