Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Eighteen people were killed and more than 30 injured, several of them seriously, when their double-decker air-conditioned bus skidded off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch in Nadee district of Prachin Buri early this morning.
A remarkable archaeological discovery in a remote cave within Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park has yielded the oldest human skeleton found in Thailand to date, potentially pushing back the timeline of human occupation in the region by tens of thousands of years.
A British tourist was safely rescued after he was seen sitting on the guard rail of a flyover near Suvarnabhumi airport.
Two teachers—one a school director in Bangkok and the other a teacher in Uthai Thani province—are the talk of the town this week, but for different reasons.
The Thai police has instructed all police units to investigate any suspected illegal activities by foreign tourists, especially Israelis in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province, where local inhabitants are becoming increasingly intolerant of the behaviour of some Israeli tourists who have allegedly opened businesses in professions reserved for Thais and caused a public nuisanc
Three people were killed by a speeding train, while three others escaped unhurt, in Muang district of the northern province of Lamphun on Monday night.
Police should not be solely responsible for screening those who are transferred from scam call centres in Myanmar into Thailand, because the procedure is sensitive and requires professional personnel, according to the opposition FAIR Party’s sole MP Kannavee Suebsang today.
Authorities have decided to shift Thailand-Myanmar border trade in western Kanchanaburi province to the Ban Pu Nam Ron permanent checkpoint, replacing the Three Pagodas border pass, which connects to Payathonsu town in Myanmar’s Karen State.
The local-level Thai Myanmar border committee has tentatively agreed that 500 trafficked foreigners, of the about 2,000 who have expressed their wishes to return to their home countries, will be sent into Thailand, starting on Monday.
Deputy Interior Minister Sabeeda Thaised sustained minor head injuries when the steel backdrop of a stage collapsed as she was presiding over the opening of a traditional local ceremony in Loeng Nok Tha district of Yasothon province yesterday.
A French tourist, who was visiting Thailand for the first time, hired a car to take him to Tao resort island in Surat Thani, but the driver took him to Doi Tai in Chiang Mai instead, due to a miscommunication.
Joint police and military forces along the Thai-Myanmar border have been apprehending an increasing number of people trying to smuggle fuel out of Thailand, since the fuel supply ban was introduced last week.
