Songkhla, Thailand News

Mainland will cut import tariffs on rubber next year, helping domestic tyre makers who enjoyed increasing demand from rocketing car production in the country but got embroiled in a US trade dispute this year.

Chiang Rai and Hat Yai will join eight other cities throughout Asia in a move to address the consequences of climate change.

The Democrat-led government has successfully resolved the countrya s problems when compared to the past two governments , Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Saturday.

The concept of making the restive lower South a special administration zone needs involvement of grassroots people.

HAT YAI : Former members of the Communist Party of Malaya have made an emotional appeal to Kuala Lumpur to allow their ageing leader Chin Peng and other members to return home.

HAT YAI : The government has rejected criticisms it has performed poorly and failed to bring peace and prosperity to the South, claiming there will be visible positive results in the next six months.

Time for a visa run... Due to the Thai government being experts in taking money off you at every opportunity, they only allow you 14 days in the country , before you have to leave and come back again.

CHIN Peng waited too long and now it's too late for the former Communist Party of Malaysia head to return to Malaysia said former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai.

Despite floods in Songkhla province gradually subsiding, royally granted relief bags being delivered and charity kitchens being set up, some locals were complaining yesterday that no state agencies had provided them with any assistance.

The joy of eating street food is rooted not only in the flavors, but also in the experience.

Flooding has halted the Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur train services as heavy rainfall continued in several southern provinces.

Downpours have triggered a second round of flooding in the southern provinces of Songkhla, Phatthalung, Trang and Narathiwat, while Kalasin in the Northeast is so cold that some residents have fallen ill.

Malaysia's reluctance to receive opposition Puea Thai Party chairman Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh with open arms has prompted the general to change his travel plans.

Local people who are affected from heavy floods in Songkhla's Hat Yai district receive survival bags donated by HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on Thursday.//Thoranit Pirunla-ong An evacuation plan is underway until Monday for villagers in two tambons of Yala's Bannang Sata district because of a landslide threat; while Pattani province has ...

Supalai plans to launch at least 10 residential projects worth more than Bt10 billion combined, including two low-cost housing projects, next year.

Quarrels over charter amendments are overshadowing another crucial part of the constitution which calls for a transfer of power from the central government to local administrations.

Flood-affected districts in Narathiwat, Satun, Trang, Songkhla and Phatthalung were yesterday declared disaster zones as the South was hit by torrential rain.

Heavy flooding halted train operations in the lower South on Sunday. The services of southern-route trains, including Sungai Kolok-Bangkok, were suspended since Saturday.

Eight peope were missing after a landslide in the southern province of Narathiwat as heavy rains continued, causing extensive flooding in the region.

Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam said on Friday he had no intention to steal the show in mediating talks between the Hat Yai rail union and the State Railway of Thailand management on Wednesday, and was only performing his duty as an MP for Songkhla.