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Hat Yai recovery efforts on track to meet PM's target
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 11/12/2025
» Recovery efforts in Hat Yai following severe flooding are more than 70% complete, in line with the premier's target for residents to return home within seven days and a full clean-up in 14 days, says government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat.
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.
Deep South wants direct Saudi flights
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/03/2024
» Businesses in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala are urging the government to facilitate tourism in the deep South, including by enabling direct flights between Narathiwat and Saudi Arabia.
Jellyfish warning for Songkhla beach
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 28/02/2024
» Authorities are warning tourists against swimming on Chala That Beach in Songkhla province following sightings of Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish along the shoreline from Singha Nakhon district to Muang district.
Migrant traffickers' 'boss' nabbed
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/03/2023
» SONGKHLA: A woman alleged to be the leader of a major network responsible for smuggling Myanmar workers to Malaysia via Thailand has been arrested by immigration police.
Rail bomb kills 3 in Songkhla
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/12/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three railway workers were killed and four of their colleagues injured when another bomb exploded yesterday at the site of Saturday's railway bombing in Sadao district, officials said.
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.
Cops rescue hostages, nab suspects
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/06/2021
» Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police have rescued two hostages that were being held for ransom and arrested four alleged kidnappers in Songkhla's Singha Nakhon district.
South mulls train link to Malaysia
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/10/2019
» The business community in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani has agreed to push for a new train service linking Pattani's Khok Pho district to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to bolster the local tourism industry.
Cops zero in on gold heist mastermind
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/08/2019
» SONGKHLA: Investigators have named the alleged ringleader of a huge gold heist in Na Thawi district of this southern province, saying he might have crossed the border into Malaysia.