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Southern puppet theater comes to Rayong with opening of new center
The Rayong Cultural Council is bringing southern puppet theater to the Eastern Seaboard with establishment of the Nang Talung Shadow Play Preservation Center. Cultural...
National police chief awards Plutaluang police 300,000 baht to restart station...
Thailand’s national police chief gave suffering Plutaluang police officers a little relief, presenting them with 300,000 baht to complete the long-delayed construction of...
Rayong protest group locked out of Lakchai Muang Yang industrial estate...
Rayong residents opposed to construction of a new industrial estate were locked out of a supposedly “public” hearing over environmental impacts of the...
7 teens arrested for hurling rocks at passing cars
Police have arrested seven teenagers accused of hurling rocks at passing cars from a Highway 7 pedestrian overpass. Alleged gang leader Sittichai Rakson,...
Sattahip mayor heads ‘100 Issues, 100 Stories’
Sattahip’s mayor asked city residents to tell him “100 stories and 100 issues” as he opened a forum for 12 neighborhood committees to...
180 poor families given relief in Sattahip
Chonburi and Royal Thai Navy officials handed out food and necessities to 180 impoverished Sattahip families. Chonburi Provincial Administration Organization President Wittaya Kunplome...
Scaredy cat forces Sattahip rescuers to put in extra effort
It took a saw, rope and lots of patience to save a scared kitten stuck in a tree for a week, but unwilling...
Belgian crown prince tours Maptaput with economic delegation
Crown Prince Philippe and a delegation of Belgian officials and business leaders toured Rayong’s Maptaput Industrial Estate to review operations by companies from...
2 alleged fuel smugglers arrested, released in connection with Plutaluang explosion
Two men have been arrested for operating an illegal benzene storage depot that exploded, destroying three homes in a government housing project in...
‘M-Bang’ drug gang busted in Sattahip
Sattahip and naval drug-enforcement officers said they’ve smashed a drug-dealing network run by an ex-convict recently released from Chonburi Prison. ...