The Latest Breaking News from Songkhla

SONGKHLA: Myanmar job seekers arrested in Ratthaphum district told officials their brokerage fees had skyrocketed to 80,000 baht each, from 20,000 to 40,000 baht previously, because of the harsh crackdown on illegal migrants.

SONGKHLA: Songkhla Zoo will run a competition to find a name for its new seal pup, the first there in 24 years, with a prize of 10,000 baht.

SONGKHLA: Three villages and farmland along the banks of Khlong U-tapao in Sadao district were inundated when the canal overflowed after several days of continuous rain.

Authorities have deported 130 illegal migrants from Myanmar who were caught earlier in Ranong, while arresting eight others in Songkhla.

SONGKHLA: Two Vietnamese fishing boats were intercepted and 14 crew members arrested by a navy patrol vessel on Thursday for illegally fishing in Thai waters off Songkhla province.

SONGKHLA: Fourteen illegal Myanmar migrants heading for promised jobs in Malaysia were arrested near the southern border in Sadao district in the early hours of Thursday.

Three people who allegedly supplied illicit drugs to dealers in Phuket and nearby southern provinces have been arrested in two separate operations in Songkhla.

SONGKHLA: A woman was arrested for allegedly operating unlicensed mortgage and money lending services that charged an interest rate exceeding the legal limit, police said on Wednesday.

SONGKHLA: Muslim people and religious leaders in Thepha and Chana districts of this southern province have voiced their opposition to a plan by TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP), a major waste-to-energy power plant operator, to build a large statue of Guan Yin, the goddess of compassion in Chinese mythology, in…

SONGKHLA: Eleven Myanmar nationals hoping to get work in Malaysia were arrested near the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district.

A former rescue worker was arrested in Hat Yai district of Songkhla for the armed robbery of a gold shop at Big C superstore in Pattani’s Muang district on Monday night.