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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.
Hat Yai 'back to normal'
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/12/2025
» Hat Yai has returned to normal after the floods, with all zones cleared and services restored, officials say, allowing disaster controls to be scaled down.
Lively Phatthalung defies slowdown
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/09/2025
» Phatthalung, one of Thailand's so-called "secondary cities", is defying the economic slowdown, with local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in services, tourism and car sales reporting steady growth.
Students learn how to save, get ahead
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/08/2025
» PHATTHALUNG: In a pioneering initiative, elementary school students in Mae Khri municipality are learning the value of earning, saving and entrepreneurship, turning play and learning into tangible financial skills.
Farmers oppose US beef import plan
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/04/2025
» The Beef Cattle Association of Thailand, along with more than 60 associated organisations, rallied at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to express concerns over a government plan to allow US beef imports in exchange for certain trade deficit items.
Songkhla's economic outlook 'bright'
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/04/2025
» Songkhla's economy is set to remain on a positive trend this year, driven by increased investment in the province's hospitality sector, according to the chief of Songkhla's Chamber of Commerce, Songphon Changsiriwattanathamrong.
Russian beggar arrested on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/08/2024
» SURAT THANI: A Russian man detained on the tourist island of Koh Phangan following residents' complaints he was begging for food was found to have overstayed his visa by more than four years, tourist police said.
Gambian arrested on Koh Phangan 7 years after illegal entry
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 20/07/2024
» SURAT THANI - A 52-year-old Gambian man has been arrested on Koh Phangan on a charge of illegal entry and staying in the country illegally for seven years.
Nigerian overstayer arrested on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/06/2024
» SURAT THANI: Police have arrested a Nigerian man on the tourist island of Koh Phangan for overstaying his visa by nine months.
Smuggler's meth stash found among cow dung
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/03/2024
» SONGKHLA: About 3 million meth pills have been found hidden among sacks of cow dung at a deserted, overgrown petrol station in Rattaphum district.