Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Residents in the municipal area of Chanthaburi’s Mueang district are being advised to brace for flooding today and tomorrow, as more rainfall is anticipated and runoffs into the Chanthaburi River are yet to reach the township, said Wattanasak Supaking, director of Technology and the Hydro Informatics Institute (HII). He noted that both Chanthaburi and Trat
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee agreed to add Phu Prabat historical park, in the north-eastern province of Udon Thani, to the World Heritage List at its 46th meeting, being held in New Delhi from July 21 to 31. This will be Thailand’s fifth World Heritage site, after the historic cities of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai, and
Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) police have shut down two online gambling networks and seized about Bt200 million in assets, including five luxury cars, two luxury wristwatches, Bt8 million in cash, 25 land title deeds and several bank books, in coordinated raids in Bangkok and Songkhla province. Pol Lt-Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha, commissioner of the CCIB,
Responding to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ambitious goal of eradicating hepatitis, Thailand is intensifying its efforts to combat this silent health crisis. With an estimated 2-3 million people living with hepatitis B and C, the country is grappling with a significant public health challenge. To address the stigma often associated with the disease, the
The Biothai Foundation has claimed that it has sufficient evidence to prove that the current rapid spread of the Blackchin tilapia fish species in Thailand can be traced to one source, namely the Yeesarn fish farm in Ampawa district of Samut Sakhon, operated by Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF). Witoon Lianjamroon, secretary-general of Biothai, told a
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has named Fisheries Department Director-General Bancha Sukkaew as one of two officials who are aware of the company’s import of 2,000 Blackchin tilapia fish in 2010, the associated research project and the delivery of preserved fish carcasses in jars to the department, according to the House committee probing the rapid spread
Police have been assigned to investigate an illegal narcotics network which has been moulding ecstasy pills into the shape of the popular Labubu toy, the deputy national police chief said today. Pol Gen Kittiratt Phanphet said he had never seen the Labubu-shaped drug pills before. “Upon learning about this, I have ordered police to conduct
Thirty-eight long-tailed macaques were captured yesterday in a new round of relocations, jointly launched by the Lop Buri municipal administration and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, to contain the population of the monkeys and to reduce the disturbance they cause. The current operation will last 10 days, with an aim to
The Nanyang company has denied reports that its slippers, locally known as “Elephant-Star” and sold in Thailand for 109 baht per pair, were priced at 43,000 baht in Saudi Arabia. Piya Sosothikul, director of Nanyang Marketing Co., Ltd, said on his Facebook page that a viral video, showing Nanyang slippers on display for sale in
A police colonel in Hang District of Chiang Mai province has offered to turn himself in, after an arrest warrant was issued by the provincial court for allegedly operating a call centre scam. The offer to surrender by Pol Lt-Col “Bandhit”, an inspector attached to Hang Dong police station, follows raids on an apartment in
The first lot of 30,000 adult Asian seabass (Barramundi – Lates calcarifer) were released into the Tha Chin River in Samut Sakhon province today, as part of the Fisheries Department’s efforts to use the predatory fish to get rid of Blackchin tilapia fry and prevent the non-indigenous species from spreading. Paderm Rod-in, chief of the
Kaeng Krachan National Park has temporarily closed access to Pala-u waterfall in Prachuap Khiri Khan province today for safety reasons, due to heavy rain and possible flash flooding. The amount of water passing over the waterfall has increased and the flow has become stronger in the past few days. Moreover, the conditions of the trails
