Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers have arrested two men who allegedly hacked into the computer system of the Land Transport Department (LTD), using an official’s username and password, to change the registration information of unused cars and then to apply for new licenses for mostly vintage or smuggled cars for sale to specific groups
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha travelled to the southernmost province of Narathiwat on Friday, to follow up on the assistance being given to those affected by the deadly explosion at a firework warehouse in Sungai Kolok district last Saturday. Twelve people were killed and many others injured when tonnes of pyrotechnics being stored in the warehouse
Narathiwat provincial police will seek a warrant for the arrest of the owner of the fireworks warehouse, which was destroyed by an explosion and fire last week, after he failed to report to the police yesterday (Tuesday). An intelligence report indicates that the owner and his wife fled to Malaysia last Saturday, the day of
A Japanese tourist, who shared photos of a Kiha-183 series train, donated to Thailand by Japan, passing through piles of garbage in the Phaya Thai area, thanked the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) for their “quick response” in cleaning the site. The series of photos the tourist posted on his twitter account, @tabinezumiworld, on July
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has warned against the use of water in the area around the fireworks warehouse explosion, in Sungai-Kolok district of Narathiwat province, after it was found to be contaminated The ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said Tuesday that the lethal explosion on Saturday has caused environmental pollution, especially of water sources.
The Royal Thai Navy’s HTMS Naresuan frigate sustained damage to its torpedo launcher and life rafts as it was leaving port at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Chon Buri province during a naval exercise, said Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin, the RTN spokesman today (Tuesday). He told the media that the accident took place on
Move Forward MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn said he will question the interior minister, the national police chief, the commander of the Fourth Army Region and the director-general of Provincial Administration Department about how a fireworks warehouse was allowed in the middle of a crowded community in Su-ngai Kolok district of Narathiwat province. In his Facebook post
Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has been recruiting as many as 13,000 new forest rangers, to protect the country’s dwindling forests and resources. Besides the recruitment plan, Atthaphon Charoenchansa, the department’s head, said they plan to upgrade the status of park rangers, with proper remuneration, fringe benefits, job security and a
Authorities in Su-ngai Kolok district of Thailand’s Narathiwat province have seized about a ton of fireworks from shop houses, located about 150 metres from a fireworks warehouse at which there was an explosion on Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring about 120 others. The explosion and subsequent fire also damaged about 300 houses in the
King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang has recently unveiled its locally-developed prototype luxury train carriage, to be put into service on the State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) high-speed and tourist routes. Associate Professor Somyot Kiatwanidvilai, dean of the Faculty of Engineering at KMIT Ladkrabang and chief of the project, said that the prototype was developed
The death toll in the fireworks warehouse explosion and fire, in Su-ngai Kolok district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, increased to 12 today (Sunday). Ten of the survivors are still in hospital, while 98 others have been discharged, according to Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, the permanent secretary of public health. Of the 10 still in
Fighting has been raging in Kayah state in Myanmar since Thursday, when government troops launched ground and air attacks on rebel forces in the Demoso Township, forcing 117 Karenni to seek refuge in Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province. Informed sources in the Karenni Army said that the attacks were launched after more than 1,500 additional
