High levels of PM2.5 pollution in northern provinces today
The northern region recorded the most hot spots and high levels of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere compared to other regions today, according to the Pollution Control Department.
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The northern region recorded the most hot spots and high levels of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere compared to other regions today, according to the Pollution Control Department.
A man has been detained after he jumped into the enclosure of a world-famous pygmy hippo at an open zoo in Chonburi in an attempt to take photos and video, prompting a warning from the zoo that hippos are dangerous animals which can attack if provoked.
A major temple in northeastern Thailand has suspended its cremation service after service stations refused to sell fuel in containers, preventing the temple from stockpiling the amount needed to operate its crematorium.
Natural Parks and Wildlife officials have been instructed to tighten surveillance of wild elephants that may stray near communities after one fatally attacked a man near his house in Nakhon Nayok province yesterday.
Residents in Nakhon Sawan province queued for kilometres at petrol stations overnight to fill their tanks, following reports that the price of diesel, which has been capped for years at Bt30 per litre, will be allowed to rise next Tuesday amid the crisis in the Middle East.
A chicken rice restaurant in Udon Thani completely sold out in just half a day after its owner reported on social media that a rival restaurant owner had left a one-star review on a food delivery app to discredit the business, drawing sympathy from diners.
A small group of protesters, led by retired cardiologist Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, held a peaceful sit-in yesterday at the US Consulate General in Chiang Mai province, to call on the United States to respect international law and condemning a deadly attack on an all-girl primary school in Iran.
Twelve minor tremors rocked a subdistrict in the southern province of Surat Thani over two days, with the strongest measuring magnitude 3.5.
Thailand has beefed up security in certain tourist destinations popular among Israeli visitors following the United States–Iran strikes on Israel that began on Saturday.
Puphaman National Park has called on the public to stop feeding wild elephants by leaving fruit and other edible items for them, warning that such well-intentioned acts could ultimately harm the animals and increase the risk of human-elephant conflict.
A dome building at the Metropolitan Electricity Authority Training and Electrical Skills Testing Center collapsed around noon today in Samut Prakan province.
A cargo vessel carrying 290 shipping containers sank near Kaeo Noi Island, off the coast of Phuket, on Saturday afternoon.