Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Police are looking for a second tour guide, who was asked to buy some medicine for one of the six dead Vietnamese nationals, as pathologists at Chulalongkorn General Hospital complete the autopsies. Following testimony from a Vietnamese guide, identified as Phan Ngoc Wu, that he had asked a man, known only as ‘Tiger’, to buy
Blackchin tilapia have been found in four districts of Samut Prakan province and in the Gulf of Thailand, fewer than three nautical miles from the shoreline, said Pichai Sae Sim, president of the Fisheries Association of Samut Prakan today. He told the media that fishermen reported catching many of the non-indigenous African species at sea.
Although smoking marijuana is usually associated with “the munchies”, a pair of Thai activists vowed Tuesday to stay on hunger strike until the government rethinks plans to recriminalise the narcotic. Marijuana was decriminalised in 2022 after being touted as a potentially lucrative industry for the tourism-heavy economy, but the government backtracked earlier this year and
Six Vietnamese nationals, three men and three women, were found dead of suspected poisoning in a room in a hotel in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong shopping district on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was seen arriving at the hotel where the bodies were found. According to an initial police report, four died at a dining table
The voracious alien fish species Blackchin tilapia was among many fish, including Nile tilapia, found floating in Bangkok’s Makkasan swamp, prompting people to go to there to catch the fish on Monday. Kornnit Buachan, the director of Ratchathewi district, said that he is worried about the discovery of Blackchin tilapia in the swamp and has
The body of a 9th year student, who went missing after swimming in the sea off Phuket’s Surin Beach on Saturday evening, was found washed ashore on Sunday night. The victim, who was not identified, and four classmates went swimming in rough seas, despite a Red Flag being flown at the beach warning against swimming.
A South Korean tourist drowned yesterday afternoon, as he was snorkelling in the sea near Ta Waen Beach on Larn Island, off the coast of Pattaya City. The victim, 37-year-old Eik Yu-han, and another South Korean visited Larn Island yesterday and went snorkelling together. After being in the water for a long time, the other
Three fishing vessels and 15 long-tailed boats capsized in a canal in a coastal village of Khlong Yai district in Trat province last night, following a heavy storm. Villagers of Ban Khlong Makham told the media that they were having dinner when waves, about two metres high, struck the boats moored in the canal. The
The Labour Ministry’s employment department has been ordered to conduct inspections in various areas nationwide, especially in industrial parks, to check for advertising billboards offering foreign passports for sale, similar to the one found in Bangkok. Phumiphat Mueanchan, the Labour Ministry’s spokesman, said today that, if such billboards are found, they must be taken down
Thai cybercrime police, working with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and internet and mobile phone service providers, have launched a joint operation, codenamed “Blasting the Bandit’s Bridge”, to crack down on call centre scam gangs in Myanmar and Laos, operating in the King’s Roman entertainment complex, located in the Golden Triangle. According to Pol
River-side residents and businesses along the Chao Phraya River in Uthai Thani, Sing Buri, Lop Buri, Suphan Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya and Chainat have been advised to brace for possible flooding, as a result of an increase in the amount of water being released through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat province. Water runoff from
Two minor earthquakes were reported today in Chiang Mai and Buri Ram provinces. The first tremor, measured at 3.0 on the Richter scale, was reported at 2.49am in Mae Na Chon sub-district, Mae Chaem of Chiang Mai. The epicentre of the quake was three kilometres underground. In the north-eastern province of Buri Ram, a quake,
