Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Myanmar police are looking for a Thai man who opened fire with a handgun on Sunday night in a crowded food shop in Tachileik township, opposite Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, injuring three Thai nationals. Initial Thai police reports say that the three victims, including a 28-year-old woman who was seriously wounded, went
Police questioned four witnesses last night (Monday), who delivered 28 million baht in cash in four suitcases to police officers implicated in the online gambling extortion controversy at a temple in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai. According to an informed police source, the four people were captured on CCTV with the four cases. The
Rampool Tantiwanitchanon, a Thai Sang Thai party constituency MP from Ubon Ratchathani, became the first to receive a certificate confirming her election to parliament this morning (Tuesday), as MPs show up at the Election Commission’s (EC) office to receive theirs. The new MP told the media that she wants to start working quickly, because many
Thailand’s Fine Arts Department plans to survey Phra Prang Wat Arun, one of Bangkok’s most famous landmarks on the Chao Phraya River, every three months after it was discovered through scanning that the principal prang, a tall tower-like spire, has started to lean. The assistant abbot and secretary of the temple, also known as the
Many office workers in high-rise buildings in Bangkok and Nonthaburi province rushed into the streets after they felt their buildings shake this morning (Monday). One netizen tweeted that he was on the 13th floor of a building in the Lat Phrao area when he saw ceiling lamps swaying and felt dizzy. Another said that she
Police are still in the dark over the whereabouts of the 140 million baht, which is alleged to have been paid to police officers and civilians implicated in extorting money from an illegal online gambling network, but they will summon a key member of the gang for questioning, according to Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the
Hotels in Bangkok want the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to postpone its plan to charge hotels for waste water treatment, claiming that most of them are not financially ready after having just recovered from three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, president of the Thai Hotels Association. The BMA plans to
Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has been asked to investigate the former acting director of the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) for alleged corruption concerning 30,000 tonnes of tapioca root, purchased by the PWO under the mortgage program to help tapioca farmers but which was stored in private sector warehouses. According to Kriangsak Prateepvisut, the incumbent
Residents from six villages near a gold mine in Thailand’s Loei province came together for a tree-planting event earlier this week, in an effort to restore life to a mountain ravaged by gold mining. A community-based group called Khon Rak Ban Kerd (People Who Love Their Hometown), along with international students from the University of
Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat says he will propose Chiang Mai as ASEAN’s centre for solving the PM2.5 dust problem and the party will push a clean air act through parliament. The embattled prime ministerial candidate was visiting Chiang Mai today (Thursday), to thank the people there for supporting the Move Forward party, resulting
Thailand’s next government should implement sustainable policies to fortify the cooperation between the EU and Thailand, including an EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement. In an exclusive interview with Thai PBS World, the leader of the European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC) stressed that political stability and long-term policies are the keys to sustainable growth in
The Thai cabinet has agreed to extend the state of emergency in most districts of the three restive southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat until September 19th. Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said that the extension, the 72nd, is intended to facilitate security officials in the performance of their duties, dealing effectively with violent incidents
