Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Six speed boats and a wooden tour vessel, moored at a wharf on Mak Island, off the eastern province of Trat, were destroyed by fire last night (Saturday). The fire is reported to have started at about 7pm in one of the boats and quickly spread to the others, which were all moored close to
Mahidol University in Kanchanaburi has banned its students and staff from venturing into the woods behind the campus, after a tiger was seen by a villager in the forest last Wednesday. Tiger footprints were found in the woods after the sighting. Camera traps have been installed at eight locations in the forest in Sai Yok
A tiger was sighted early yesterday morning (Friday) in the woods behind the Mahidol University campus in Sai Yok district of Kanchanaburi province. A villager from Lum Sum sub-district, Pranom Sa-ngiampaisarn, advised officials at Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary that, at about 4am, she was driving along a dirt road in the forest behind the university
“Ai Kwai!!!” literally translated as “you buffalo”, as in “you idiot”, is one of the most common insults in the Thai language. In light of a recent controversy, where the permanent secretary of Thailand’s Interior Ministry called his subordinate “as stupid as a buffalo”, have we ever wondered why we have to use a buffalo
Bangkok motorists are advised to avoid certain roads today (Saturday) and tomorrow due to two major events which are expected to attract big crowds. The first is the Blackpink World Tour (Born Pink) concert, by the famous South Korean girl group Blackpink, being performed at the Supachalasai National Stadium on Rama 1 Road today and
A total of 317 people were killed and 2,437 others injured in 2,440 road accidents across Thailand between December 29th and January 4th, according to statistics provided by the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and related agencies. On the last day of the New Year holidays on Wednesday, 25 people died and 253
Supporters of Dr. Supat Hasuwannakit showed up at Chana District Hospital in Thailand’s Songkhla province on Wednesday morning to offer moral support, after they learned that he might be transferred out of the district. Leader of the group of supporters, Banchong Nasae, advisor to the Thai Sea Watch Association, said they will protest against the
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has recently signed a contract with Uniq Engineering and Construction (UNIQ) to change the name of Bang Sue Grand Station to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, and to redesign the logo of the SRT, at a total cost of about 33 million baht. The signing of the contract was
Bangkok’s light traffic and quiet roads over the last couple of days will begin to return to the normal congestion today (Monday), as New Year revellers return in droves, making it slow going on several highways. According to the state-run Transport Company, between 50,000 and 60,000 passengers are expected to arrive at its main bus
Death toll in road accidents during the first two days of the 7-day New Year holiday period increased from 37 on Thursday to 85 yesterday (Friday) and the number of injured reached 714, according to the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. 366 road accidents were reported yesterday, 35.52% of which were caused by
Over 60,000 passengers are expected to travel out of Bangkok today (Thursday) using bus services of the state-run Transport Company, managing director Dr. Sanlak Panwatanalikit said today. He said that the estimated figures are slightly higher than Wednesday, when about 56,000 passengers travelled out of the city for New Year celebrations on 3,500 bus and
A communications dome, belonging to sunken HTMS Sukhothai, was found drifting at sea this morning (Thursday), but there is still no trace of the last five missing crew members, as the search continues for the 11th day today. Vice Admiral Pichai Lorchusakul, commander of the First Naval Area Command, says that a marine police patrol
