Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
‘Moo Deng’, the pygmy hippo at Khao Kheow open zoo in Chon Buri, has been chosen as one of the 63 most stylish “people” of 2024 by The New York Times (NYT), writing “She bit. She screamed. She conquered hearts the world over.”
An enclosure has been built in the sea off Muk Island in Trang province, to be used as a rehabilitation shelter in which sick and weak dugongs can recover, be fed and treated until they are strong enough to return to the open sea.
Amid the growing global concern about food security and meat consumption, edible insects are proving to be a main food source of the future.
Marine and Coastal Resources Department is to hold an urgent meeting with experts from the World Wildlife Fund to discuss how to save dugongs, after six have been found dead in just the first four days of December.
A huge fire broke out at, what is known among tourists as, the “ghost ship” at the Koh Chang Grand Lagoona Hotel in Trat province around noon today.
The Interior Minister is seeking an emergency budget of about Bt5 billion from the Cabinet today, to help flood victims in southern provinces.
Air pollution in and around Bangkok is worse than yesterday, with the amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere exceeding the standard level of 37.5 microns (µg/m³) in 67 areas, including 27 areas in excess of 50µg/m³.
As many as 843 households, located along or encroaching into the Sai River in a Mae Sai district township in Chiang Rai province, will have to be relocated to enable the building of a floodwall, to protect the bustling border trade outpost.
Parents accompanying their children on the Purple, Blue, Yellow and Pink lines on National Father’s Day on December 5th will be exempt from paying train fares, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit announced today.
Flooding in Songkhla has begun to recede today, but the situation in three southern provinces remains critical. People are trapped and struggling with transportation, which is particularly affecting patients needing to visit pharmacies, clinics and hospitals.
The deputy leader of United Thai Nation Party, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, has urged people to stop criticizing the government today, over alleged double standards in the treatment of the flooding in southern provinces.
People living in provinces to the south of Chumphon, some of whom are still reeling from the effects of recent flooding, are advised to brace for heavy to very heavy rainfall from tomorrow until Thursday.
