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Small airline to revive service to Betong
Post Reporters, Published on 09/02/2023
» Landarch Airlines plans to start offering flights early next year from Hat Yai to southern cities including Betong, where a new airport has seen little traffic since it opened last year.
South pushes train link to Kuala Lumpur
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/10/2019
» Representatives of the business community in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani have agreed to push for a new train service linking Pattani to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to bolster the local tourism industry.
Dasta reveals plan for South
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 09/08/2018
» The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) plans to develop 32 communities in the three southernmost provinces as new attractions, aiming to draw mostly Malaysian tourists.
Duty-free shops to open on southern border
Online Reporters, Published on 19/01/2020
» An economic stimulus package to allow Thai citizens to buy goods at duty-free shops in three southern border provinces will be tabled for approval at a mobile cabinet meeting in Narathiwat on Monday and Tuesday, an official said on Sunday.
Thai political instability stalls Malaysia rail link
Online Reporters, Published on 30/01/2026
» Malaysia has admitted that frequent political change in Thailand is disrupting a two-country plan to reset a railway link that is a key element in Kuala Lumpur’s policy to promote trade and tourism in Southeast Asia.
Special economic zone eyed in South
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/01/2020
» The procurement of land for a special economic zone in the South will be proposed during a mobile cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Cabinet okays proposed B18.7bn Songkhla SEZ
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/01/2020
» The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to establish a special development zone at Chana district in Songkhla covering 16,753 rai, with an investment of 18.7 billion baht.
BoI gives nod to projects in Deep South
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 26/11/2018
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has approved two projects -- a hospitality business and coconut oil production -- in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, with a combined value of 620 million baht.
Govt asked to seek Saudi investors
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/05/2022
» Chambers of commerce in three southern border provinces have told the government to propose joint ventures to Saudi Arabia as a way to stimulate trade.
CCSA eyes border reopening
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/12/2021
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)'s forward command dealing with Covid-19 in the deep South will this week consider whether to reopen the Thai-Malaysian border as proposed by MPs from the southern region.