Tag: Songkhla
Thai police chief confirms car bomb caused Hat Yai hotel blast
SONGKHLA, April1 - Thailand's national police chief Priewpan Damapong confirmed on Sunday that the explosion in the underground parking of Lee Gardens Plaza...
TAT to launch Songkran festivities in 13 provinces
BANGKOK, 31 March 2012 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has planned to spend a budget of THB17 mil to organize Songkran...
Hat Yai to hold month-long Songkran activities to boost tourism
SONGKHLA, March 29 - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Hat Yai office will hold Songkran activities during the whole month of April...
Rising presence of airborne cancer-causing agents in Thailand’s urban areas
BANGKOK, March 23 - Excessive levels of cancer-causing agents are being found in Thailand’s urban areas such as Bangkok and the metropolitan region,...
Authorities raid Trang prison; detain, move riot leaders to separate prisons
TRANG, Feb 7 – Trang provincial prison authorities raided inmates’ dormitories on Tuesday, detaining and separating some 100 riot leaders, and moving them to...
Malaysians apprehended for smuggling endangered species spiny anteaters
SONGKHLA, Jan 30 - Two Malaysian men were arrested in southern Thailand Monday for smuggling pangolins—an endangered species commonly known as the spiny anteater--...
Chinese New Year tourism boom
SONGKHLA, Jan 24 – Thailand’s tourism ambiance during the Chinese Lunar New Year festival drew large numbers of Thai and foreign travellers streaming...
Ethnic Chinese Thais pay homage at shrines nationwide
BANGKOK, Jan 22- Many Thais of Chinese descent flocked to temples and shrines in Bangkok's Chinatown and other provinces to pray for good luck...
Three Vietnamese fishing boats impounded in Thai territorial waters
SONGKHLA, Jan 18 – The Thai navy impounded three Vietnamese fishing boats for intruding into Thai territorial waters on Wednesday. After...
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Foreign tourist found dead in Pattaya Beach incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials and police from Pattaya City Station responded to reports of a foreign man found drowned near the entrance...
Pattaya tightens city regulations following fireworks festival vendor complaints
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn chaired a meeting with the Pattaya City Administration Division to evaluate progress on prior directives and address...
Pattaya’s traffic has hit a breaking point
PATTAYA, Thailand – Spend enough time behind the wheel in Pattaya and you eventually confront a blunt truth: this city does not run on...