Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today she wants to see the SMS system be able to alert phone users of a future earthquake within five minutes of its occurrence, so they can evacuate to safety quickly.
Seventeen people have been confirmed dead and 32 injured, with 83 others still unaccounted for in Bangkok following the earthquake in Myanmar, which sent tremors to many parts of Thailand on Friday, according to the Erawan Medical Emergency Centre.
A total of 77 aftershocks, of magnitudes between 2.4 and 7.1 on the Richter scale, have been detected since 1.20pm yesterday, but most of them were not felt in Thailand, according to the Meteorological Department.
A vessel loaded with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) ran aground near Larn Island, off Pattaya in Chonburi province, after manoeuvring to avoid a collision with another boat at around 2am this morning.
Farmers moved their prolonged protest from Government House to the parliament complex today, to press for government intervention to shore up falling paddy prices.
What began as a search for the old Ayutthaya-era city walls unexpectedly led to the discovery of prehistoric human remains, revealing that Nakhon Ratchasima’s history dates back thousands of years.
Thai demolition teams have been accelerating the dismantling of houses and other constructions encroaching into the Sai River in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, as part of the joint Thai-Myanmar effort to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods and mudslides which struck the district in September last year.
A German national, who was arrested and released on bail by Nakhon Ratchasima police last Tuesday on charges for assaulting several dentists, was found dead in his home in Non Sung district, Nakhon Ratchasima province yesterday.
The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC), with support from the Law Council of Thailand (LCT), is considering civil and administrative lawsuits against all agencies and individuals responsible for the construction projects on the Rama 2 Road, demanding 4.5 billion baht in compensation for those killed and disabled in construction accidents.
Nakhon Ratchasima police are looking for a German man, who has allegedly attacked six dentists since last November, after the provincial court issued a warrant for his arrest yesterday.
More than 300 used cars impounded at a bonded warehouse lot of the customs office in Mae Sot district, Tak province, were damaged in a fire Tuesday night.
A man was killed and four others were injured when an item in a second-hand shop, in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Wang Nam Khieo district, exploded this morning.
