Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The Thai and US navies launched a joint operation today, to search for the remains of five crew missing from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai corvette, to salvage some weaponry and to disable some US-made military equipment. A US navy ship, the “Ocean Valor”, from the US naval base in Hawaii, and a flotilla of Royal
Southern MPs of Bhumjaithai party have been airing their grievances over the high cost of domestic flights to the Andaman coastal provinces, such as Phuket, Krabi, Phang-nga, Satun and Trang, which are popular among both local and foreign tourists. The group held a press conference this morning at parliament to urge authorities concerned to solve
Park officials are trying hard to control forest fires raging in Don Inthanon, Mae Thjo and Ob Luang national parks in Chiang Mai province. Two teams of firefighters from the “Sua Fai” unit have been deployed to Mae Tho National Park to prevent the fires from spreading. Their efforts have, however, been hampered by the
Police in Chachoengsao province have detained a 26-year-old man for having protected wildlife animals including otters and their carcasses. Police also confiscated three soft-shelled turtle carcasses and those of two pangolins from the suspect’s house in Plaeng Yao district. The suspect, whose name was withheld, will be charged with violating the Wildlife Conservation and Protection
Mapping officers from the Survey Department and officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will visit Khao Yai National Park on Sunday, to conduct field mapping of land claimed by the land reform office of Nakhon Ratchasima province. The department sought help from the Survey Department after several demarcation stones were
After 10 years of on-and-off dialogue, Thailand’s peace negotiators and representatives of the biggest separatist group in southern Thailand finally hope to be able to reach a peace agreement by the end of this year, according to the head of the Thai delegation. Chatchai Bangchuad, deputy secretary general of the National Security Council, said the
The Department of Special Investigation has offered a reward of 2 million baht to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of the killer of a Japanese tourist 17 years ago. The announcement was made today via the department’s Facebook page and is the latest effort by Thai law enforcement to find the killer
The PM2.5 problem in and around Bangkok, in 17 northern provinces and in the northeast is predicted to get worse this weekend, while the situation in the south is steadily improving, according to the Air Pollution Mitigation Centre. Airborne pollution in the eastern region is forecast to ease from next Wednesday. PM2.5 dust has reached
The ministries of Agriculture and the Natural Resources and Environment appear to be at the loggerheads over land ownership claims in Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province. On Tuesday this week, Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, chief of the Office of National Parks at the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, went to Khao
More and more people are using the occasion of Valentine’s Day to offer their moral support to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, in the wake of an incident involving a group of monarchy reform activists and her motorcade. Instead of dressing in red for the day, people in many provinces dressed in purple. The princess
While Thai elephant pants have become a viral sensation, Khao Kheow Open Zoo, in Thailand’s Chonburi province, has introduced its new “capybara pants”, which are expected to go on sale in March. The zoo’s “Kha Moo and the gang” Facebook page introduced its new pants, stating that this will be an element of the zoo’s
The Thai and US navies will launch a joint operation on February 21, to explore the sunken Sukhothai corvette, to destroy the remaining ammunition and, if possible, salvage the ship, Admiral Adung Phan-iam, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Navy, said today. The ship sank off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan on the night
