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Malaysian-Thai border in Sadao, Songkhla.

South

December 20, 2016

Customs Dept seizes 45-million-baht contraband items in southern border areas

BANGKOK, 20 December 2016 (NNT) – The Customs Department seized some 45 million baht in contraband goods smuggled in southern border areas. Customs Department Director General Kulit Sombatsiri said some 300 items had been smuggled in the southern border areas and confiscated by the authorities, including watches, perfumes, eyeglasses, women’s handbags, clothes, cell phones and […]

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Resort development and villa construction in the hills south of Maenam on Koh Samui

South

December 17, 2016

Samui flooded as rain batters Surat Thani

Several areas on Koh Samui have been flooded as heavy rain struck the resort island and other locations in mainland Surat Thani province on Saturday. Koh Samui district chief Paibul Omak told INN news agency that some communities and markets faced inundations of water up to 40 centimetres deep following steady rain exacerbated by high […]

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Elephants on the road in the southern part of Koh Samui

South

December 14, 2016December 4, 2022

Two Thai men killed after being hit by car driven by an Englishman

Two Thai men riding their motorbike were killed after being struck by a Ford Everest car last night in Maenam, Koh Samui, at around 2100hrs. Both men, along with their motorbike, were trapped under the front of the vehicle after being hit by the car on Samui’s main ring road near the soi leading down […]

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South

December 8, 2016

Frenchman arrested over death of compatriot on Samui

SAMUI — Police have arrested a French man on suspicion of killing a compatriot whose body was found near a waterfall on Koh Samui on Thursday morning. The suspect identified as Paul was the owner of a restaurant on the tourist island. Police are searching for two other men identified as Yves and Michael who […]

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Thai troops patrolling a village in Pattani, to protect Buddhist teachers

South

December 7, 2016

Six People Shot Dead in Thai Deep South

In the deadliest spate in weeks, suspected insurgents shot dead six people in a series of attacks carried out Tuesday and Wednesday in Thailand’s Deep South, police said. The killings over a 24-hour span were the most in the region since three people were killed and four injured in a flurry of gun and bomb […]

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Tsunami debris is piled up inside the Nakano Elementary School in Sendai, Japan, April 6, 2011. Japan Self-Defense Force officers surveyed schools in the region during Operation Tomodachi. Operation Tomodachi was the name chosen by the Japanese government for the joint humanitarian assistance operation that took place in response to the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northeastern Japan March 11, 2011

South

December 7, 2016December 7, 2016

Indonesian earthquake felt in 5 southern Thai provinces

PHUKET, 7 December 2016 (NNT) – A severe earthquake on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island was reportedly felt in up to 5 provinces of southern Thailand. The quake took place at 5AM Thai time this morning and was centered in Aceh province of Indonesia. The 6.5 magnitude tremor caused a number of buildings to collapse and casualty […]

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Pattani Grand Mosque in the violence plagued South

South

December 6, 2016

Gunmen kill three people in Pattani

PATTANI — Three people were killed and another wounded in two attacks by motorcycle gunmen on Tuesday morning, police said. The first occurred around 7.30am. Nong Chik police said defence volunteer Thawat Pongsuwan, 43, and his wife Papimol Chaikong, 31 were slain while travelling from their home in tambon Don Rak on a motorcycle to […]

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South

December 5, 2016October 27, 2017

Death toll in South reaches 12 as storms strike many provinces

FLOODS continued to ravaged the South, with stormy weather blamed for three more deaths in Surat Thani, which brought the total number of fatalities to 12 in five provinces. Drowned in Surat Thani were six-year-old Nattapon Manachak, Amporn Chuprokaew, 64, and Supong Semapat, 41. Amporn and Supong died while going out to sea to catch […]

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