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Regular trade resumes at Sinkhorn checkpoint in Prachuap Khiri Khan
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 18/04/2026
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Thai authorities have lifted temporary trade restrictions at the Singkhorn border checkpoint, fully restoring cross-border trade with Myanmar in a bid to revitalise the local economy following an easing of recent clashes.
Srettha favours name change for Hua Hin airport
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 13/05/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is considering changing the name of Hua Hin airport to Phetch-Hua Hin, to also better promote the adjoining province of Phetchaburi.
Singkhon crossing may be made full-time checkpoint
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 09/04/2024
» Prachuap Khiri Khan: The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives aims to make the Singkhon border crossing in Muang district a permanent checkpoint between Thailand and Myanmar to improve the transporting and trading of farm products, including fisheries goods.
Airport in Hua Hin to be expanded
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 07/08/2023
» The Department of Airports (DoA) is planning to upgrade Hua Hin Airport into an international airport to boost tourism.
Wildlife trafficking gang arrested, macaques rescued
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 12/05/2023
» PHETCHABURI: Six members of a wildlife trafficking gang were arrested and more than 10 macaques rescued near a hill in the Muang district on Friday morning.
Israeli boy dies from box jellyfish sting on Koh Phangan
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 30/08/2021
» SURAT THANI: A nine-year-old Israeli boy died after being stung by a box jellyfish while playing in the water at a beach on Koh Phangan island on Saturday.
Infections at Cal-Comp factory more than double
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 21/05/2021
» PHETCHABURI: New coronavirus infections reported at an electonics factory in Khao Yoi district more than doubled on Friday as health authorities stepped up testing of neighbouring communities in a bid to contain the spread.
Hua Hin airport to be further upgraded
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 08/02/2021
» Hua Hun airport in Prachuap Khiri Khan will be further upgraded to serve larger aircraft serving long-haul flights in two years, once tourist numbers begin to rebound and the international aviation industry returns to normal.
Businesses call for reopening of border pass with Myanmar
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 10/05/2020
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Business operators in this lower Central province have called for the government to reopen the Singkhon border pass with Myanmar, saying its closure has affected the province's trade and investment.
Tiny solution to jumbo problem
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 26/02/2018
» Farmers across Thailand have borne the brunt of crop damage due to invasions by wild elephants for decades. Several measures to thwart such intrusions have been rolled out, including building electric fences around farmland, but none of them have deterred these determined jumbos.