Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The economy might be ailing but bakers of mooncakes are betting on a healthy appetite for their tasty pastries as the run-up to the Mid-Autumn Festival gets underway. Celebrated all over East and Southeast Asia, Thais have a special fondness for the Moon Festival, as it is also known, as well as a long affinity
From August 24th, Kratom plants (Mitragyna speciosa) can be cultivated legally and its leaves, which contain psychotropic alkaloids, may be sold commercially in Thailand with impunity, while those being detained over Kratom-related offences, will also be released as their charges will null and void. 1,038 people serving prison terms for offences related to Kratom plants
Though its name suggests it has closer links with communities upcountry, the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) is now a hero to Bangkokians after it stepped up to battle the raging outbreak in the capital. Since mid-July, RDS teams have launched three missions in Bangkok to provide residents, especially the vulnerable, quick access to COVID-19 tests,
Thailand’s longan growers are asking for help from the government after China has temporarily suspended purchases of the sweet and succulent fruit since August 13th, claiming that Thai exports were infested with mealybugs. The suspension was lifted yesterday (August 17th) for 56 out of 75 trading companies in Lamphun and Chiang Mai provinces, but the ban
Samut Sakhon Governor Veerasak Vijitsaengsri decided to quit government service today (Monday) and spend the rest of his life with his family in his hometown in Thailand’s central province of Ang Thong, after his request to be transferred out of the coastal province was rejected by his superiors. The governor wrote in his Facebook post
Thanpuying Boonruen Choonhavan, the widow of former prime minister Chatichai, died early this morning (Saturday) of a COVID-19 related illness. The death of the 101-year old grand lady was announced in a Facebook post by Ms. Tisana Choonhavan, the daughter of her late son, Kraisak, who died in June last year. No other details were
Police are holding a man in custody for questioning in connection with the death of a Swiss tourist, who is thought to have been murdered on Thursday near Ton Ao Yon waterfall in Muang district of Phuket. The suspect was identified as a native of Village 3 in Pa Klork sub-district of Thalang district on
Phuket Governor Narong Woonsiew led a group of provincial employees, hotel representatives and residents of Phuket on Friday night, to honour the memory of a Swiss tourist whose body was found near a waterfall on Thursday. The participants placed flowers on the beach in front of a small portrait of Ms. Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, assistant protocol
A body of a foreign female tourist, later identified as a Swiss national, who traveled to Thailand through the “sandbox” scheme in which fully vaccinated COVID-negative overseas arrivals are allowed in the country through Phuket, was found on the resort island yesterday (Thursday). Police investigation and an autopsy are underway. National Police Chief, Pol Gen
The listing of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex as a World Heritage Site has added another jewel to Thailand’s collection of globally-recognized natural and cultural treasures. However, UNESCO’s inscription also further complicates a long-running dispute involving Kaeng Krachan’s ethnic forest dwellers. The July 26 recognition by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) agreed to list Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan forest complex as a world natural heritage site during its 44th session, held online between July 16th and 31st in China’s Fuzhou city. The successful listing of the forest represents the culmination of ten years of effort by various Thai governments to push for
Samut Sakhon’s Governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri has volunteered to resign if his officials fail to contact COVID-19 patients, currently in community isolation facilities or pre-admission centres, within 24 hours of the patients asking to be transferred to hospitals for treatment. In a Facebook post on “COVID-19 Samut Sakhon” page” on Saturday, the governor admitted that communication between
