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‘Biggest’ Israeli drug dealer on Koh Phangan arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 14/02/2026
» SURAT THANI - A major Israeli drug dealer, who operated out of the restaurant he owned on Koh Phangan, was arrested on Friday with narcotics worth over 50 million baht seized, authorities said.
Gulf of Thailand canal project push gains new momentum
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/03/2025
» The Thai Canal Association for Study and Development wants a national committee to study the feasibility of connecting the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea via the proposed 9A Canal Route. The project, if approved, could create up to a million new jobs, its advocates say.
Rail bomb kills 3 in Songkhla
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/12/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three railway workers were killed and four of their colleagues injured when another bomb exploded yesterday at the site of Saturday's railway bombing in Sadao district, officials said.
In Songkhla, a libel spat brews at PSU
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: A school counsellor and her lawyer have filed a petition with the director of PSU Wittayanusorn School demanding the institute remove an announcement saying the teacher was fired as she failed to resign before passing an exam to become a civil servant.
Songkhla on terror alert
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/01/2019
» Security has been beefed up in Songkhla's economic districts of Hat Yai, Sadao and Muang after intelligence indicated the nearby presence of a key insurgent figure.
Drugs, users found during raid on Sadao border disco
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/06/2018
» SONGKHLA: Forty foreigners tested positive for drug use when police raided a popular discotheque near the Malaysian border in Sadao district in the early hours of Friday.