Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
New Year prayers are a tradition. Thai Buddhists gather at temples to pray and meditate together and, on New Year’s Eve, to listen to monks giving sermons about living a good life. This year, the prayers were held at 58 temples in Bangkok and its suburbs. Thai PBS World spoke to the younger generation what
Authentic Thai food is spicy (or extremely spicy, for those who are not used to it). On average, each Thai consumes about one kilogram of chilli per year. With a population of about 69 million, that means we eat nearly 69,000 tonnes annually, meaning Thailand has to import chilli to meet the demand. In Thailand’s
Widespread blackouts hit three districts of Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai on Saturday night after the areas experienced heavy rain and hail storms. Several trees along the Chiang Saen-Chiang Rai Road, from Tambon Chanchawa in Mae Chan district to Tambon Wiang Chiang Saen of Chiang Saen district, were felled by strong winds, blocking traffic.
The Government has rolled out a series of New Year’s gifts for the people, ranging from toll exemptions, free parking at several main airports and free entrance to free national park entry, a freeze on electricity charges for up to four months and a freeze on diesel prices until January 10th. From the Transport Ministry,
A partial solar eclipse will be visible on December 26th from 14 provinces of Thailand, with the best views of the phenomenon will be from Betong district of the southern border province of Yala. According to the National Astronomical Research Institute, the event can be viewed from: Chiang Rai 10.23am to 1.44pm Chiang Mai
One foreign tourist died and ten others were injured in a collision between a speed boat and a yacht in the Andaman Sea off Thailand’s southern province of Phang-nga on Wednesday. One speed boat crew member, identified only as “Boy”, went missing and a search is under way by the Navy as well as marine
Thailand’s Pollution Control Department’s initiative, to urge its officials to use public transport instead of their own cars every Wednesday, kicked off today. A number of officials, including the department head, Mr. Pralong Damrongthai, did not use their cars today, leaving the parking area almost empty. Normally, over 160 cars park there during office hours.
Excessive PM2.5 dust particles have been detected in 31 areas of Bangkok and in nine areas in surrounding provinces today. This is a clear sign that air quality is worsening and poses a threat to health, the Pollution Control Department reported today. Readings from 46 monitoring stations in Bangkok and its suburbs show the levels
Most parts of Thailand are forecast to experience cool weather this weekend, when temperatures in the North and Northeast are forecast to drop to between 6oC and 12oC and as low as 1oC on mountain tops due to an intense cold front now looming over Thailand. Temperatures in Bangkok and its suburbs, as well as
Temperatures across Thailand, except in the south, will continue to fall until next Tuesday due to an intense cold front from China, according to the Meteorological Department’s forecast this morning. The cool weather will see temperatures in the north and north-east drop by 8-10oC to lows of 6-12oC on the plains and as low as
The Royal Forest Department will file three charges today against Palang Pracharat MP for Ratchaburi, Ms. Pareena Kraikupt, for alleged encroachment on 7.376 hectares of national forest reserves. The department chief, Mr. Atthapol Charoenchansa, told a news conference this morning that the department had solid evidence to prove that the land, which is occupied by
Pichapach Khosabordee is the third generation of her family working at a famous traditional earthenware water-jar factory in Ratchaburi. She recalls the good old days when their business was selling over 500,000 dragon motif jars per month. “It was when I was studying Mathayom 4 (Grade 11), around 28 years ago. In 1991 we had
