Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The protesters from Chana district, in Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla, have already been camped in front of government house for two nights. They are asking government to scrap the Chana Industrial project, initiated in 2014, claiming that it will negatively affect the local community and that the government has not been listening to them.
The government sent the assistant to the minister to the prime minister’s office, Suporn Attawong, to negotiate with the Chana residents, who have camped in front of government house for three nights seeking a halt to the Chana industrial estate project. The protesters, however, are demanding that they talk to the prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha,
Pichet Klunchun and his troupe of dancers treated their audience to a visual feast on Monday, December 7, majestically capturing the messages of seven core human rights treaties in his performance titled simply “7” to mark the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. For those
Thailand has been praised on the international stage for the way it is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. But the recent cases, discovered in several provinces, resulting from a group of people who snuck across the border in Chiang Rai province illegally and failed to self-isolate, have unsettled many. Head of Song Khwae Village in
All people who travelled between Myanmar and Thailand’s Chiang Rai province in November have been told to report to health officials or village heads for COVID-19 screening, as the provincial administration steps up efforts to contain the virus after at least three Thais returning from Myanmar’s Thachilek township were found to be infected. The announcement
The Marine and Coastal Resources Department has issued a public warning to exercise caution when buying grilled octopus or squid in markets, after grilled blue-ringed octopus was discovered in a market in Pathum Thani province. The department’s director-general, Sophon Thongdee, said today that blue-ringed octopus is highly venomous and its venom cannot be neutralized by
Thailand’s Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin admitted today that authorities have not found any Ketamine in the approximately 11.5 tonnes of materials seized from a warehouse in Chachoengsao province on November 12th. Scientists from the Justice Ministry and forensic experts tested samples, taken from 50 of the 457 sacks, and quickly concluded that they contained Ketamine,
Coronavirus has wrought havoc across the world, but for Thailand’s “sea gypsies” it has brought welcome respite from the threat of mass tourism. Since the pandemic began, life has been easier for Sanan Changnam and his people — there’s an abundance of fish to eat and real estate projects on their ancestral land in the
Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources issued a warning, to people living in 10 southern provinces today, to brace for flash floods tonight and through tomorrow, due to a depression over Cambodia, which is the remnant of the weakened tropical storm Etau. The depression will, however, strengthen the northeasterly wind, which is affecting Thailand’s
Stargazers across the country will have a chance to watch spectacular fireballs streaking across the sky tomorrow night (Thursday), from around 7pm, according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT). The Northern Taurid meteor shower will be visible with the naked eye in the eastern sky throughout the night, with a peak of
The Sa Kaew provincial livestock office has declared two villages in Tambon Nong Wa, of Khao Chakan district, temporary epidemic zones after breeding pigs in several farms died of a viral disease, identified as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). So far, 600 breeding pigs in Ban Kok Khaonieu and Ban Nong Klam have been
Typhoon Goni, which tore through the Philippines on Sunday leaving a trail of destruction, has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves over the South China and toward central Vietnam, where it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday or Thursday, according to the Thai Meteorological Department. In its first announcement about Goni, the
