Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The Nakhon Pathom provincial industrial works office has ordered the Indorama Polyester Industries plant in Nakhon Chai Si district to close for 15 days today (Thursday), pending inspection to ensure there will be no further leaks of chemicals into the environment. About 30 litres of heat transfer fluids, called biphenyl and diphenyl oxide, ethers in
Thailand’s Land Transport Department (LTD) has given approval for app-based Robinhood and Grab to operate taxi and motorcycle taxi ride hailing services in the country. The two operators are required to submit bank guarantee letters to the department within 30 days, ensure that they comply with the conditions set by the department and cover damage
A number of schools in the Salaya district of Thailand’s Nakhon Pathom province were abruptly closed this morning (Thursday) and all students sent home after chemicals leaked from a plastic yarn factory. People living within a few kilometres of the plant, belonging to Indorama Polyester Industries, were also advised stay home, wear their face masks
A policeman was killed and four others injured when a pickup truck, in which they were travelling on their routine night patrol, was struck by a roadside bomb in front of Mai Kaen district hospital in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani Tuesday night. Police said that the improvised explosive device (IED) was planted at the
A man was arrested yesterday (Monday) by police from the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division after six piranha fish were found in his possession at his home in Sai Mai district of Bangkok. The 21-year-old, identified only as “Abhisit” by the police, allegedly admitted that he originally bought the fish via Facebook, from
A garbage truck driver, working for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), was injured and trapped behind the steering wheel he collided with a slow moving 10-wheel truck with a burst tire on the in-bound Vibhavadi Rangsit highway in Bangkok early Saturday morning. Emergency services had to use hand tools to free the driver, who was
Over six tonnes of frozen pork, believed to have been smuggled into Thailand, have been seized from cold storage facilities in Samut Sakhon and Chiang Mai provinces. In Samut Sakhon, police from the Consumer Protection Police Division raided a cold storage facility and found 1,050kgs of frozen pork in 50 boxes without any origin documentation.
A Cambodian woman and her three children were taken into the custody of Pattaya City’s social welfare officials today (Wednesday), after they were found begging in Free Town market in the city in Chon Buri province. The officials also held a Vietnamese woman and a child, who were found selling flowers to tourists in the
The management of a school in the Renu Nakhon district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Phanom has come under fire on social media for converting the soccer field at the school into a golf driving range. Some residents in the school’s neighbourhood have also complained about golf balls falling on the roofs of their
The Environmental Cases Division of Thailand’s Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of former Agriculture Minister Pongpol Adireksarn, the Royal Forest Department and its former director-general, Plodprasop Suraswadi, on charges of violating the National Park Act by allowing the use of Maya bay and beach, on the island of Phi Phi Leh off Krabi province,
The latest tourist attraction in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi, the Sky Walk, which is a transparent walkway over the famous River Kwai, was closed yesterday (Sunday), only one day after it was opened to the public, due to the shortage of special shoes, which all visitors are required to purchase and wear. On its
A 4-month-old Malayan sun bear, which was found in a mountainous village in the Hua Hin district of Prachuap Khiri Khan on Friday, is now in the care of officials at the Huai Sai wildlife breeding centre in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi province. Surasak Anumethangkoon, head of the breeding centre, said that the baby bear
