Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Myanmar’s armed resistance groups are asking the US government for over half a billion dollars in humanitarian and non-lethal aid to help them oust the country’s military regime, including money for drones, armored vehicles and radar jamming gear, according to Voice of America (VOA). It said the US Congress passed the Burma Unification through Rigorous
A 10-year-old boy has become the youngest novice ever to pass the examination of Buddhism’s third level in Pali studies (Parian Dham 3), according to the latest issue of the Buddhism journal. The young novice, identified as Charuwat Iamsri, is based at Waikultharam Temple in Ban Kho sub-district of Ban Phue district, in the northeastern
The Move Forward Party has shifted its focus to the amendment of Section 272 of the constitution, to exclude senators from the prime minister voting process, after leader of the party, Pita Limjaroenrat, failed to become Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister on Thursday. Section 272 empowers the 250 senators to join the 500 members of the
Tropical storm Talim is forecast to make landfall in northern Vietnam by Wednesday and is likely to bring more rain, with isolated heavy to very heavy downfalls in northern, north-eastern, eastern, southern and central Thailand, including Bangkok, according to the Meteorological Department. People living along natural waterways and at the bases of hills are advised
Over 9,000 refugees from Myanmar, who have escaped the ongoing fighting, are now taking shelter in five villages in Mueang, Mae Sariang and Khun Yuan districts of Thailand’s northernmost province of Mae Hong Son. According to the Mae Hong Son border command centre, the Karenni refugees are scattered across five temporary shelters being provided by
One para-military ranger was killed and two others were injured in a roadside bomb blast, believed to have been remotely detonated by insurgents, in Ba Cho sub-district of Bannang Sata district in the southern restive province of Yala this morning (Saturday). According to Bannang Sata district police, a small para-military unit, led by Sgt. Wichien
Police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman, whose body was discovered under Tha Phra sky train station on Friday night. The woman has only been identified as “Kotchapan”, a native of Phayao province. She was found on the ground at about 11.30pm with serious head injuries. Her mobile phone and handbag were nearby.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) may introduce a new set of guidelines for the selection of contractors to implement its major construction projects, in an effort to tighten up controls on construction sites relating to the environment, drainage systems and overweight trucks. The new measures were raised at a meeting yesterday (Friday) between senior city
Visitors to the Khao Kheow open zoo in Chon Buri province can now get a glimpse of three young capybara, which were born in the zoo on May 5th. The zoo now boasts 14 capybara, including 10 female and four male. Capybara is a giant cavy rodent native to South America. It is the largest
About 1,000 Karenni refugees fled across the Thai-Myanmar border to seek shelter in a rural village in Mueang district of the northernmost province of Mae Hong Son yesterday (Wednesday), after Myanmar military aircraft bombed a Karenni refugee camp, killing at least four and injuring many others. According a high-ranking source in the Karenni Army, Myanmar
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has set an ambitious goal of welcoming 68.5 million foreign tourists in 2028, which will generate an estimated total revenue of 5.6 trillion baht, equivalent to 25% of Thailand’s GDP. The TAT say that they are also finalising marketing plans for Thailand’s tourism in 2025, which expect to generate
Summonses have been issued by Bangkok police for 11 witnesses, including those involved in the construction, to visit Chorakhe police station within three days for questioning over the collapse of a segment of an overpass on Luang Phaeng Road, in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district on Monday. Two people were killed and seven others were injured
