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Starving Bangladeshi migrants rescued from locked room in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/03/2026
» SONGKHLA - Authorities have rescued 16 Bangladeshi migrant workers who were found locked inside a rented house in Hat Yai for three days without food or water while awaiting illegal transport to Malaysia.
Russian DJ busted selling drugs on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/03/2026
» A Russian working as a DJ on Koh Phangan has been arrested on a charge of selling drugs to foreign tourists after buying them from an AI-assisted network on Telegram messaging application.
Two weeks of festivities in Hat Yai to spur tourism
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/10/2025
» Two approaching cultural festivals are expected to draw about 30,000 visitors to the southern province of Songkhla and pump hundreds of millions of baht into the local economy - the Hindu Diwali and then the Chinese Vegetarian Festival.
Holiday influx at border
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/11/2024
» Thailand's southern border districts have begun welcoming large numbers of visitors from neighbouring Malaysia to spend their long holiday there, celebrating Halloween and Diwali festivals.
Four Thais arrested with 19 Bangladeshi migrants
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/06/2023
» SONGKHLA: Immigration police arrested four Thai nationals and 19 illegal Bangladeshi migrants after intercepting five cars in Bang Klam district of this southern province on Thursday.
Smuggled pickup seized near border, 2 arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 14/11/2022
» SONGKHLA: A pickup smuggled from Malaysia was seized and two suspects arrested near the Malaysian border in Sadao district on Sunday.
Monk, nun killed when pickup crashes into parked lorry
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/11/2022
» SONGKHLA: The abbot of a Buddhist temple and a nun were killed and another woman injured when a pickup they were travelling in crashed into the rear of a lorry parked by the roadside in Singha Nakhon district early on Sunday, police said.
Fleeing smugglers abandon 400 protected birds
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/08/2022
» PHATTHALUNG: A total of 400 smuggled red-whiskered bulbuls were rescued after the protected wild birds, crammed into five baskets, were abandoned by smugglers in Muang district on Friday morning.
Bound, gagged body found in fresh grave
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: The gagged and tied body of a 40-year-old man was found in a freshly dug shallow grave in forest beside a golf course in Hat Yai district on Wednesday morning, police said.
Ranger killed in Songkhla train-car crash
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/08/2021
» SONGKHLA: A volunteer ranger who was seriously injured when a passenger train rammed into his car at an unmanned rail crossing in Bang Klam district on Friday evening was pronounced dead on Saturday.