Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The ministries of Agriculture and the Natural Resources and Environment appear to be at the loggerheads over land ownership claims in Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province. On Tuesday this week, Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, chief of the Office of National Parks at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, went to Khao
More and more people are using the occasion of Valentine’s Day to offer their moral support to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, in the wake of an incident involving a group of monarchy reform activists and her motorcade. Instead of dressing in red for the day, people in many provinces dressed in purple. The princess
While Thai elephant pants have become a viral sensation, Khao Kheow Open Zoo, in Thailand’s Chonburi province, has introduced its new “capybara pants”, which are expected to go on sale in March. The zoo’s “Kha Moo and the gang” Facebook page introduced its new pants, stating that this will be an element of the zoo’s
The Thai and US navies will launch a joint operation on February 21, to explore the sunken Sukhothai corvette, to destroy the remaining ammunition and, if possible, salvage the ship, Admiral Adung Phan-iam, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Navy, said today. The ship sank off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan on the night
Yasuaki Kawashita, a Japanese man from Osaka, returned to Thailand today to demand answers from the Thai police regarding the unsolved murder of his then 27-year-old daughter during the Loy Krathong festival in Sukhothai province 17 years ago. He is scheduled to revisit the spot in Sukhothai Historical Park where his daughter, Tomoko, was killed,
Tourists, mostly Chinese, and locals have been flocking to Bangkok’s Chinatown yesterday and today to celebrate Chinese New Year while, in Phuket, tourists on the resort island have pushed hotel occupancy to 81%. Lertchai Wangtrakuldee, director of the Phuket branch office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, said that Chinese arrivals to Phuket have soared
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation announced yesterday the hatching of red-headed vulture chick (Asian king vulture – sarcogyps calvus) – the first of its kind in Thailand in about three decades – in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in the northern province of Uthai Thani. Surveillance cameras installed near the nest
About 250 firefighters have been deployed by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to prevent fires in the western forest complex from spreading. So far, 1,600 hectares of forest have been damaged as the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) issues warnings of the threat of forest fires in nine provinces.
The Fisheries Department has announced a 3-month commercial fishing restriction in the Gulf of Thailand, starting February 15, to protect spawning mackerel and to allow their fry to mature. The controls cover about 26,400km2, from the tip of the Khao Mong Lai peninsula of Prachuap Khiri Khan to Don Sak district of Surat Thani province.
Several flights departing from Chiang Mai airport were delayed and a few arriving flights were diverted to other airports last night, after a passenger on a Thai Airways International flight attempted to open the plane’s door as it was lining up on the runway for take-off. THAI issued a statement today saying that the incident
Macaque monkeys in Lop Buri province that have caused a nuisance to visitors and residents in Lop Buri province will be relocated to a zoo by the end of this month. Lop Buri municipality and the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department joined hands after receiving complaints from many people. Workers are in the
People living in the north-eastern, northern, eastern and central regions, including Bangkok and its vicinity, will experience another round of cool weather from tomorrow until Tuesday, due to the arrival of a strong cold front from China over northern Thailand and the South China Sea, according to the Meteorological Department. Easterly and south-easterly winds will
