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Two people were killed and five injured when parts of a construction crane collapsed onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Thursday morning, reportedly hitting two vehicles travelling below.

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Illegal entertainment venue for migrant workers raided, 'war weapons' found

Small amounts of illicit drugs and war weapons were found when authorities raided an illegal entertainment complex catering to Myanmar workers in Samut Sakhon province.

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'No Happiness': Misery For Myanmar Exiles Four Years On From Coup

Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's young across the border to Thailand.

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Four dead in crane collapse on Rama II Road

A crane and concrete segments collapsed on Rama II Road early Monday morning, resulting in four deaths and 10 injuries.

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Hospital gives parents wrong baby

A hospital in Samut Sakhon has admitted it gave parents the wrong baby to take home following treatment last month.

Bangkok Post

Scaffolding collapses on Rama II Road

The director-general of the Department of Highways has ordered a rapid investigation into the collapse of scaffolding onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province on Sunday afternoon.

Bangkok Post

Road safety still a running sore

A fatal collision in Samut Sakhon province on a recent Friday night left a 51-year-old man dead and an 18-year-old severely injured. What caused the accident? This time, it was not drunk driving or a fast car but a poorly lit curve, which a local official blamed as the source…

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Capital leads the nation in pollution complaints

Bangkok is leading the nation in terms of pollution-related complaints, followed by the industrial provinces of Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon, according to the Pollution Control Department (PCD).

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Child rights advocate on child labour charge

A prominent child rights advocate accused of physically assaulting children and using child labour reported to police in Samut Songkhram to hear the charges on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

TGE nets deal to build B1.4bn power plant

Thachang Green Energy Plc (TGE), a biomass power plant developer and operator, has been awarded a contract to build a 1.4-billion-baht waste-to-energy power plant in Samut Sakhon, part of state efforts to promote renewable energy.

Bangkok Post

Spotting whales close to the city

Despite the Meteorological Department's warning last week that Thailand, the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand would be hit by severe rains, my travel companions and I decided to continue a long-awaited Bryde's whale-watching trip to Samut Sakhon.

Bangkok Post

More bridge danger on Rama II Road

SAMUT SAKHON: More lanes were closed on Rama II Road on Wednesday, to allow the removal of loose-hanging concrete slabs from a flyover, while another section that had been closed by Sunday night's U-turn bridge collapse was reopened.

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Minister suspects human error in fatal bridge collapse

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob suspects human error caused the fatal bridge collapse in Samut Sakhon on Sunday night.

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Falling U-turn bridge kills two on highway

Two people were killed and one was injured when part of a U-turn flyover fell on to Rama II Highway in Samut Sakhon on Sunday night.

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U-turn bridge collapse kills two on highway

SAMUT SAKHON: Two people were killed and two injured when a beam fell from a U-turn flyover onto the Rama II Highway in Muang district on Sunday night.

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'Correctional' estate being developed

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) expects the construction of a new "correctional industrial estate" to be completed in 3-5 years, helping the government generate jobs for inmates.

Bangkok Post

Man with knife robs gold shop in Samut Sakhon

A man armed with a knife robbed a gold shop in a Lotus’s shopping mall in Samut Sakhon and made off with gold ornaments worth almost 700,000 baht on Saturday.

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