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Jantima Sukmetta, 52, gradually unfolds a batik fabric. It has distinguished colours of golden yellow and brown, the naturally dyed colours from turmeric and leaves of khonthi (beach vitex). The khonthi plant is easily found along beaches in tambon Na Thap of Chana district in the southern province of Songkhla,…

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Fire destroys school building, band instruments

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A school building was destroyed by a fire early Monday morning in Thung Song district, with damage estimated at 10 million baht.

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Flooding hits parts of Nakhon Si Thammarat

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Many parts of this southern coastal province were flooded on Sunday morning following heavy rain on Saturday night, officials said.

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Myanmar man found dead on roadside

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A migrant worker found dead on a rural roadside in Sichon district on Monday morning was believed to have died from illness, police said.

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Pheu Thai's Paetongtarn woos southern voters

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The Pheu Thai Party introduced Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra as its potential candidate for the post of prime minister in a major rally in this southern province on Sunday.

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Rain alert for 1 more day in southern provinces along Gulf of Thailand

All southern provinces will battle wet weather at least until Tuesday as a northeasterly wind crossing the Gulf of Thailand continues to bring rain to the coast.

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Four held after 1.2m speed pills seized

Four members of a suspected drug network in the South have been arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat with 1.2 million speed pills seized, while another 300,000 speed pills were found abandoned by a smuggler in Fang district of Chiang Mai, authorities said on Saturday.

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Wife shot dead livestreaming husband with other women

A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Krabi after his wife was shot dead while livestreaming him at a house where he was staying with three other women in Muang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

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Unconscious drowning fisherman saved after boat capsizes

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A local fisherman came very close to death when his small boat capsized during a rainstorm in Pak Nakhon bay, Muang district, of this southern coastal province on Tuesday night.

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Pickup driver killed, 8 on school bus hurt in collision

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A pickup driver was killed and seven young children and a school bus driver slightly injured when the two vehicles collided in Bang Khan district on Thursday morning.

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Armed school-invasion copycat arrested

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Police on Friday arrested a man high on meth, carrying a pistol and rifle, trying to get into a school to take a child away from his wife, a day after the childcare centre massacre in the Northeast.

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Dane found dead in his bedroom

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A Danish man was found dead in his bedroom in a commercial building in Muang district late on Tuesday night, police said.

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Fisherman found dead in sea

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man who had not been seen since going fishing in a small boat on Wednesday morning was found dead in the sea on Thursday morning.

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Woman badly injured after train-pickup truck crash

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A female university student was seriously injured when her car was hit by a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Thung Song district on Friday evening.

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In the footsteps of the Buddha

Once the epicentre of Theravada Buddhism, the ancient region of what is now Sri Lanka had extended its border to Siam through the Buddhist faith. Its spiritual journey marked its beginning during the Dvaravati era (6th–11th centuries) and culminated with the adoption of Buddhism in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya…

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Drugs left in crashed car as passengers flee

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Police found 40,000 methamphetamine pills in a car that had crashed and then been abandoned in Ron Phibun district late on Sunday night.

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Migrants killed, injured when pickup hits tree

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A pickup truck carrying 33 migrant workers from Myanmar crashed into a roadside tree after a rear tyre burst, killing three passengers and seriously injuring five others, on Wednesday.

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Koh Samui welcomes govt plans

Surat Thani: Tourism business operators on Koh Samui are urging the government to press ahead with plans to promote the island as a wellness destination and connect Khanom district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province to Koh Samui via a bridge.

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More than 300 illegal fishing traps seized in South

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: More than 300 illegal fishing traps were seized in Pak Phanang Bay in this southern province on Saturday, raising concerns about the depletion of marine resources.

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Man released from jail over triple murders shot dead at plantation

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man released from jail two years ago was shot dead at a rubber plantation in Phrom Khiri district in the early hours of Saturday in what police believed might be an act of revenge.

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Driver dozes off, cheats death

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A lucky driver escaped almost unscathed after he dozed off and crashed his pickup truck with a full load of durian into a power pole and a highway lamppost on Friday morning.

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Storm winds batter southern villages, orchards

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Strong storm winds caused extensive damage to this southern province on Tuesday, destroying homes and knocking down fruit and rubber trees, especially in Phrom Khiri district.

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Hillside tragedy for visiting family, car plunges off road

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A woman died when a car driven by her visiting foreign son-in-law plunged off a hill road leading to a viewpoint in Sichon district on Thursday afternoon.

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Supreme Court upholds MP's jail term for 2014 vote buying

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The Supreme Court has upheld a two-year prison sentence and 10-year election ban for former Democrat MP Thepthai Senpong and his younger brother Manote Senpong, for vote buying during a 2014 local government election.

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Groups want pubs scrutinised

A coalition of four anti-alcohol groups on Monday submitted an open letter calling on the Ministry of Justice to open a fact-finding probe into two pubs in Bangkok and Nakhon Si Thammarat suspected of breaking the law.

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