Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
A team of researchers from Thailand’s Maha Sarakham University has discovered a new species of long-necked sauropod dinosaur, dating back 150 million years, at the Phu Noi fossil site in the northeastern province of Kalasin.
A people's network protesting in Chiang Mai province said today that it will file a police complaint after two protesters suffered broken arms during a brief scuffle with police, who tried to block them from marching to the Chinese Consulate General.
Archaeologists from the Fine Arts Department have discovered two ancient Indian gold rings, thought to be between 1,900-2,100 years old, during a dig at the Don Yai Thong archaeological site in Ban Lat district of Phetchaburi province.
The government has decided to withdraw the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) bill from Cabinet consideration and instead form a joint committee with SEC Watch, a network of civic groups studying the proposed mega-project.
Phuket, a popular tourist island, has been hit by widespread flooding this morning after continuous heavy rainfall since early hours, with several areas under water and authorities urging residents to move belongings to higher ground.
Thais genuinely enjoy playing the lottery. Even though the chances of winning the grand prize are staggeringly low, only one in a million, they buy more and more tickets every day.
Monks at a temple in Loei’s Nong Hin district agreed today to return land without resistance, about nine years after a court ruled that part of the area was reserved forest and the rest was Sor Por Kor agricultural reform land.
A school in the Mae Sot district of Thailand’s Tak border province suspended classes today over safety concerns, following security reports of an imminent clash between Myanmar government troops and Karen resistance forces just across the border.
Two were killed and three others seriously injured after a heavy installation component fell onto them inside a railway tunnel under construction in Chiang Rai province on Saturday.
Major crackdowns on nominee-owned businesses were launched simultaneously today in Phuket, Phang-nga and Krabi provinces, as well as on Pha-ngan Island in Surat Thani province, targeting mainly real estate majority-owned by Thai nominees on behalf of foreign partners.
An army colonel was shot dead in his office at the provincial hall in the northeastern province of Kalasin this morning by a subordinate, over a transfer dispute, police said.
A depot on World War II’s infamous "Death Railway" has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir, where the site has remained underwater for decades, prompting researchers to race to Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand to survey the remnants of Nithe Station.
