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  • South Thailand NewsThai soldiers kill 5 suspected insurgents in the South
    ThaigerPublished: 07:44, 24 February 2020
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    Thai soldiers kill 5 suspected insurgents in the South

    Thai security authorities have confirmed that five suspected southern insurgents have been shot and killed by soldiers on a mountain side in the Cho Airong district of Narathiwat. The incident happened yesterday in the southern province bordering Malaysia. Military sources told Thai PBS World that the security forces were pursuing the insurgents after being spotted near a checkpoint set up…

  • Việt NamTruy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 18:52, 17 February 2020
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    Truy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia

    Một người trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Campuchia dương tính với virus corona, hơn 1.000 du khách khác đã đến nhiều nơi trên thế giới. Thủ tướng Campuchia Hun Sen đích thân ra đón du thuyền Mới đây, một nữ hành khách người Mỹ trên du thuyền MS Westerdam đã có kết quả dương tính với virus corona…

  • Việt NamDu khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm
    Thuỳ DungPublished: 23:23, 16 February 2020
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    Du khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm

    Du khách trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Sihanoukville – Campuchia dương tính với virus corona sau hai lần xét nghiệm ở Malaysia. Theo Reuters, Malaysia vừa cho biết theo kết quả xét nghiệm hôm nay, một bà cụ 83 tuổi người Mỹ dương tính với virus corona và đây cũng là lần thứ 2 nhận kết quả tương…

  • Việt NamMáy bay Malindo Air nổ lốp ở sân bay Nội Bài
    Nguyễn Lê Việt AnhPublished: 18:34, 22 January 2020
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    Máy bay Malindo Air nổ lốp ở sân bay Nội Bài

    Hôm qua, do bị nổ lốp, một máy bay của hãng Malindo Air (Malaysia) phải hạ cánh khẩn cấp tại sân bay Nội Bài. Vào lúc 13h ngày 21/1, chuyến bay mang số hiệu OD572 của hãng hàng không Malindo Air (Malaysia) cất cánh tại sân bay Nội Bài. Sau khi máy bay cất cánh, bộ phận giám sát sân…

  • South Thailand NewsPolice and sniffer dogs search for 18 Rohingya who escaped from southern detention centre
    ThaigerPublished: 16:39, 08 January 2020
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    Police and sniffer dogs search for 18 Rohingya who escaped from southern detention centre

    Police and soldiers are searching forest areas around the border areas of Sadao district, south of Hat Yai in Songkhla, as they look for 18 illegal Royingha migrants. Originally 19 fled from the camp, about five kilometres from the border but one broke his leg during the escape and was soon found while hiding in a nearby village. 18 are…

  • World NewsHong Kong property investors turn to SE Asia
    ThaigerPublished: 04:01, 27 October 2019
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    Hong Kong property investors turn to SE Asia

    “But now mainland Chinese, who traditionally viewed property in Hong Kong as a safe investment, are opting for rival financial hub Singapore and other south east Asian property hot spots.” by Sam Reeves, with Catherine Lai in Singapore From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong Kong investors are shifting cash into Southeast Asian property, demoralised by increasingly violent protests…

  • World NewsHong Kong leader should resign, says Malaysian PM
    Maya TaylorPublished: 12:25, 05 October 2019
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    Hong Kong leader should resign, says Malaysian PM

    PHOTO: AFP Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam should quit as pro-democracy protests continue to rock the city. Activists are becoming increasingly violent as they voice their anger at what they see as increased interference from Beijing. The protests have now been running for four months and show no signs of ending soon.…

  • World NewsSouthern Thailand smog well above safe levels
    ThaigerPublished: 10:07, 20 September 2019
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    Southern Thailand smog well above safe levels

    PHOTOS: Charoon Thongnual – The Nation Hat Yai, the main city in Songkhla, has been among the worst hit by the smog engulfing parts of southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The business district of Hat Yai has been hard hit with PM2.5 particles exceeding the safety standards of 50 (set by the World…

  • World NewsTop six tips when visiting Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang
    ThaigerPublished: 15:57, 07 August 2019
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    Top six tips when visiting Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang

    PHOTO: New Royal Thai Consular General in Penang An FOT (Friend of Thaiger) has returned from applying for a visa with the Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang, a popular port to the south of Thailand for ‘southern’ expats and tourists seeking visa upgrades, renewals or even for their first run. Thanks to Daren Jenner for the following tips if…

  • Crime NewsThai police suspect southern insurgents in co-ordinated ATM explosions in Pattani
    ThaigerPublished: 16:38, 04 August 2019
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    Thai police suspect southern insurgents in co-ordinated ATM explosions in Pattani

    PHOTO: Charoon Thongnual Suspected insurgents have blown up three ATMs in two districts in the Southern Thai province of Pattani, near the Malaysian border. The assailants escaped with banknotes from one of the ATMs. At this stage local police and security officials suspect insurgents were responsible for the bombings, but are still considering if the incidents could have been related…

  • World NewsSouthern rebel remains unresponsive in hospital following alleged torture
    ThaigerPublished: 08:02, 31 July 2019
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    Southern rebel remains unresponsive in hospital following alleged torture

    Thai security officials have confirmed that four more people were killed in a late-night attack on July 24 by Muslim insurgents on a military outpost in the southern province of Pattani. Militants struck the remote base throwing grenades and laying down nearly an hour of automatic fire. The attack is considered “payback’ for the alleged torture of Abdulloh Esormusor. Human Rights…

  • World NewsHuman traffickers leave 6 Rohingya starving in abandoned building in Hat Yai
    ThaigerPublished: 15:35, 30 July 2019
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    Human traffickers leave 6 Rohingya starving in abandoned building in Hat Yai

    PHOTOS: Workpoint News Six Rohingya were left to die in an abandoned building located in Hat Yai, Songkhla. Members of the group eventaully left the building in search of food and officials are now searching for more hiding in the area. They had been waiting there for 5 days. Thai Police were notified by nearby villagers yesterday trying to assist…

  • World News20 smuggled Burmese, including children, found in locked Songkhla warehouse
    ThaigerPublished: 13:22, 30 June 2019
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    20 smuggled Burmese, including children, found in locked Songkhla warehouse

    by Santiparp Ramasutra Songkhla Police, in Thailand’s deep south, have rescued 20 scared and hungry Burmese, victims of traffickers who’d locked them inside a warehouse on the Thai-Malaysian border. Residents say they heard the sound of children crying for several days in the usually deserted warehouse in the Sadao district. Pol General Suchart Thirasawat, an inspector-general in charge of an anti-trafficking…

  • South Thailand News21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested
    ThaigerPublished: 15:08, 10 June 2019
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    21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    FILE PHOTO: Malay Mail A Thai man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 undocumented Burmese migrants from Thailand’s south across the border into Malaysia. A resort in Tambon Patong of Songkhla’s Hat Yai district was searched by soldiers and police earlier today (Monday) and discovered five Burmese men and two women in two of the rooms. Their account…

  • World NewsGrab adds another layer of riding security in Malaysia. Selfies.
    ThaigerPublished: 08:37, 09 June 2019
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    Grab adds another layer of riding security in Malaysia. Selfies.

    If you’ve used the e-hailing alternative ‘Grab’ you’ll know how easy it is to use as it continues to disrupt traditional taxi and tuk tuk services around the region. In Malaysia they’ve just added another level of security for users and it will be applicable for Thais or other foreigners using Grab when in Malaysia. In Malaysia it will now…

  • South Thailand News14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested
    ThaigerPublished: 08:22, 23 May 2019
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    14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested

    PHOTO: Bang Klam, Songkhla Immigration police in Songkhla have arrested an alleged Burmese human trafficker and rescued 14 smuggled Burmese from a rented house in Bang Klam district. Police arrested the alleged ring leader, 29 year old Aung Chanai, not far from the rented house on the Asia highway in Moo 4 village in Tambon Tha Chang where he allegedly…

  • South Thailand News12 women rescued from human trafficking ring at Malaysia border
    ThaigerPublished: 14:10, 30 April 2019
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    12 women rescued from human trafficking ring at Malaysia border

    Officials have raided a karaoke bar in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district, on the Malaysian border, rescuing 12 Lao women from prostitution. The raid against the Relax Pub in the border town was carried out at 8.30pm last night by officials from the Provincial Administration Department and DSI (Department of Special Investigation), as well as staff of an international non-governmental organisation.…

  • South Thailand NewsMuslim man shot and wounded on the Thai/Malaysia border
    ThaigerPublished: 15:56, 06 March 2019
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    Muslim man shot and wounded on the Thai/Malaysia border

    Police in Narathiwat are as yet to ascertain whether political or personal motives were behind a shooting in Sungai Kolok district this morning that left a Muslim man severely wounded. Sungai Kolok is on the Thai/Malaysian border. 29 year old Rusalan Do, a resident of Moo 1 in the Rangae district, was shot four times – in the torso, right thigh…

  • World News‘No homosexuals in Malaysia” – Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture minister
    ThaigerPublished: 15:13, 06 March 2019
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    ‘No homosexuals in Malaysia” – Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture minister

    Malaysian minister grilled in Germany over policy on gays, Jews ahead of travel fair Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Mohamaddin Ketapi has caused ripples in Germany after making an ill-informed remark about homosexuality. “Homosexuality? I don’t think we have such a thing in our country.” “I cannot answer whether it’s safe or not,” he was quoted as saying by…

  • South Thailand News50+ motorbike taxi drivers blockade southern border
    ThaigerPublished: 10:54, 18 February 2019
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    50+ motorbike taxi drivers blockade southern border

    50 Thai motorcycle taxi drivers have set up a blockade at the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint to protest what they allege are unworkable, stricter immigration checks now imposed by Malaysian immigration officials. The taxi drivers say they have been bringing Thai tourists across the border in Songkhla’s Sadao district to the duty-free shops in Malaysia’s Padang Besar for years. Yesterday morning’s…

  • South Thailand NewsHM the King expresses concern for people affected by unrest in the Deep South
    ThaigerPublished: 13:48, 22 January 2019
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    HM the King expresses concern for people affected by unrest in the Deep South

    (Quoted directly from the Government’s Public Relations Department) His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has been deeply concerned about the people and officials affected by unrest in the southern border provinces. His Majesty on January 21, 2019 assigned Privy Councilor General Paiboon Koomchaya to present baskets of various items given by His Majesty to relatives of the monks killed in…

  • World NewsMalaysia mulls curfew for Under 18 year olds
    ThaigerPublished: 11:23, 19 January 2019
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    Malaysia mulls curfew for Under 18 year olds

    PHOTO: Malaysian Deputy PM Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail – Proplegacy The Malaysian Government, in another backwards step as it caves in to conservative religious factions, is considering a new curfew on Under 18 year olds. Authorities are mulling the possibility of setting a curfew for young Malaysians to be out of the house without adult supervision. They claim it…

  • World NewsMalaysia choses new sultan, will be elected king January 24
    ThaigerPublished: 08:26, 13 January 2019
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    Malaysia choses new sultan, will be elected king January 24

    Malaysian officials announced that the country has a new sultan who is now expected to be elected king after the former monarch abdicated following his reported marriage to a Russian former beauty queen. Tengku Abdullah Shah replaces his father, Sultan Ahmad Shah as the ruler of Pahang state, the official Bernama news agency said, citing a senior palace official. Local…

  • World NewsMalaysian rulers to choose new monarch by the end of the month
    ThaigerPublished: 13:34, 08 January 2019
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    Malaysian rulers to choose new monarch by the end of the month

    PHOTO: The Straits Times Malaysia’s Conference of Rulers will meet in about two weeks’ time to elect the country’s new constitutional monarch, as well as a deputy after the ruling monarch, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped down on Sunday in an unprecedented move. The 16th King, or Supreme Ruler, and a deputy will be sworn in at the end of the…

  • World NewsRussian model becomes Queen of Malaysia after marrying Muslim king
    ThaigerPublished: 08:03, 04 December 2018
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    Russian model becomes Queen of Malaysia after marrying Muslim king

    Oksana Voevodina, is now the ‘first lady’ of Malaysia following the wedding to Malaysia’s monarch Muhammad V of Kelantan. She married the king in a royal wedding ceremony in Moscow after reportedly converting to Islam earlier this year. The beauty queen rose to fame when she was crowned Miss Moscow back in 2015 at the age of 22. Oksana – who has…

  • World News‘Remove dual-language road signs’ – Malaysian sultan
    ThaigerPublished: 09:09, 20 November 2018
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    ‘Remove dual-language road signs’ – Malaysian sultan

    by The Star – Asia News Network The Sultan of Selangor in Malaysia has decreed that all dual language road signage in Shah Alam (to the west of KL) must be removed and replaced with the national language (Malay) only. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s private secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani highlighted the matter in a letter dated Nov 19 to the…

  • World NewsMalaysian Cabinet agrees to abolish death penalty
    ThaigerPublished: 12:14, 14 November 2018
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    Malaysian Cabinet agrees to abolish death penalty

    PHOTO: Screenshot from “Apprentice” (2016) by Junfeng Boo Malaysia’s acting Law Minister Liew Vui Keong told the Malaysian Parliament yesterday that the Cabinet has agreed to scrap the death penalty, including for murder. But Deputy PM Wan Azizah Wan Ismail told reporters that the government would review abolishing it for murder, an opinion that was hers and not representative of…

  • World NewsBlissful Break packages @ Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA
    ThaigerPublished: 15:11, 18 October 2018
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    Blissful Break packages @ Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA

    Just an hour or so away, with hundreds of flights a day into KL, here’s something a bit different for a weekend ‘out of town’ or a business break, in style. Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA is a new architectural icon which opened this year near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. They’ve now unveiled a new package that allows…

  • World NewsFormer Malay PM Najib to face up to 20 charges over 1MDB scandal
    ThaigerPublished: 14:38, 20 September 2018
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    Former Malay PM Najib to face up to 20 charges over 1MDB scandal

    by The Star – Asia News Network Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak is expected to face “nothing less” than 20 charges under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act. A mountain of legal challenges lies ahead of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as authorities bring fresh charges against the former PM over the multibillion-ringgit 1Malaysia Develop­ment Bhd…