Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Angkhana, the wife of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit whose “forced disappearance” occurred 19years ago today (March 12th), says the memory of her husband has not faded, as she and her family still wait for truth and justice from the Thai state. Somchai was last seen in Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng area, when eyewitnesses saw four men
Police from the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) have seized e-cigarettes, e-liquids and accessories worth about 80 million baht in raids on two warehouses in Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom. Pol Maj-Gen Chatpanthakan Klaiklueng, TCSD commander, said today (Saturday) that the raids were the result of intensive investigations into online advertisements. The seized contraband includes over
The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand and five other medical professional associations have issued a six-point guideline to help the public to protect themselves from the threat posed by high levels of PM2.5 dust pollution. They point out that children, pregnant women, elderly people and those afflicted with chronic heart, lung, kidney or brain
PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere in 16 northern and 13 north-eastern provinces has reached a health-threatening level today (Saturday), according to the Air4Thai website report on air quality. In Bangkok today, the Air Quality Information Centre reported excessive PM2.5 dust in 43 areas, measured between 5am and 7am this morning. Country-wide, the worst air quality,
Thailand’s Pollution Control Department has traced the industrial waste, found in a confiscated truck, to a waste recycling plant in Ayutthaya province, according to Pitaya Pramotvoraphan, deputy director-general of the department. The truck, still loaded with industrial waste, was impounded at the Song Khon Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) in Saraburi, after it was caught discharging
A group of 19 illegal migrants and three guides from Myanmar were arrested yesterday (Friday) near the border in Thailand’s southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan. One of those detained is alleged to have been in possession of a quantity of illegal narcotics, which he claimed were to be used to settle the cost of
Air quality in Bangkok has improved today (Thursday), but it still poses a threat to health, with 70 areas in the capital reporting PM2.5 dust readings of 56-99 microns between 5am and 7am, according to the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). Of the 70 affected areas, Bueng Kum sub-district recorded
The reasons behind migration to Thailand are mainly for employment (92%) and fleeing violence and other purposes such as education and food security (8%), according The International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) metrics on Cambodian and Myanmar migrants, surveyed between August and October 2022 among those living in Tak, Ranong, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat provinces. The
The missing 8-month-old baby boy may have been eaten by fish or other animals in the canal and police will decide today (Thursday) whether to end the search, as the boy went missing from home in Bang Len district of Nakhon Pathom on February 5th. Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the national deputy police chief, said
About 1.32 million people in Thailand were affected by air pollution-related diseases between the beginning of the year and March 5th. A specialist in respiratory diseases and tuberculosis is warning that PM2.5 dust can also affect unborn children, if pregnant women are exposed to excessive levels of the fine dust. According to Public Health Permanent
Five people in a pickup truck were killed when their vehicle was hit by a trailer truck travelling in the opposite direction on the Asian Highway in Pa Bon district of Thailand’s southern province of Phatthalung late Wednesday night. According to the Phatthalung police report, the trailer truck, loaded with rubber timber, was heading towards
The president of the Friends Flying Club in Samut Sakhon province died and his companion suffered serious injuries when their two-seater plane crashed into a tree before plunging into a shrimp pond in Mueang district this morning (Wednesday). The deceased man has been identified as 55-year-old “Prakit” and the other person as a 45-year-old female
