Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
TThe Thai PBS and the Thai Journalists’ Association (TJA) are demanding that Palang Pracharath party leader General Prawit Wongsuwan take responsibility for his alleged attempts to intimidate a Thai PBS reporter.
Although it is generally acknowledged that smallholder rice farmers are vital to feeding the country, they remain vulnerable, struggling to deal with challenges like poverty and the ever-growing threats of climate change. Increasing yields and the quality of the rice grown are among the key factors in improving productivity and generating better income.
Customs and industrial works officials are on alert for a cargo ship, carrying 100 containers loaded with about 816 tonnes of arc furnace dust, a hazardous form of industrial waste, which was reportedly heading for Thailand.
Hat Yai has been ranked as offering Asia’s best hotel accommodation deals, averaging 1,250 baht per night, according to a survey conducted by the Agoda digital travel platform between June 15th and July 7th.
Troops from barracks in Mae Hong Son province, with food, medicine and drinking water, were sent to a remote village in Khun Yuam district this morning, to help about 400 people left marooned by a flash flood and mudslide last night.
Fishermen in Bang Kaeo sub-district of Phetchaburi province have each reaped a harvest of over 100kg of Blackchin tilapia fish, which washed ashore on Bang Kaeo Beach this morning.
Rice farmers in Sena district of Ayutthaya province are threatening to sue the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) for compensation, if the department drains excess water into their rice fields before September 15th, flooding their unharvested crops.
Mae Hong Son, Trang and Ayutthaya provinces are popular foreign tourist destinations, while interest in secondary destinations, such as Satun, Phetchaburi, Narathiwat, Rayong, Kalasin, Buri Ram and Songkhla, is increasing, according to Government spokesman Chai Wacharonke.
People living in areas not protected by the flood wall in Ayutthaya and Ang Thong provinces are advised to prepare for flooding, after the Royal Irrigation Department increased the discharge of water through the Chao Phraya Dam in Sappaya district of Chainat.
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to co-chair the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) next week in Chiangmai, according to an informed source.
A gas explosion in a shipyard in Ayutthaya’s Bang Sai district has killed two people and injured three others.