Ranong

A malaria outbreak has sickened more 600 people in Ranong so far this year. With the rainy season approaching the disease is expected to spread in the province, which is popular for foreigners extending their stays in Thailand.
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Burma is moving its passport office from Kawthaung to Ranong. Visa runners will still need to cross over by boat to stamp out from Thailand and get another 15 days.
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PATA Thailand is highly critical of Thai Airways, after price reductions of 50% of the Royal Orchid Holidays packages. - This does not help Thailand's tourism industry, says Bert Van Walbeek of PATA Thailand
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On the 1st of November runners from all over Asia will be heading for Chumpon province before sunset to run all the way from the Pacific Coast to the Indian Ocean. Ranong Running Club, Chumpon Running Club and Vejthani-Robwang Running Club teamed up to hold the “2nd Full Moon Ocean to Ocean Relay Running...
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Thailand has approved an Bt18 million budget to set up Andaman sea rescue centers in a bid to restore confidence among tourists and the image of tourism in its Andaman coastal provinces. The budget will be allocated to Thailand’s five Andaman Sea coastal provinces of Phuket, Krabi, Phangnga, Ranong, and Trang. Phuket Disaster Prevention...
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A provincial court in Ranong has sentenced a Thai woman to life imprisonment for masterminding the murder of her Canadian husband last year. The Ranong provincial court on Thursday found Maneerat Henry, Amornsak Katekaew and Jinda Sae Tae guilty of conspiring to murder Dale George Henry on February 3, 2008. Their sentences were commuted...
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39 burmese women was arrested for prostitution in Ranong. Burmese and Thai authorities have recently signed an angreement to counter human trafficking, especially of woman and children.
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