
Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.


The fame of the iconic pygmy hippo ‘Moo Deng’ has reached new heights after a Buddhist centre in Chonburi province has produced an amulet in the shape of the calf.

People in ethnic minority groups who have settled in Thailand for a minimum of 15 years will be entitled to apply for Thai citizenship, in accordance with the cabinet’s resolution on Tuesday.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to ban trucks from “low emission” zones in the capital, in an attempt to ease increasing PM2.5 air pollution during the cool season, from November until March.

Thailand’s iconic street-food chef has rejected rumours she is set to close her Michelin-starred restaurant, but at 81 years old, Jay Fai's reign may be coming to an end.

The Thai cabinet decided today to grant Thai citizenship to about 483,000 migrants who have been living in Thailand since 1984 and children born in Thailand to parents in ethnic minority groups.

The Thai Red Cross Society is inviting healthy blood donors to celebrate Halloween this year by donating blood in Halloween costume this Friday.

Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai will preside over a ceremony in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province today, to hand the responsibility for the administration of the district back to the municipality, at the completion of the major post-flood clean-up of the border town.

The Highway Department in Chiang Mai province relocated a century-old fig tree today, which has been at the centre of a controversy for years.

An injured big-headed turtle was found near a stream in a national park in Phrae province, rescued and sent to a veterinary clinic for medical treatment on Saturday.

At least two people were killed, and four were seriously wounded when fireworks accidentally exploded in Kalasin's Kamalasai district last night.

At the U Thong National Museum in Suphan Buri province, the past feels closer than ever, thanks to the Ancestors of U Thong, an interesting exhibition which has just opened to mark Thai Heritage Conservation Day 2024.