Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Hours of continuous heavy rainfall in Khun Yuam district in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand, triggered a massive landslide yesterday, blocking a major section of Highway 108 and cutting off traffic to Chiang Mai.
Thai immigration police and officials from the Labour and Business Development developments raided several Chinese-run restaurants in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district yesterday, to find out whether any are refusing to accept Thai baht currency, insisting on Chinese yuan for payments, as claimed by a Bangkok-based Chinese influencer.
A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province has become an overnight internet sensation, with netizens playfully comparing its distinct coat patterns to those of a reticulated python.
Thai citizens across the country went on spending sprees today on the first day of the ‘Thai Chuay Thai Plus’ 60/40 co-payment scheme, buying food, consumer products, drinks and services.
The Khao Luang National Park, in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, has ordered the temporary closure of the Krung Ching Waterfall and trekking route after two female tourists were attacked by wild elephants on Sunday. Atthaphon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said today that he received a report about the elephant attack yesterday from Surasak Anusorn, director of Conservation Area Region 5. The incident...
Traffic on Highway 108, from Ban Huai Pong in Muang district to Ban Surin in Khun Yuam district in the northern province of Mae Hong Son, came to a standstill this morning after huge boulders fell from a mountain and blocked the road following heavy rain.
Police have arrested three more men, bringing the total number of suspects to eight in connection with the assault and fatal shooting of a taxi driver on Samui Island on May 24.
Police in Nong Khai province have arrested a monk suspected of stealing the gold-plated top knot of the main Buddha statue in the chapel of Hai Sok Temple in Muang district on May 19.
Makkasan police today asked the Criminal Court to remand the train driver and a railway crossing guard on charges of causing death and serious injury through negligence after a train crashed into a passenger bus on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring many others.
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Myanmar at 9.05am today, with tremors felt in many parts of Thailand, including Bangkok, according to the Earthquake Surveillance Division of the Meteorological Department.
Police and officials from the land, revenue, employment and business development departments began a crackdown on the first 24 allegedly foreign-controlled tourism-related businesses on Pha-ngan Island, suspected of using Thai nationals as majority shareholding nominees.
A dusky leaf monkey (spectacled langur), which suffered a severe electric shock, has been transferred to the Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary in Songkhla province for treatment and intensive care.
