Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Taking advantage of the low tide in the Gulf of Thailand, irrigation officials have stepped up efforts to divert the massive amounts of water in the Chao Phraya river basin into the western course of the river, flowing through Makhamthao U Thong canal and Tha Chin river to Suphan Buri province. Secretary-General of the National Water
Yesterday (Thursday), the prime minister and his security team were confronted by disapproving local residents during his visit to Nonthaburi province. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was visiting there to inspect the flood walls along the Chao Phraya River and was greeted by both supporters and opponents. A scuffle broke out as some protesters recognised the
Rescue officials have found the submerged wreckage of the boat which capsized yesterday on the Chao Phraya-Pasak River, in front of Phanan Choeng Worawihan Temple in Ayutthaya, and divers are still searching for two missing people. According to Thai PBS reporters, the brother of the missing woman has identified the location of the boat, which
The Fine Arts Department is on high alert and working around the clock to save the country’s historical parks from heavy rainfall caused by the recent Tropical Storm Dianmu. To safeguard historical buildings and cultural relics, barriers have been built along the Chao Phraya River in Ayutthaya province, 80 kilometers north of Bangkok. Meanwhile, in
People living along river banks and in low-lying areas in Bangkok and Chainat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Lop Buri, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi provinces are advised to brace for possible flooding from overflowing Chao Phraya and Pasak rivers from tomorrow until October 5th. The flood alert was issued today (Thursday) by the secretary
People in over 200 riverside dwellings and businesses in 7 districts of Bangkok (Dusit, Phra Nakhon, Samphanthawong, Bang Kho Laem, Yan Nawa, Bangkok Noi and Khlong San), which are not protected by a flood wall, have been advised today (Thursday) to move their valuables to higher ground, in anticipation of a water level rise in
Thailand’s National Water Resources Office and the Royal Irrigation Department have been racing against time to divert massive amounts of water from flowing into the Chao Phraya River, by discharging it directly into the Gulf of Thailand, ahead of the peak water inflow at the confluence of the Ping, Wang, Yom and Nan rivers in
About 100 troops, police and para-military rangers are blocking all potential exits from a peat swamp in a forest in Bajoh district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, to prevent a small group of insurgents from escaping. Informed security sources said today (Wednesday) that about five insurgents fled into the swamp from their make-shift shelter
Reports of soldiers being brutally beaten inside military barracks emerge every year in Thailand. An organization monitoring human rights in Thailand said in 2020 that violence is part of the “culture of torture” within the Thai Army – an accusation backed by an Amnesty International investigation. Among the many victims was 26-year-old Private Wichian Puaksom, who died after
Thai customs officials and army personnel arrested a Thai man at a border checkpoint in Mae Sot district of the western province of Tak yesterday (Tuesday), after they found about 9,100 Japanese and star tortoises hidden in eight pieces of luggage. The haul was being smuggled from Myanmar and was destined for sale to pet
Three police officers were killed in Thailand’s restive southernmost province of Narathiwat today (Tuesday) in two separate incidents. Two police officers were killed and four others injured when a pickup truck, in which they were travelling, was blown up by a device remotely detonated by suspected insurgents in Janae district. In a separate incident, in
Five people have drowned, another remains missing and more than 55,000 households in the central province of Lop Buri have been hit by heavy flooding, said by some villagers to be the worst in thirty years. Details of the dead and missing are not yet available as rescue workers are currently busy with other assignments.
