Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The non-commissioned naval officer who forced new conscripts on his training program to drink his diluted semen has been detained for 30 days and his two immediate superiors are being disciplined. The incident took place last October, during a training session for a group of new conscripts at the Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri
Effective May 1st, the speed limit for all vehicles will increase to 120 kilometres per hour on four more highways, according to the announcement from the director-general of the Highways Department already published in the Royal Gazette. The affected roads are: Highway No 9 (Kanchanapisek), from Bang Khae to Mahasawat between 23+500km-31+600km in-bound and out-bound.
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has ordered an investigation into the conduct of a drill sergeant, who has been accused on social media of allegedly forcing new conscripts to drink water mixed with his own semen. The RTN also suspended the non-commissioned officer, Petty Officer (second class) Thaksin Ngokpilai, a drill trainer attached to the
Thailand’s Treasury Department formally took over a 13.6 hectare plot of land, where a controversial housing project is located at the foot of Doi Suthep mountain in Muang district of Chiang Mai province from the Court of Appeal Region 5 today (Wednesday). The housing project consists of 45 detached houses and nine condominium buildings intended
Wildlife officials in Thailand have recently captured a third wild elephant in the Phu Luang wildlife sanctuary, in the north-eastern province of Loei, and fitted it with a GPS collar, to enable monitoring of its movements after it ventured out of its habitat to search for food. Supagit Vinitpornsawan, director of the learning centre for
The sun will be directly over Thailand at 12.16pm this Wednesday, but it will not be the hottest day, according to the Meteorological Department. The department’s Director of central weather forecasting Somkuan Tonjan said today (Monday) that temperatures in Bangkok are only forecast to vary between 36oC and 39oC on Wednesday because there will be
Villagers on Phra Thong Island, in the southern province of Phang-nga, have been collecting signatures to support a water retention project on the island, in an effort to break an impasse between the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR). The DMCR has ordered an immediate stop to the
Star gazers and budding astrologers will have the chance to catch a glimpse of a rare alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter and a crescent moon from April 25th to 27th. The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) said that the rare celestial phenomenon across the morning sky can be seen on in
The Administrative Court in Thailand’s southern province of Yala issued a ruling on Thursday against a ban on the wearing of the hijab, or head scarf, in school. The landmark ruling ends four years of court battles between about 20 parents of students attending a school in Pattani on the one hand and the Ministry
Police in Sukhothai province have begun searching for a family of four, who have not been seen since they left home in Thung Saliam district on April 10th. The grandfather of the family reported to the police in Ban Rai sub-district that his 41-year-old son had told him that he was going to take his
Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has ordered an immediate halt to the clearing of mangrove forest on the island, in the southern province of Phang-nga, after it was discovered that the clearing operations had not been legally approved and encroaching on a forest reserve. Forest clearing was recently raised by a student of
The Ministry of Transport has set up two panels to look into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a wall and roof of the new service hall at Don Mueang airport during a storm on Monday. Deputy permanent secretary of the Transport Ministry Pisak Jitviriyavasin, said today (Wednesday) that one panel will look into the
