Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
It’s been more than a month since a sacked police officer went on a killing spree in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lamphu, yet the families of the victims are still struggling with their grief. “They cry. They still miss their loved ones,” said Chittree Pongsrichai, chief of Nong Bua Lamphu Home for Children
An intensifying low pressure cell is expected to hit the southern tip of the Vietnam peninsula today (Sunday) or tomorrow, before moving into the Gulf of Thailand. This will bring heavy to very heavy rainfall to most of Thailand, including the capital. The Meteorological Department has advised those living in 50 provinces to brace for
Divers have found the decomposed body of an 18-year-old Thai male, who fell from a jet ski into the lake at Srinagarind Dam in Kanchanaburi Province on October 24th. About 20 teams of divers from various regions were mobilised for another search for the body of Nawin Natedecha from Bangkok, who fell from a jet
People living in Bangkok, other central provinces, eastern and southern regions of Thailand are advised to expect heavy to very heavy rainfall from November 22nd-24th, as a result of an intensifying low pressure cell. Thailand’s Meteorological Department reported today (Friday) that a low pressure cell, looming over the coast of Borneo, is moving towards the
Officials have closed to traffic a road running parallel to the out-bound Bang Na-Trat Highway, due to concerns that a shoe factory, which was heavily damaged by a fire last night (Tuesday), might collapse, posing a risk to motorists. Fire fighters took about five hours to extinguish the fire at the factory, which is a
Thai police and officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation seized four tiger cubs and arrested an alleged wildlife trafficker in the north-eastern province of Mukdahan today (Tuesday). National park officials said that undercover agents had been in contact with a 63-year-old Thai man, a resident of Khun Tan district in
As many as four million Thais are expected to engage in World Cup 2022 online gambling during the month-long competition, including about one million new participants, according to Thanakorn Komkrit, secretary-general of the Stop Gambling Foundation. He said that, normally, between 3 and 4 million Thai people are regular online football gamblers. During the World
About 15% of Thai high school students are at risk of suicide, according to findings from the Bureau of Mental Health Service Administration. The department has recently completed an assessment of the mental health of more than 130,000 students aged under 18. The findings show 56.31% are “normal”, 9.18% are listed as vulnerable to depression
Thailand is hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week at the newly rebuilt Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC). The venue closed in April 2019 for a 15-billion-baht renovation before reopening in September — just in time for APEC 2022, when leaders of 21 member economies will convene for their annual meeting
Sniffer dogs, known locally as “inspector beagles”, helped quarantine inspectors at Suvarnabhumi airport to intercept smoked bats, hidden in luggage flown into Thailand on a flight from China’s Kunming City yesterday (Wednesday). Somchuan Ratanamungklanon, director-general of the Livestock Development Department, said inspectors, from the quarantine and inspection canine unit based at the airport, opened the
The 14-million baht lighting system, which was installed at and around the main stupa of Phra Mahathat Woramahavihan Temple, in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, has not been repaired and has now been abandoned. The system was installed at the stupa, the Phra Borommathat Chedi, in 2014, with money allocated from the Department
Ten people were injured when fireworks exploded at a Loy Krathong celebration by the Mekong River in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Phanom Tuesday night. The incident took place behind the ceremonial stage, after the deputy governor Chawanin Wongsatitjirakarn had announced the opening of the Loy Krathong festival, the first to be held in three
