NARATHIWAT, Dec 25 – Thirteen districts of this southern border province have been flooded, forcing the closure of schools, while one district in Surat Thani province was declared disaster zone on Tuesday. In the southern province of Surat Thani, Kanchanadit district has been declared flood disaster zone following forest runoff affecting 1,200 households. Read more: […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Dec 23 – A storm and flash flood hit two southern provinces as the meteorological department warned of heavy rain in the South in the next few days. In Nakhon Si Thammarat, two villages were hit by a storm while rainfall continues with threat of floods. At least 50 houses were damaged […]
PATTANI, Dec 22 – Dozens of closed circuit televisions (CCTV) in this restive southern province were set on fire on Saturday, while concerned agencies stepped up security measures to prevent violence during the coming festive New Year season. Superintendent of Sai Buri district police Pol Col Jeeraseth Daongerntrakool led combined forces of police, army and […]
NARATHIWAT, Dec 20 – Seven men broke into a subdistrict administrative office in this southern province and set it afire today, police reported. Police and fire personnel rushed to Bacho subdistrict to put out the blaze, but did not succeed. The administrative building was destroyed. Read more: MCOT
CHUMPHON, Dec 19 – Highway Police intercepted a shipment of 1.3 million methamphetamine pills hidden in a pickup truck carrying vegetables to Phuket. Chunmpon-based Highway Police inspector Charoenpong Khantilo led police to set up checkpoints to prevent crime and illegal smuggling before Christmas and New Year’s Festival and found suspicious pickup truck on Phetkasem Road […]
NARATHIWAT, Dec 18 – Local transport pickup carrying government workers including teachers was ambushed by presumed insurgents in Narathiwat’s Cho-airong district on Monday evening, killing two people while five were wounded. According to initial investigation, police said the truck, contracted to transport the government workers from home to their workplaces, between the Narathiwat provincial seat, […]
RANONG, Dec 17 – Thirty Myanmar nationals were arrested in Thai territorial waters here late Sunday night for illegal entry, according to Thai Marine Police. Police said a long-tail boat was halted and boarded at sea near Koh Phayam. Read more: MCOT
Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to build two cross-border bridges linking the neighbouring country with Tak Bai and Sungai Kolok districts of violence-plagued Narathiwat province to boost bilateral economic cooperation. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul, who represented Thailand at yesterday’s 12th meeting of the Thai-Malaysian Joint Committee, said the cost of constructing […]
