Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
A man, who allegedly killed a hailing app driver, stole his car and used it to escape after robbing a gold shop in downtown Chiang Mai on Monday, has been arrested. About 37.8 troy ounces (80 baht weight) of gold ornaments, worth about 3.2 million baht, were allegedly stolen from the gold shop by the
The commander of the Marine Police Division, Pol Maj-Gen Pruetthipong Nutchanart, has been transferred to the Central Investigation Bureau’s (CIB) operations centre to ensure transparency in the ongoing investigation into the disappearance on June 11th of three impounded vessels, loaded with about 330,000 litres of diesel and moored at Sattahip pier. The temporary transfer was
The Military Dog Centre in Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima province is filled with warm hugs and fluff today as military dogs that did not pass their qualifications are being auctioned off to new owners. One of the bidders, Kasanee Croskery and her daughter, travelled all the way from the Netherlands to bid for Hilma. With
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation held a two-day public hearing in the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial hall on Thursday and Friday, to gauge the views of settlers in Tap Lan National Park on a proposal, by the National Land Policy Committee (NLPC), to carve out over 42,400 hectares of the park to
The Interior Ministry has recently been assigned by the Cabinet to amend the Condominium Act, to increase the foreign ownership limit per development, and the Land Act, to allow foreigners to lease land in Thailand for 99 years, up from the current 50. People have been settling in Thailand for a long time. Thai PBS
There has been an explosion on an oil tanker inside a Pathum Thani shipyard today, injuring at least six people and causing a huge fire. The shipyard, near Bot Temple in Sam Khok district, is privately owned. A rescue worker, Pornthep Ploysang, said that the explosion occurred at about 3:30pm. People living nearby said they
Every coin has two sides, as has the viral online controversy between a luxury Khao Yai hotel employee and her boss, who refused her leave to be with her dying mother or to attend her mother’s funeral. The matter came to light when the employee, “Ploy”, posted a screengrab of her conversation with her boss,
Authorities in Tak province have agreed to participation by villagers living near a factory, where tons of carcinogenic cadmium waste were stored, in processes to ensure their safety. The villagers will send their representatives to join inspections by the authorities handling the cadmium slag in warehouses in Tak’s Muang district. Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
Water levels in 27 reservoirs in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima have dropped to about 40.61% of their full capacities, or only a combined 494.16 million cubic metres, due to the continuing hot weather. The usable water is estimated at 431.69 million cubic metres, or 37.40% of the combined capacities of all 27 reservoirs.
Chiang Mai is ranked as having the world’s second-worst air pollution today, following Kathmandu in Nepal, while Bangkok is ranked fifth, according to the IQAir website, which measures air quality in cities around the world. The ten cities with the worst air pollution today, as quantified in the air quality index (AQI), are: Kathmandu (171)
The reservoir behind Pasak Jolasid Dam in Lop Buri province is drying up, with water only filling 15% of its capacity, sufficient for consumption and agriculture for about four months. Chupong Isarat, director of the Pasak Jolasid Dam Water Distribution and Maintenance Project, said that only about 148 million cubic metres of water are left,
The paper factory in Muang district of Samut Sakhon province, which has been on fire since Saturday, and its surrounding areas have been declared a disaster zone by the provincial administration, to facilitate firefighting operations and provision of assistance to fire victims. Chief of the provincial public disaster prevention and mitigation office, Santhiti Thammajai, said
