Nan and Songkhla recognised as UNESCO Creative Cities for 2025
UNESCO has designed Songkhla in the South and Nan in the North as UNESCO Creative Cities for 2025 on the occasion of World Cities Day yesterday.
Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
UNESCO has designed Songkhla in the South and Nan in the North as UNESCO Creative Cities for 2025 on the occasion of World Cities Day yesterday.
Chiang Mai municipal administration has become the target of heavy criticism on social media today, from numerous residents and local politicians, over the abrupt changes of the city’s decorations for the Yi Peng lantern festival.
Three riverside communities in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province are targeted for relocation, to facilitate the construction of a permanent flood wall to protect the district, which is a major border trading post with Myanmar, from future flooding and mudslides.
Beyond the familiar faces of tourists visiting temples, nightclubs and shopping areas, Filipinos are thriving in a country more than 2,000 kilometers from home. For them, living in Thailand is more than just finding work abroad. It is about experiencing another culture. Every day, they navigate workplaces, local communities and traditions while building friendships that cross languages and borders.
As heavy monsoon rains hit Thailand, a humble district in Ayutthaya is once again sacrificing itself to save Bangkok from devastating floods.
An elderly woman was killed and six other people were injured in a cooking gas explosion at a house on an estate in Muang district of Pathum Thani this morning.
Phuket airport runway temporarily closed after an emergency landing
The Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has instructed authorities in several central provinces to accelerate the discharge of floodwater into the Chao Phraya River, to ease the hardship of flood victims ahead of anticipated heavy rain induced by Typhoon Matmo.
About 43,000 households in Ayutthaya province are flooded, after irrigation officials increased the rate of discharge of water through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat to 2,500m3/s, with the likelihood that this may be further increased due to the increasing flow of water into the dam’s reservoir.
People living in Bangkok and ten central provinces have been advised by the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to monitor the water level in the Chao Phraya River closely and to prepare for potential overflows, after the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat province increased its discharge rate to 2,500m3/s at 3pm today, to ease pressure to the dam.
An entire family of seven, including two young children, died when their house, and those of two neighbours, caught fire early this morning in the Muang district of Rayong province. Three other people were also injured.
A seven-year-old boy in Phetchaburi province has captured the attention of social media users with his unusual mode of transportation; a water buffalo, named ‘Kalamae’.