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Ancient Buddha images donated
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 12/09/2014
» A couple in Chumphon province have presented the government with four ancient Buddha images believed to be about 900 years old.
Soldiers let energy marchers proceed
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 07/09/2014
» CHUMPHON — Ever wary of being arrested, members of the Partnership for Energy Reform (PER), on a 1,400-kilometre march from Songkhla to Bangkok, have decided to continue their campaign by sending out just two people at a time.
1,600 animals saved from dinner table
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 06/07/2014
» CHUMPHON - Soldiers on Sunday saved 1,580 turtles and 34 pangolins from being shipped to China where they were destined to be served up as exotic meals.
Dawn car crash kills 3, injures 2
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 01/07/2014
» CHUMPHON — Three young men were killed and two others badly injured in a car crash early Tuesday morning when the driver apparently fell asleep after they had been up all night watching the second round World Cup match between Germany and Algeria.
Bengal cub trafficker caught
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 06/06/2014
» CHUMPHON - Police and soldiers on Friday arrested a woman with three baby Bengal tigers and a 31.5-kilogramme leopard carcass in Pathiu district of this southern province on Friday.
Wild gaur brings cross-breed hope
News, Amnart Thongdee, Published on 05/10/2013
» Ever since the sighting of a rare wild gaur in Chumphon's Thung Tako district three months, villagers have been abuzz at the prospect of it mating with domesticated cows.
German survives 9 hours in the sea
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 07/08/2013
» CHUMPHON - A German businessman who fell overboard from a ferry seven kilometres off Chumphon province and found himself stranded in open water for over nine hours was rescued on Wednesday.
Hopes high for 'backwater rice'
News, Amnart Thongdee, Published on 29/06/2013
» Khao rai, or upland rice, may have an unfamiliar ring to a lot of people but it could hold a hidden secret to the country gaining food security.
Bean vendor accepts police apology
Amnart Thongdee, Published on 20/06/2013
» CHUMPHON - A woman accepted an apology from police on Thursday after she received a warrant for business economic crimes despite working most of her life as a boiled bean vendor.
Harvesting treetop gold
News, Amnart Thongdee, Published on 25/05/2013
» Monkeys scrambling to the tops of tall palm trees to collect coconuts, or performing tricks to help their masters earn a living, are a popular tourist attraction in the southern provinces.