Tag: Royal Thai Navy
80 kids steered away from drugs at navy sports camp
Eighty students from across Thailand enjoyed a week of sports and tourist attractions during a nine-day anti-drug camp organized by the Royal Thai...
Burmese fisherman rescued from Sattahip Bay
The Royal Thai Navy rescued a Burmese fisherman who jumped overboard to escape a group of Cambodian crewmembers. The HTMS Pattani pulled the...
Green turtle working overtime to save her species
A green turtle released into the wild by the Sea Turtle Conservation Center is doing more than its share of trying to save...
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...
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...
Navy arrests 9 illegal Cambodian fishermen
The Royal Thai Navy intercepted two squid-fishing boats staffed by illegal Cambodian sailors off a Sattahip Bay island. A navy patrol boat stopped...
Navy organizes Anti-Drug Sports Day
The Royal Thai Navy encouraged children of military personnel to use their spare time in healthy pursuits during its Anti-Drug Sports Day. Rear Adm....
Defense volunteers honored with parade in Sattahip
The Royal Thai Navy honored Thailand’s national defense volunteers with a parade in Sattahip. Adm. Polwat Sirodom presided over a parade of more...
Another 80 start drug rehab in Sattahip
Another 80 Sattahip residents escaped jail sentences for drug charges when they agreed to enter a 10-day “behavior modification camp” run by the...
Navy seizes 3 Vietnamese fishing boats off Sattahip
The Royal Thai Navy captured three Vietnamese fishing boats illegally catching sea snakes used as aphrodisiacs off Sattahip. Crews from the HTMS Ratanakosin arrested...
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Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Paediatric Society of Thailand has sounded the alarm over a troubling trend where the number of births in Thailand has...
Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...