Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
If you go to Phuket Island this summer, you should not miss taking photos with the stairway where a Swiss man allegedly kicked a Thai female doctor. People were seen queuing up at the spot, which is in front of a luxurious villa rented by the Swiss man. A Facebook page, Phuket Info Centre, which has
One firefighter has died of a heart attack, while two others are suffering from heat stroke and cerebral haemorrhage, as firefighters from the Department of Forests and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation desperately try to control raging forest fires in several northern provinces, especially in Mae Hong Son. 1,153 hotspots have
The giant fireball, which streaked across the night sky on Monday night and was seen by many people in central provinces, was a huge meteor, according to Wimut Wasalai, an expert at the Thai Astronomical Society. In response to widespread comments and images of the fireball shared on social media, he initially said that it
Technology Crime Suppression Bureau police have announced the successful crackdown on a major illegal online gambling network, with more than 200,000 gamblers registered as members. They also seized assets worth about Bt320 million. Four suspects, including the manager and financial officials, were arrested following coordinated raids on 12 locations in Bangkok, mostly luxurious housing units
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has urged the government to stick to the memorandum of understanding, signed in 2001 between Thailand and Cambodia and known as “MoU 44”, as the basis for the forthcoming border talks to settle overlapping areas between the two countries. The committee chairman, Noppadon Patama, repudiated a news report that former
A social expert has proposed that the government grant Thai citizenship to children born in Thailand to ethnic parents or migrant workers, to address the declining birth rate among Thais. Dr. Somchai Jitsuchon, research director of inclusive development at the Thailand Research Development Institute (TDRI), said that there were about 500,000 births in Thailand last
Defiant National Parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn has challenged the Agriculture Ministry’s claim, based on the Army Survey Department’s “One Map”, that the disputed land in Khao Yai National Park is in a land reform (Sor Por Kor) area, but will be kept as a “buffer zone”. Chaiwat is scheduled to testify to the House natural
The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) has ordered the dismantling of several road checkpoints in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, to be in line with the recent resumption of peace talks between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) rebel group. Colonel Aekvorawit Chobchoophol, spokesman of the ISOC’s forward command, said yesterday that the dismantling
A map, called “One Map”, recently completed by the Army Survey Department, clearly shows that the Sor Por Kor (land reform) demarcation stones found by park officials are actually on land reform areas and are not within the area of Khao Yai National Park, according to Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao. The minister said today that
Motorists will enjoy toll-free expressway use on Saturday, February 24, a compensatory public holiday for Makha Bucha Day tomorrow, according to the Expressway Authority of Thailand. The tollgates offering free passage are 19 on the Chalerm Maha Nakhon Expressway, 31 on the Si Rat Expressway and 10 on the Udon Ratthaya Expressway. More information is
The Royal Forest Department has order an investigation into an allegation that one of its former employees has encroached on the Pang Asoke woodlot, in Klang Dong sub-district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, to claim land under the Sor Por Kor (agricultural land reform) program. The allegation was made by Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, chief of the Office
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives has agreed to revoke all Sor Por Kor land certificates for all land reform plots in the Khao Yai area, to end the land dispute between the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Nakhon Ratchasima Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO). The decision was announced by
