Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Firemen succeeded in controlling the fire at the Ming Dih Company’s chemical factory in Samut Prakan province in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday). It took about 25 hours to extinguish the blaze, after it broke out in a warehouse storing plastic pellets and other chemicals and spread sending huge plumes of hazardous fumes
Locals working for tourism-related businesses on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket, most of them fully vaccinated against COVID-19, have expressed their readiness to welcome foreign tourists once again, after its official reopening on July 1st. The visions are, however, somewhat different among boat-business owners. “We are ready to welcome both domestic and foreign tourists again,
7,347 people have booked their hotel rooms for stays during July, as part of the Phuket “sandbox” project, which began on July 1st and enables fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter Thailand through Phuket, without entering quarantine, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Monday). The bookings account for 90,861 room nights,
Bangkok’s main international airport, Suvarnabhumi, remains open as normal with planes landing and taking off as usual, said Deputy Director of Suvarnabhumi Airport Kittiya Kontong today (Monday). A huge plume of black smoke, billowing from a burning chemical factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan, can be clearly seen in the skies over parts of the airport. He said that
People living within a five kilometre radius of a chemical factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province have been asked to evacuate their homes temporarily for their safety, because poisonous fumes have been released following a fire there, which broke out early Monday morning. Pollution Control Department Director-General Atthapol Charoenchansa told Thai PBS
Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has agreed to establish five panels to investigate the installation and maintenance of decorative lamp posts, in Racha Thewa sub-district, in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province since 2013, by the Racha Thewa Tambon Administration Organization (TAO). According to NACC Deputy Secretary-General Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, the anti-graft watchdog has discovered
All schools, kindergartens and child development centres in Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen have been ordered to close until July 16th amid an ongoing surge of COVID-19 infections in the province and elsewhere. Boarding education institutes, including those teaching children with special needs, have been sealed, with children remaining in the compounds and parental
Health officials, in Thailand’s northeastern province of Buriram, have filed charges against a man, who recently returned to his home in the province from Bangkok and refused to report to the authorities as legally required. According to the health chief of Muang district today (Thursday), the 41-year-old man defied the provincial mandate requiring all arrivals
In 2004, when a deadly tsunami hit Thailand’s Andaman coast, Khao Lak in Phang Nga province and Phuket were left devastated. Thousands of people lost their lives, including Thais and foreign tourists. Most resorts along the beautiful beaches were completely destroyed. For a year after the devastating wave struck, the two provinces were like ghost
Amphawa in Samut Songkhram province returns to the days before tourism as the coronavirus brings the flow of visitors to a halt The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many places to take stock of what’s important and Amphawa, a small district in Samut Songkhram province, is no exception. The well-known agrotourism destination 65 kms west of
At 3am this morning (Thursday), a man went on a shooting spree at the field hospital at the Princess Mother National Institute for Drug Abuse Treatment in Pathum Thani, which ended in the death of a COVID-19 patient. Prior to the incident, the suspect was at a convenience store at Lad Phrao Soi 25 in
A picture of a wild elephant poking its head into the kitchen of a house, in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin, shared online yesterday (Tuesday), has now become a meme in Thailand. Seen rummaging through the food in the kitchen, thanks to the damaged wall, the elephant was not a first-time visitor. He
