Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
After 24 years, one of Thailand’s famous tourist attractions, for both Thais and foreigners, is to close for the foreseeable future. Sriracha Tiger Zoo’s management has announced the closure of the park, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. On the zoo’s webpage, the management said that, since the outbreak of the first wave of the pandemic early
“We don’t know if there will be more (bodies) arriving today. Our crematory isn’t working well because it is overheated (from the continued use). If we place the coffins inside, it will just burn without us pushing any buttons. This is the truth,” said the Executive Committee of Siam Nonthaburi Foundation, Pairuch Sudtoop. The crematory
Eight police officers in Pattani were injured last evening when their pickup truck was struck by a roadside bomb, detonated by insurgents hiding in the bushes. The attack occurred Saturday evening on the Ban Kuwae Road, in Village 5 of Katunong sub-district in Saiburi district, as the officers were heading toward Ban Moh Saeng in
Bangkok (AFP) – Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colours and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers. Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — virtual images of anything from popular internet memes to original artwork — have swept the
Thailand’s northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani has recently come up with its own model for local quarantine, to accommodate native residents infected with COVID-19 and who develop mild symptoms. The living quarters, for asymptomatic cases and those with mild symptoms, are not a “hospitel”, a model widely adopted in Bangkok and other affluent provinces, but
For Thais, the elephant is a symbolic animal, but this important mammal is in danger as their numbers have reduced dramatically, from 100,000 to only around 2,700, in the past 170 years. Today, Walk-A-Tif will take you to find out more about the elephants at the Elephant Village Pattaya. They are part of Thailand’s tourism
The Krathum Baen district hospital, in Thailand’s coastal province of Samut Sakhon, has postponed all non-urgent surgery and doctor appointments until further notice, after several medical personnel and patients were found to be infected by COVID-19. According to the hospital, between 80 and 100 people, who arrived at the hospital for COVID-19 testing, have tested
Thailand has recorded the first case of COVID-19 among foreign tourists entering the kingdom through the resort island of Phuket under the “Phuket Sandbox” scheme, which has been welcoming fully vaccinated and COVID-negative international arrivals without entering a quarantine since July 1st. A foreign tourist, who flew to Phuket yesterday from Dubai, the United Arab
The fire at a chemical factory in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province raises a lot of questions about city planning and, in particular, about laws on industrial facilities. An expert says the history of the area is something that needs to be considered. Dr. Pornsan Vichienpradit, a lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
The Council of Engineers (COE) of Thailand said in an online press conference today (Tuesday) a chemical leak is a likely cause of the fire that raged for up to 25 hours at a chemical factory in Samut Prakan province. The leak could be of the styrene monomer or pentane, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anchaleeporn Waritswat
A high level of styrene, a synthetic chemical used extensively in the manufacture of plastics, has been found in a 1km radius of the Ming Dih Chemical Company in Samut Prakan province, where a huge explosion occurred yesterday (Monday) morning, leading to a fire that took more than a day to extinguish. Returning to the
Samut Prakan provincial administration has posted on its Facebook page to confirm that the evacuation zone remainswithin a 5km radius of the chemical factory, which caught fire early Monday morning. Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) also posted on Twitter asking the public only to follow official announcements issued by the governor’s office.
