PATTANI, Jan 11 – Two soldiers were killed and two wounded in Pattani in bomb attack while they were heading to protect teachers and students at a school which was organising activities to mark National Children’s Day on Saturday. Pattani police and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit rushed to the scene at 9am after […]
Officials Thursday rescued some 400 Rohingya people from Myanmar who had been kept at a rubber plantation for three months by an alleged human-trafficking gang in Songkhla’s Sadao district on the Malaysian border. The gang reportedly planned to traffic the Rohingya for Bt60,000 per head to clients in Malaysia to work on fishing boats. Read […]
Double insurgent attacks – gunfire followed by a motorcycle bomb – in Narathiwat caused injuries to five people including three children Wednesday evening. A group of insurgents opened fire on a karaoke bar in Muang district’s tambon Khoke Khian, causing injuries to two adults, before the gunmen fled. Read more: The Nation
RANONG, Jan 8 – A new area of one kilometre radius in this southern province has been discovered with a healthy ecosystem providing a home to the rare water onions. Found in just two provinces in Thailand — Phangnga and Ranong — were formerly extremely important geographical sites where water onions were commonly found. Read […]
A 39-year-old Phetchaburi man is suspected of giving his two young children a soft drink mixed with insecticide that killed his 7-year-old daughter. His 5-year-old son survived, and told police his father had deliberately given them the poisoned soft drink, which the father denies. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
Surat Thani authorities on Thursday held an urgent meeting to discuss the possibility of banning guns from Koh Phangan after a British man was caught in the crossfire between two groups of Thai men on New Year’s day. Stephen Ashton, 23, was shot in the side by a stray bullet as he and his friends […]
NARATHIWAT, Jan 3 – Heavy rain triggered flooding in several southern provinces and disaster zones have been declared to facilitate processes to assist flood victims. The flooding in Narathiwat keeps rising due to heavy rain in the past few days. Read more: MCOT
Three prisoners in a prison in Ratchaburi province held hostage a warden on Saturday after their plan to escape failed. Police said the warden of Khao Bin Central Prison in Muang district was held after he found the prisoners were trying to escape from the prison. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
