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Rubber farmers ask for aid amid crunch
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/04/2025
» Rubber farmers across Thailand are appealing for government help following a sharp drop in the price of rubber, which has fallen from nearly 70 baht per kilogramme to just 48-50 baht in a matter of weeks.
Mantra fails to work for drug suspect
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/07/2024
» SURAT THANI: Tourist police arrested a Nigerian man for alleged cocaine possession and overstaying for nearly nine years in Koh Phangan district.
Myanmar job seekers, three brokers arrested in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/02/2023
» SONGKHLA: Thirty illegal job seekers from Myanmar crammed in a pickup truck were arrested in Bang Klam district of this southern border province on Friday night.
Rubberwood factories revel in revival
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/02/2020
» Rubberwood factories have seen their output grow by between 20% to 30% over the past two years, with another 10% to 20% growth expected this year, after about half of the country's rubberwood factories went out of business previously.
Slave labour trafficking to Malaysia on the rise
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/07/2019
» Eight Myanmar and two Thai nationals were arrested today in a crackdown on a human-trafficking gang transporting illegal migrant workers from Myanmar to Malaysia, police said.
Slave labour trafficking to Malaysia on the rise
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/07/2019
» Eight Myanmar and two Thai nationals were arrested on Monday in a crackdown on a human-trafficking gang transporting illegal Myanmar migrant workers from Myanmar to Malaysia, police said.
Policemen probed for kidnapping policeman
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/05/2019
» Three southern policemen were transferred to inactive posts and investigated for allegedly kidnapping another policeman and friends for a 500,000-baht ransom in Songkhla province in March.
China aims to tap farmers for rubber
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/01/2018
» A Chinese state enterprise is to team up with farmer networks to set up a joint venture to purchase rubber directly from growers, according to a source in rubber exporting circles.