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MYSTERIOUS: Surin | Mind Blowing Facts

More than 1,000 visitors turned up on the first day of the reopening of Prasat Ta Kwai and Hill 350 in Surin on Saturday, exceeding the daily target as tourists flocked to the border tourism site.

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Army denies firing shots near border

The Second Army Region has rejected Cambodian claims that Thai troops fired 22 rounds near the Chong Chom border crossing in Surin, insisting troops only issued verbal warnings and warning signals after Cambodian soldiers allegedly moved closer to Thai-controlled territory.

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Gunfire heard at border during patrol in Surin

Sounds of gunfire were heard while Thai troops were patrolling along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin, but no unusual activity was detected, the Royal Thai Army said on Friday.

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Thailand evacuees wait as tensions with Cambodia stretch into a fourth day

Thailand faces its fourth day of border clashes with Cambodia as hundreds of evacuees shelter in Surin, unsure when they can safely return home.

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Cambodia opens fire at Thai military base

Cambodian soldiers opened fire at a Thai military base in the northeastern province of Surin and launched rockets toward Si Sa Ket on Thursday morning as hostilities in the disputed border area worsened, according to the Royal Thai Army.

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Drunk teacher accident injures 17 students

A drunk teacher was involved in an accident in which a pickup truck overturned, causing injuries to 17 students in Surin.

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Three more people drown off Phuket beaches

The bodies of an American citizen and a Thai woman were found on Mai Khao beach in Phuket on Monday, police said, while a Russian man drowned off Surin beach on Sunday.

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Tests show 10-year-old rice 'safe to eat'

The government will auction off the rice from Yingluck Shinawatra's pledging scheme that had been stored in two warehouses in Surin for 10 years, after a laboratory test result showed that the rice is still safe to eat.

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Grandfather, daughter, grandchildren drown in Mun River

SURIN: Five members of one family, three of them children, have drowned while collecting sand from the bed of the Mun River in Chumphon Buri district.

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Gems of the Northeast

As the summer heat in Surin rose, we made our way to Satom Organic Farm in Chom Phra district. It is located among vast organic fields temporarily covered with yellow sunn hemp in the post-harvest season. This farm belongs to Sutaen Sukjit, who abandoned office work in Bangkok and returned…

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Many unemployed elephants back home in Surin, huge and hungry

SURIN: Lucky was busy munching on some freshly cut grass when she spotted a special treat a tourist was holding out. She dropped her next mouthful of greens and extended her trunk, asking for the banana.

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Theatre of the absurd

Last week, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and Tourism Authority Thailand announced that 8,745 people from Surin province succeeded in setting a new record of "the highest number of people folding fabric animals simultaneously" in the Guinness World Record. This event was part of the Elephant Festival, an annual…

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It seemed a good idea at the time

The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.

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Preserving heritage

Field recordings of ancient, traditional music in the Southeast Asia feature in this column. Northern Khmer Spirit Music in Thailand – Kantrum Dongman (Animist Records, 2022) covers the traditional music of "Northern Khmer" people in provinces like Surin, Buri Ram and Si Sa Ket that straddle the Thai-Cambodian border in…

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Students roast in sun as Surin bid for Guinness World Record backfires

The organisers of the Elephant Festival have been pilloried for trying to set a Guinness World Record at the expense of students made to sit in the scorching heat for hours on end.

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Village forced to rely on muddy, potholed road for decades

SURIN: The people of Khok Pued village in Sangkhla district have suffered for decades, dependent on the single muddy and potholed dirt road that connects their village to the rest of the world.

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RMUTI flags innovative silk products

Rajamangala University of Technology Isan (RMUTI)'s Surin Campus has introduced new products created by the mixture of silk cocoons and rice straw fibre.

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Man stabs estranged wife to death at Surin school

SURIN: A 26-year-old man stabbed his estranged wife to death in a school classroom in Prasat district during lunch break on Thursday, and then broke both legs jumping from the two-storey building while attempting to flee.

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Three charges pressed in trans murder case

SURIN: Police have pressed three charges against a Lithuanian man in connection with the death of his transgender girlfriend whose body was found in a locked room at her house in Prasat district.

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Rites for Surin murder victim, police questioning foreign suspect

SURIN: Funeral rites began on Friday for a transgender woman found murdered at her house in Prasat district on Wednesday as the prime suspect, a Lithuanian man arrested in Chon Buri, arrived back in Surin under police escort.

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Lithuanian detained in Pattaya over death of lover

Police in Pattaya have reportedly detained a Lithuanian man whose transgender girlfriend was found dead in her house in Surin on Wednesday.

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Lithuanian detained in Pattaya over death of transgender lover

Police in Pattaya have detained a Lithuanian man whose transgender girlfriend was found slain in a locked room at her house in Prasat district of Surin on Wednesday.

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Jealous husband arrested for stabbing wife on train

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man was arrested after he stabbed his wife with a knife in a fit of jealousy in full view of shocked passengers aboard a Surin-bound train on Thursday evening.

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Three killed when car rear-ends parked truck

SURIN: Three members of a family were killed, one a pregnant woman, and another seriously hurt when their car rear-ended a parked truck loaded with asphalt in Sangkha district on Tuesday.

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Similan, Surin, Lanta parks to close for regeneration

Mu Ko Similan, Mu Ko Surin and Mu Ko Lanta national parks will close on Monday in an annual tradition to let nature rehabilitate itself during the monsoon season.

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