Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
After more than 30 years of legal battles, that involved three relates cases over the ownership of the scenic Poda Island off the coast of Thailand’s southern coastal province of Krabi, the Supreme Court has upheld the 42-month prison sentence imposed on one of the province’s influential businessmen, Mr. Chuan Phukaoluan, by the Appeals Court.
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Former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park, Mr. Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, said today (Thursday) that he is ready to face charges from the Department of Special Investigation for alleged involvement in the disappearance of Karen activist Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen five years ago. “People are focusing on me. They can charge me, me alone. I can stand
Officials and volunteers in Thailand’s lower northern province of Sukhothai were mobilized Tuesday to install more sand bags to reinforce the flood wall along the Yom River, to prevent the overflowing river from flooding the municipal area. Sukhothai provincial governor Mr. Maitri Traitilanant said, after an inspection, that the flood wall was at risk of
Chief of the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has given an assurance that he will not protect any of his officials if they are implicated in the kidnapping and murder of Karen human rights defender Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen. Mr. Tunya Netithammakul said today (Tuesday) that he has not yet been approached by the
Four dogs, which were abandoned in a cage without food and water for almost a month in a town house in Nonthaburi province, were rescued on Tuesday by officials from the Health and Livestock Development department. They also found nine dead dogs in the house in Pakkred Village housing estate on Tiwanont road, with several
Thailand’s Meteorological Department is closely monitoring tropical storm Podul, which is expected to cross into northern Thailand and cause heavy rain between August 31st and September 1st. The storm pushed across eastern Luzon of the northern Philippines on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, weakening to a tropical depression while it was just off the coast, but
Two female car vandals, who made headlines last year for using an axe and spade to vandalize a pickup truck which parked in front of their house, were today given three-month prison terms, suspended for two years, by the Phra Khanong provincial court. The court found the two women, Ms. Maneerat Saengpattharachote and Ms. Rattanachat
Thailand’s exports in April fell 2.57% to US$18.5 billion – the lowest since May 2017. The fall is being blamed on the intensifying trade war between the United States and China, according to Ms. Pimchanok Wornkhorporn, Director of the trade policy and strategy office at the Ministry of Commerce. Imports in April also dropped by
Thailand’s Constitutional Court is today scheduled to consider whether to accept the Election Commission’s (EC) petition for the court to rule on the qualifications of Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongkit over his alleged ownership of media shares at the time he registered his candidacy for MP. An informed source said, if the court agrees
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is pondering legal action against a private hospital for allegedly overcharging a patient who was admitted suffering with acute diarrhea. A well-informed source said that the Internal Trade Department of the Commerce Ministry has launched a fact-finding probe, in response to a complaint lodged via the department’s hotline 1569, by a consumer
Patients, in registered possession of medicinal cannabis, will be allowed to keep it for three months after the amnesty deadline expired on Tuesday. Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Dr. Tharet Krasanairaveevong said today that the message, widely shared on the social media, claiming that registered patients could keep it for six months is incorrect, emphasizing
