Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Demographic changes in Thai society, with an increasingly elderly population and lower birth rate, are impacting Thailand’s domestic consumption, which is a major driver of economic growth, according to the Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC). Domestic consumption accounted for 58% of Thailand’s economic growth in 2022, compared to 53% about a decade ago. This is in
An inspection has revealed that a feline cub, which got loose recently in Chachoengsao province, is a tiger, not a liger, as claimed by the owner, said the director general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department. Atthaphon Charoenchansa said the owner apparently made the claim that it was a liger to avoid
A village headman and the chief administrator of a sub-district administrative organisation (SAO) were shot and killed in Nongchik district of the southernmost province of Pattani yesterday. Three others, including a woman, who were injured during the violence, were rushed to Pattani Hospital. The slain village headman was identified as Sithichai Petchsuriya of Ban Rai
Additional charges are to be field against the management of the Win Process company in Ban Khai district of Rayong province, following a fire at a warehouse, in which chemicals were being stored, about two weeks ago. Rayong’s provincial governor has instructed officials to file charges against the company’s management for illegal possession of hazardous
Fire fighters are still struggling to control the blaze, almost 12 hours after fire broke out at a paper factory in Samut Sakhon. The factory, which belongs to the Hiang Seng Fibre Container company (Panjapol Fibre Containers), occupies an area of about 4.8 hectares. The fire started at approximately 9:30 am on Saturday morning (May
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration sent ten additional fire trucks and about 30 firefighters to Samut Sakhon province this morning, to help a fight fire in the yard of a scrap paper recycling plant. The fire started at about 4.30pm on Tuesday and, by the time of this report, the paper is still burning. There are
Electricity consumption in Thailand peaked at a new high of 36,699.9 megawatts at 9pm on Monday night, according to Veerapat Kiatfuengfoo, spokesman for the Energy Ministry. He said that power consumption on Monday night is the highest ever in Thailand, as he attributed the unprecedented demand to the extremely hot weather. He also said that
Security officials recommended today that people avoid travelling near Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district, after insurgent attacks wounded four officers and damaged an army vehicle. The attacks occurred as special forces were patrolling in an armoured vehicle during their routine shift, about 200 meters from their base in Tambon Pasemas, when insurgents triggered an explosion, damaging
The first shipment of 258 tonnes of cadmium slag, from Samut Sakhon and Bangkok, has safely arrived at a temporary staging point belonging to the Bound & Beyond Company in Tak province. Some bags containing the cadmium fell from a trailer truck when two chains securing the bags during the journey broke as a forklift
Officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Pollution Control Department and other agencies will start moving the first lot of 270 tonnes of cadmium slag from Bangkok to Tak province at 7pm tonight. Contained in large bags, the cadmium slag will be loaded onto two types of trailer trucks, each carrying 20 bags and covered
An investigation has been ordered by the governor of Uthai Thani province to find those responsible for the burning of a harvested rice field and grassland in Muang district which went out of control, causing a power blackout in the province for about two hours last night. More than 300 firemen and officials from the
The Sheikhul Islam Office, the office of the Muslim spiritual leader of Thailand, has urged the faithful in Thailand to pray for rain on May 4th. In a letter addressed to all provincial Muslim leaders, the Chularatchamontri, Arun Boonchom, has urged all Muslims in Thailand to pray for rain, claiming that the entire country is
