Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
(May 6, 2024) Today’s heat index is extremely high, reaching ‘danger’ levels with temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius (which may feel like 47°C). The Health Department advises the public to refrain from outdoor activities between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and to monitor themselves for signs of heat stroke. In the event of any unusual
The second shipment of about 250 tonnes of cadmium slag was transported from a warehouse of the J & B Metal in Muang district of Samut Sakhon province to Tak province today. Eight trailer trucks, each carrying up to 18 bags, or 30 tonnes of cadmium slag were used, under close supervision of officials, led
Two defence volunteers and two civilians were injured in a motorcycle sidecar-mounted bomb explosion in front of Tha Phraya Sai Dam in Muang district of the southernmost province of Narathiwat last night. The four victims were injured by the force of the explosion and shrapnel. They were rushed to the provincial hospital. Following the explosion,
A female motorcyclist sustained serious injuries when she and her bike fell through a cable duct manhole, after she crashed her bike into an unlit steel barrier on a road in Mae Sot district of Tak province Sunday night. It took emergency workers about 15 minutes to pull the victim out of the two-metre deep
A village headman and the chief administrator of a sub-district administrative organisation (SAO) were shot and killed in Nongchik district of the southernmost province of Pattani yesterday.
An inspection has revealed that a feline cub, which got loose recently in Chachoengsao province, is a tiger, not a liger, as claimed by the owner, said the director general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department.
A British man was arrested for allegedly arranging for his friends to flood an Italian restaurant in Phuket with false one-star reviews after a dispute with the owner. The British national, identified only as Alexander, 21, reportedly wanted to use the restaurant as a convenient shortcut to his accommodation in 2022. However, the owner barred
The Dong Yai wildlife sanctuary, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Buri Ram, is open to those interested in watching gaur grazing the savanna. The recent arrival of the rainy season, after a long period of unusually hot weather this year, has caused grass on the savanna of the Dong Yai wildlife sanctuary to grow rapidly, attracting herds of gaur, especially to Khao Krapod, to graze. On Saturday, officials at the sanctuary released pictures of
A forest ranger was killed by a wild elephant in Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary in Sanam Chai Khet district of Chachoengsao on Wednesday, bring deaths in elephant attacks this year to 21. Six other people were also injured, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. The latest victim has been
Two bomb attacks in Narathiwat province this morning disrupted the application process for senatorial candidates, which commenced today. In Cho-airong district, the explosion was triggered near a communications tower, affecting the internet signal. As a result, three people who went to the Cho-airong district office to apply for candidacy could not do so. They were
Eight defence volunteers were injured in two improvised explosive device (IED) explosions in Sukhirin and Cho-airong districts of the southern province of Narathiwat this morning. In the first incident, volunteers were on a routine foot patrol along a village road in Chuab sub-district of Cho-airong district, providing protection to teachers, when a roadside IED, placed
A video clip of a 5th grader who takes her big sister role very seriously has gone viral in Thailand. The 20-second clip shows a student, nicknamed “Green”, in class writing in her exercise book with her right hand, while cradling her 1-year-old sister in her left arm. The little sister looks calm and seems
