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Khet Udomsak residents helped to start home businesses
More than 150 Khet Udomsak residents learned how to make handbags and other items to sell during a workshop aimed at helping residents earn...
Frigate Squadron 1 awards 81 scholarships to navy families
Royal Thai Navy Frigate Squadron 1 handed out nearly 200,000 baht in scholarships to children from its sailors’ families. Rear Admiral Kosit Jiemsupakit presided...
Thousands visit sea turtle center for Children’s Day
Thousands of youngsters got closer to nature on Children’s Day with visits to the Sea Turtle Conservation Center in Sattahip. Rear Adm. Sanon Pa-em...
Sailor reunited on Children’s Day with boy he saved
An 8-year-old boy who might not have lived to enjoy this year’s Children’s Day spent the day celebrating with the Sattahip sailor who saved...
Hundreds join Sattahip ‘Big Cleanup’
Hundreds of Sattahip residents walked through town removing trash and scraping waterways for the city’s “Big Cleanup Day”. Mayor Narong Bunbancherdsri joined representatives from...
Miss Czech Republic pageant visits Pattaya
Giving Eastern Europeans a new incentive to visit Thailand, Tourism Authority of Thailand officials from Germany brought the finalists in the Miss Czech Republic...
Sattahip sub-district sends charity caravan to Mae Hong Son
Khet Udomsak residents sent a caravan of supplies to help impoverished hill-tribe people in northern Thailand. Pairoj Malakul Na Ayutthaya, mayor of the Sattahip...
Fast-acting sailor saves overboard ship passenger
A Bangkok official was saved from drowning by a navy sailor while on an inspection tour for illegal fishing boats. Sumet Buabucha, a researcher...
Uproar over pricey lottery tickets in Sattahip
Lottery ticket vendors outside Sattahip Temple scattered when police approached following complaints sellers were gouging gamblers ahead of the New Year’s draw. ...
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