Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Police in Ratchaburi province have arrested a teacher at a school in Suan Phueng district for allegedly molesting nine young students. The action was in response to a complaint about the teacher’s behaviour filed by a group of parents.
Police and health officials in Phichit province will visit a monastery in Ban Noi sub-district of Pho Thale district today, to investigate the presence of 41 corpses, reported to be used in meditation course.
Vets at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang province have suggested trimming the tusks of 30-year-old male elephant Sak Surin, who was rescued from Sri Lanka last year, because they almost touch the ground and are making life difficult for him.
Police in Kamphaeng Phet province have exhumed 12 bodies buried, possibly without a permit, in the grounds of a monastery, which is reported to have used some of the corpses for meditation classes as part of its strange cult.
Six airlines will add 247 flights between December 26th and January 5th to accommodate travellers during the upcoming New Year festival, and the public is encouraged to book tickets in advance, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has announced.
Thirty-six dugongs have died this year, including five in November alone, largely of starvation due to the depletion of sea grass, believed to be caused by global warming. Sea grass used to be abundant in their feeding grounds in the seas of Trang, Krabi and Phuket, according to Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine expert at Kasetsart University.
Police are investigating the death of a man of unknown nationality, who plunged to his death from the 4th floor of a shopping mall in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday evening.
A commotion was reported in a neighbourhood of the Mueang district of Lop Buri yesterday, when more than 100 long-tailed macaques broke out of a large cage and caused a public nuisance.
Most of Thailand, except for the southern region, will experience cool breezes this week due to the arrival of a moderate cold front from China, which is initially looming over north and northern-eastern provinces before spreading to the other regions, according to the Meteorological Department.
The transport ministry’s campaign to promote the Loy Krathong festival this year in the northern region includes a 10% bus fare discount until Monday.
Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok has been recognised as one of the world’s six most beautiful airports in 2024 by UNESCO, while its SAT-1 terminal has been nominated for the Prix Versailles award as the most beautiful airport architecture in the world.
