Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Sriboonruang Wittayakarn School, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nong Bua Lamphu, appears to be the first school in the province to allow their teachers and students to wear clothes in accordance with their gender identity. The social media spotlight landed on the school when a teacher, Pathumporn Chakrak, wrote on Facebook explaining that her gender
The rainy season is an ideal time to visit Thailand’s waterfalls, because they are at their most beautiful. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has recommended ten such waterfalls located in National Parks across the country. These include: Mae Ya in Doi Inthanon National Park in Chiang Mai Khlong Lan in Khlong
An Indian national was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport on Tuesday morning for attempting to smuggle about 200kg of animal parts into Thailand. The man, whose name was withheld, arrived from India with six heavy items of luggage, arousing the suspicion of customs and livestock officials who asked to search the bags. They found
The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT) has agreed to expand the free trial run of the Yellow Line electric train service from 13 stations to 22 stations and to extend the operating hours from 6am to 8 pm, starting on Monday June 12th. Currently, the trial service, launched on June 3rd, runs from
Thai police and wildlife officials seized 48 macaques when they intercepted a pickup truck on a highway in Mueang district of the southern province of Chumphon on Saturday night. The two men in the truck, “Natthaphol” and “Charnwat”, were taken into custody for questioning. Wild macaques are a protected wildlife species. They are often caught
Thailand’s polluted air has been a staggering issue for years now especially in the North where the air quality is reported to be detrimental to people’s health. But, as the rainy season is approaching, deluding our view that the air pollution has subsided, the opposite is true. This year, Thailand is seeing worse haze than
Water levels in the reservoirs behind Thailand’s four main dams have dropped substantially, raising concerns of insufficient supply for agriculture and consumption, due to intrusion of sea water further into the Chao Phraya River. According to the Royal Irrigation Department, the combined water volume in the big and medium-sized reservoirs across the country is estimated
A police officer was shot dead by southern insurgents in broad daylight today (Saturday), as he was helping two railway officials to direct traffic near a railway crossing in Khok Pho district of Pattani province. The victim was identified as Pol Lance Corporal Phichak Buakaew, a squad commander of the Pattani special force. According to
A police commander and a superintendent attached to Region 6 Provincial Police Bureau are to face charges of malfeasance in office for allegedly unfreezing a bank account, worth about 176 million baht, which belonged to a deceased Myanmar drug trafficker, to assist a Chinese man in claiming the cash deposit. Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the
Former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn says that Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat may be in even deeper trouble after the Election Commission (EC) decided unanimously on Friday to dismiss three separate complaints questioning his qualification to contest the May 14th election. The EC, instead, decided to initiate its own probe, in accordance with Section
There are about 10 Thai elephants still living abroad, but they are not likely to be brought back home because they were donated by the Thai government as goodwill ambassadors, according to Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa. He said that Thailand stopped sending Thai elephants to other countries about three years ago,
Thailand is fully prepared to host the Phuket Expo 2028, as the final vote is approaching at the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly in France on June 21st, 2023, Thailand’s foreign affairs ministry announced. In 2021 the Thai cabinet approved 4.18 billion baht for spending on the promotion of Phuket as the host
