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3 killed in repeat bombing at recent train derailment site

SONGKHLA: Three railway workers were killed and four colleagues injured when another bomb exploded on Tuesday morning at the site of Saturday's railway bombing in Sadao district, officials said.

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Murder suspect arrested after 7 years on the run

SONGKHLA: Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police on Monday arrested a man suspected of shooting to death a kindergarten teacher in 2015, seven years after the murder.

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Writing retreat in Songkhla accepting applicants

Two experienced writers based in Bangkok are holding a tranquil writing retreat at Baan Nai Nakhon, a boutique hotel in serene Songkhla, from Feb 2 to 5 next year.

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Bomb blamed for Songkhla freight train derailment

Authorities say a bomb planted on the tracks was responsible for the derailment of a freight train in Sadao district of Songkhla on Saturday. No injuries were reported.

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Gang used rented cars as collateral for loans

SONGKHLA: The alleged leader of a gang of fraudsters who used rented cars as collateral to borrow money has been arrested.

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12 tonnes of smuggled pork cuts seized in South

SONGKHLA: A large quantity of contraband frozen pork was seized and a suspected smuggler arrested in Muang district on Tuesday, the Customs Region 4 office said.

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Fire destroys Hat Yai railway homes

SONGKHLA: A row of wooden houses for staff of Hat Yai railway station was destroyed by a fire early on Wednesday. Nobody was hurt.

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Russian crewman's hand cut off in cargo ship accident

SONGKHLA: A Russian crewman on a Panama-registered cargo ship was brought ashore in a medical evacuation for hospital treatment after his right hand was cut off in a work accident on Saturday.

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Smuggled pickup seized near border, 2 arrested

SONGKHLA: A pickup smuggled from Malaysia was seized and two suspects arrested near the Malaysian border in Sadao district on Sunday.

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Monk, nun killed when pickup crashes into parked lorry

SONGKHLA: The abbot of a Buddhist temple and a nun were killed and another woman injured when a pickup they were travelling in crashed into the rear of a lorry parked by the roadside in Singha Nakhon district early on Sunday, police said.

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Teacher kills autistic son before consuming toilet cleaner

SONGKHLA: A teacher killed her autistic son in what police believed she might have smothered him a pillow before she attempted suicide by drinking a glass of toilet cleaner at a condominium unit in Hat Yai district on Tuesday. She was hurt and rushed to a hospital.

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Taiwan through the lens

Last week at SF Cinema MBK and House Samyan, the Bangkok edition of the Taiwan Documentary Film Festival in Thailand 2022 took place. Now it's the turn of film lovers in Chiang Mai, Hat Yai and Songkhla to enjoy the same programme with subtitles in Thai and English. Physical screenings…

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Malaysian pays nearly B100,000 for damage from drifting

SONGKHLA: A Malaysian tourist has paid nearly 100,000 baht to four Thai people whose vehicles he damaged by drifting his car in the parking lot at tourist spot in Hat Yai district on Friday, police said.

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Drug squad in hot water over 'bribe'

SONGKHLA: The deputy district chief of Rattaphum and five drug enforcement officials on Tuesday reported to police after the Songkhla Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on allegations of seeking a bribe from a drug dealer, and dereliction of duty.

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Deputy district chief, drug enforcement volunteers surrender over bribe

SONGKHLA: The deputy district chief of Rattaphum and five drug enforcement volunteers turned themselves in to police on Tuesday, after the Songkhla Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against them for asking for a bribe and dereliction of duty.

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Insurgent shot dead, two police wounded in clash

SONGKHLA: One suspected insurgent was killed and two policemen were wounded in a clash with security forces in Thepha district of this southern border province on Tuesday afternoon.

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Bridge project 'threatens rare dolphins'

The cabinet's recent decision to approve the construction of a 4.48-billion-baht bridge across the Songkhla Lake is causing alarm among environmental activists and authorities alike, with many questioning if the project will ultimately spell the demise of the last pod of 14 Irrawaddy dolphins who call the lake home.

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20 armed men overpower cops in botched drug sting

SONGKHLA: About 20 armed men overpowered six drug enforcement officers whose two-stage sting operation started well - but later ended with their abduction and the loss of the seized drugs, police sources said.

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Illegal migrants arrested in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: Police intercepted three pickups with 50 illegal Myanmar migrants on board in Rattaphum district on Wednesday.

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Vietnamese trawler seized, crew arrested

A navy vessel has intercepted and seized a Vietnamese fishing trawler and arrested five crew members off the southern province of Songkhla for dredging the ocean bed for sea cucumbers in Thai waters.

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Shotguns found in possession of migrant workers

SONGKHLA: A Myanmar plantation worker fled into the trees, leaving behind his wife and three illegal shotguns, when officials approached to search their hut in Sadao district.

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Fire at Chana power plant, no supply interruption

SONGKHLA: A fire at the Chana power plant on Friday damaged five cooling units, but has not interrupted the supply of electricity to the area.

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6.2 Sumatra quake felt in southern Thailand

People living in tall buildings in three southern provinces — Songkhla, Phangna and Phuket — felt tremors from an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale centred off the northwestern tip of Sumatra in Indonesia early Saturday.

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Parents killed, kids badly hurt when pickup rear-ends parked truck

SONGKHLA: A couple were killed and their two children, aged 4 and 7, seriously injured when their pickup truck rear-ended a parked container truck in Sadao district in the early hours of Saturday.

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Hat Yai hotels cheer direct train from KL

SONGKHLA: Hoteliers in Hat Yai hope a special, direct train from Kuala Lumpur to the southern economic hub on Friday will not be the last.

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