Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The death toll in the accident at the construction site of the Bang Khun Thian-Ban Phaeo elevated motorway in Samut Sakhon province has increased to six, two Thais and four Myanmar migrant workers.
Airlines operating domestic flights in Thailand have agreed to offer a special 30% discount on air tickets for passengers traveling to key destinations during the upcoming New Year festival.
At least two people were killed, and eight others injured when steel truss structures over Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province collapsed early this morning.
Sixteen roads in the southern provinces of Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are impassable due to widespread flooding, as rain continues unabated, according to the Highways Department.
The operation continues for a fourth day to locate a French national, who fell into the reservoir behind the Rajjaprabha Dam in Surat Thani when a long-tailed boat, in which he was travelling with some friends, capsized on Saturday.
Police in Ratchaburi province have arrested a teacher at a school in Suan Phueng district for allegedly molesting nine young students. The action was in response to a complaint about the teacher’s behaviour filed by a group of parents.
Police and health officials in Phichit province will visit a monastery in Ban Noi sub-district of Pho Thale district today, to investigate the presence of 41 corpses, reported to be used in meditation course.
Vets at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang province have suggested trimming the tusks of 30-year-old male elephant Sak Surin, who was rescued from Sri Lanka last year, because they almost touch the ground and are making life difficult for him.
Police in Kamphaeng Phet province have exhumed 12 bodies buried, possibly without a permit, in the grounds of a monastery, which is reported to have used some of the corpses for meditation classes as part of its strange cult.