Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Four foreign scuba divers were found safe last night on a beach in Sattahip district of Chon Buri after they had been reported missing during a technical practice dive in the sea off Samae-san Beach yesterday.
A park volunteer is believed to have been killed by a wild elephant while he was fixing a damaged elephant alert system in the Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Wednesday.
Police in Khon Kaen’s Muang district have deployed officers to protect a temple at the centre of a long-running land ownership dispute with the family of a man who donated 21 rai (3.36 hectares) of land for its construction, following threats to have the temple demolished.
The Office of National Water Resources has advised riverside communities along the Mekong River, from Loei province to Ubon Ratchathani, to brace for possible flooding caused by river overflows from today until Friday.
Rising water levels in the Mekong River are expected to overflow into low-lying areas in four districts of the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom between now and Friday.
Heavy rain, measured at 107.9mm, lashed Muang district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom early this morning, causing widespread flooding in the municipal area.
Officials are investigating the death of a wild gaur found outside the boundaries of Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, with preliminary evidence indicating it had been shot, authorities said on Wednesday.
Khao Khitchakut National Park in Chanthaburi province has released images of gaurs in their natural habitat captured during a routine ‘Smart Patrol’ and natural resource monitoring operation on Sunday.
The carcass of a young male dugong, with its head, flippers, and tail severed by a sharp implement, has been found on a beach in Takua Thung district, Phang-nga province.
Mae Sai, a border district in Chiang Rai province, has been on high alert since water levels in the Sai River increased following heavy rainfall in Myanmar.
The wild tiger population in Thailand’s protected forests has risen to at least 210, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Ang Thong provincial hospital has claimed that the newborn being treated in its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) died from pulmonary hypertension, and that the death was unrelated to a lunch buffet held in the unit by a group of doctors and nurses. The hospital's position was announced at a press conference yesterday by Dr Thaweechoke Roharumkul, Ang Thong's provincial public health chief, and Dr Parichart Terawatt, director of Ang Thong Hospital. Dr Thaweechoke said a fact-finding...
