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TAT rolls out Hat Yai campaign to revive flood-hit South
SUNDAY, APRIL 05, 2026
The tourism agency is targeting foreign arrivals through Hat Yai, Sadao and Padang Besar to boost spending, restore confidence and support southern recovery.
Thung Lung police superintendent transferred after Songkhla school shooting
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2026
National Police Chief has ordered the transfer of the Thung Lung police superintendent to Provincial Police Region 9’s operations centre pending a fact-finding probe after a gunman stormed a Songkhla school, took teachers and pupils hostage, and shot the school director dead.
Hat Yai school director honoured for protecting students; 18-year-old held
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2026
An 18-year-old was detained after an armed attack at a Hat Yai school. Reports cite prior psychiatric treatment; condolences posted for the director.
Updated: Police overpower teenager who stormed Hat Yai school, took hostages
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2026
Special police overpowered an 18-year-old who stormed a Hat Yai school with a gun, killing the school director, seriously injuring a student and taking teachers and students hostage.
Gunmen storm Hat Yai school, hold teachers and students hostage
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2026
Gunmen stormed a school in Hat Yai, Songkhla, on Wednesday evening, holding teachers and students hostage. One teacher was reportedly shot as police surrounded the site.
20m illicit cigarettes seized in Hat Yai raid
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2026
Anutin led a briefing on a Hat Yai raid seizing 20m illicit cigarettes and arresting 14 suspects, with losses estimated at 67m baht and tax fines over 1bn
CAAT summons Thai AirAsia over flight that departed without 23 passengers
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026
Thailand’s aviation regulator has asked Thai AirAsia to explain how 23 passengers were left behind on FD3116 from Don Mueang to Hat Yai, prompting the aircraft to return and causing a 36-minute delay.
Hat Yai still struggling a month after floods, SMEs hit hard
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2026
Tourism-led Hat Yai is reopening unevenly after last month’s floods, with small firms short of cash and the Malaysian market still hesitant despite new TAT campaigns
Business groups urge 40m-baht soft loans to revive Hat Yai as fewer than 20% of shops reopen after floods
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 07, 2026
Songkhla business leaders urge the government to raise Hat Yai flood recovery soft loans to 40m baht per firm and roll out targeted tourism and utility relief as trade stalls.
Catastrophe in the South: How Record Rainfall and Fragmented Governance Delivered Thailand’s Worst Flood Crisis in Decades
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025
Analysis of the November 2025 flood crisis in Southern Thailand, detailing the record 300-year rainfall event in Hat Yai, Songkhla, the 145 confirmed fatalities, US$700 million economic damage, and the critical need for structural reform in Thailand’s outdated disaster response and water management systems.