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School demerit policy causes stir
News, Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 11/05/2022
» SURIN: A school in this northeastern province has reportedly implemented a regulation to deduct "good behaviour" scores from students if they do not stand or sing the national anthem and royal anthem loud and clear.
Covid crisis leaves Surin's elephants, mahouts jobless
News, Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 15/07/2021
» Surin: The unrelenting Covid-19 crisis has not only put the province's people out of work, but also its iconic animals.
'Sex pest' teacher nabbed
News, Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 26/02/2021
» Surin: Police have detained a primary school teacher on suspicion of sexually harassing at least 16 girls in his class since last year.
Villagers vaccinated after eating rabies-infected buffalo
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 14/08/2018
» SURIN: Health officials are vaccinating about 188 people who consumed meat from a buffalo that died of unknown causes and was later found to be infected with the rabies.
Man killed in crash of van carrying 17
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 12/05/2018
» SURIN: A Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani passenger van packed with 17 passengers struck a power pole, killing one man and injuring 13, in Surin early Saturday.
Teacher said to flog 7-year-old is 'absent' from school
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 07/07/2017
» SURIN - The 57-year-old teacher who allegedly badly beat a seven-year-old pupil over a pen was absent from work on Friday, while his superior was ordered to finish his investigation into the case next week.
Rice fields wither from lack of rain in Surin
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 23/08/2016
» SURIN -- While rain has nourished crops in most parts of the country, more than 20 villages in Tha Tum district of this northeastern province are watching their rice crops discolour and wither after about two months without any rain at all.
Khmer ruins revealed as reservoir dries out
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 24/05/2016
» SURIN -- The ruins of an ancient Khmer temple have been revealed by the receding water in a reservoir that has dried up in Buachet district near the border with Cambodia.
Artesian well provides drought lifeline in Surin
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 07/04/2016
» SURIN -- In the face of persistent heat and drought, an artesian well has become the main source of relief for a border village in Sangkha district, providing a year-round non-stop flow of natural underground water.
'Possessed' black dogs attacking cattle in Surin
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 11/02/2016
» SURIN -- A pack of big black dogs is preying on young cattle and buffalo, eating the calves' insides and leaving the carcasses in fields at night, according to a member of a local administration.