Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The Central Administrative Court ruled today against a controversial order, issued by the Land Transport Department and the Royal Thai Police, which linked traffic fines to annual car registration fees.
The board of the State Railways of Thailand (SRT) has given a greenlight to a plan to procure 182 new train carriages, including spare parts, to replace aging rolling stock, which has been in use for more than 50 years.
The Thai Air Force yesterday dispatched two F-16 jet fighters to the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province after spotting an unidentified aircraft on radar, said Air Force spokesperson Air Marshal Prapas Sornjaidee.
An Austrian tourist was arrested at a resort on Phi-Phi Island yesterday, after he had allegedly rammed a jet-ski into a Russian national while he was swimming in the sea off Phuket’s Karon Beach on Tuesday evening.
A mental health team, from Noppitum Hospital, visited flood and landslide-affected areas in Krungching sub-district in Nakhon Si Thammarat today, to offer support to the elderly and patients with chronic conditions.
Farmers in Surat Thani province are experiencing major losses due to this year's flooding. Oil palm and rubber plantations, as well as shrimp farms in Kanchanadit district, have been swamped. Hundreds of households are underwater.
A police officer was killed when the driver of a pickup truck, carrying a group of illegal migrant workers from Myanmar, refused to stop at a roadblock and crashed into a parked police car in Mueang district of Kamphaeng Phet province late Tuesday night.
Tall, strong and excellent swimmers, it’s hard to imagine that elephants – Thailand’s national emblem – could succumb to floodwaters. So, when news emerged that two elephants had drowned in floods that struck Chiang Mai in October, shock and dismay rippled through Thai society.
Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei province will reopen on Monday, ten days after it was closed following a fatal elephant attack, Attapon Charoenchansa, director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Department, said today.
Heavy flooding of rail tracks in Nakhon Si Thammarat is disrupting train movements between Bangkok and the southernmost provinces, forcing the State Railway of Thailand to adjust its south-bound train services.
Thailand’s appalling road safety record hit a tragic new low in 2024 when one of the country’s worst-ever bus tragedies claimed the lives of 20 young schoolchildren and three teachers.
The deputy spokesperson for the Royal Thai Police has warned citizens not to decorate their vehicles with reindeer antlers or festive Christmas lights, as it violates the law and the drivers could be fined up to 2,000 Baht on conviction.
