Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
A French tourist, who was visiting Thailand for the first time, hired a car to take him to Tao resort island in Surat Thani, but the driver took him to Doi Tai in Chiang Mai instead, due to a miscommunication.
Joint police and military forces along the Thai-Myanmar border have been apprehending an increasing number of people trying to smuggle fuel out of Thailand, since the fuel supply ban was introduced last week.
A many as 20 students were injured, three of them seriously, when a pickup truck rammed into the rear of their vehicle, which was a pickup modified as a school bus, in Ban Dan Lan Hoi district of Sukhothai province today.
Due to a reported landing gear issue, an Aeroflot plane, which left Phuket for Moscow late yesterday afternoon, had to circle above the Andaman Sea for several hours, to burn off fuel, before making an emergency landing at the Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok last night.
Police have launched an investigation into a private parking service in the Thai border province of Sa Kaeo, following reports that it has secret channels through which people are smuggled into Cambodia.
Det Udom district hospital, in the north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, is appealing for public donations after an arson attack last Friday. The fire caused extensive damage to medical equipment and the third floor of the hospital building, estimated at around 100 million baht.
Rural Roads Department has ordered water sprayers to be installed on several bridges in Bangkok, in a bid to reduce dust in the atmosphere, the department’s chief Montri Dechasakulsom said today.
Bidding will open next month for the contract to demolish the old Klang Dong Police Station building in Nakhon Ratchasima province, with a starting price of just Bt18,000.
A huge blaze at a recyclable plastics warehouse in Samut Sakhon’s Ban Paew district has been burning for almost six hours today, despite the efforts of scores of firefighters and fire trucks.
A motorcyclist has been arrested on a charge of reckless driving after he ran into an elderly South Korean man last Thursday, while he was on a zebra crossing in front of Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute Hospital in Bangkok.
While Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her predecessor Srettha Thavisin share the aim of attracting more investment to Thailand, the two leaders represent distinctly different leadership styles, according to France’s Ambassador to Thailand, Jean-Claude Poimboeuf.
More than 10,000 runners, braved unhealthy PM2.5 dust levels this morning to take part in a 10-km mini marathon over the new Thotsamarachan (Rama X) Bridge. The event was organised by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA).
