Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The Kaeng Krachan National Park chief has said that sightings of panthers on the way to Paneone Thung mountain in the park are not uncommon, because there are about ten of them in the area. His remark was in response to a tourist who claimed to have spotted a panther strolling along a road leading
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin approved the Move Forward party’s air cleanliness bill while in Chiang Mai province today, and has sent it back to parliament to be included on the agenda for debate. Previously, two similar bills, one initiated by the cabinet and the other by a people’s network were included on the House’s agenda,
Since 1956, Thailand has celebrated National Children’s Day with fun activities and impressive speeches about how important kids are to the country’s future. But as this year’s Children’s Day approaches, academics say urgent action is needed to boost kids’ care, protection, and education otherwise Thailand risks suffering a “lost generation”. “The current environment is damaging
Geologists from the Department of Mineral Resources found the fossilised footprints of what are believed to be Sauropod dinosaurs this week, in the border area of the Nam Nao district of Phetchabun and the Phu Pha Man district of Khon Kaen. Several footprints were found in sediment rocks in the dry bed of a stream
The ‘Passport to Thailand’s National Parks’, which travellers can get stamped to show which national parks they have already visited, is now out of stock after South Korean YouTubers, ‘Cullen Hateberry’, recently introduced it on their channel. Atthaphon Charoenchansa, director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, said the initial 90,000 “passports” have
If the emergency decree is lifted in some districts in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani and replaced with the national security act, the atmosphere in the region would improve and become more conducive to problem-solving,” said Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin today. He was speaking after meeting with former Malaysian chief
Air quality in all of Bangkok’s 50 districts has reached the health-threatening, or Orange level today, with the amount of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere ranging from 41.9μg-73.8μg (microns), the Pollution Control Department reports. The standard PM2.5 level is 37.5μg. The department listed ten areas in the capital and its surrounding provinces where the PM2.5
While so-called “Johrei” purification practices have existed in Thailand for more than five decades now, the public knew little about the cult until the bodies of a mother and her 12-year-old daughter were found after an apparent suicide pact. The pair were discovered dead in an embrace, close to the corpses of their two pet
A recommendation by the World Bank in 2018, for the merger of small schools in Thailand to reduce education inequality, may have struck the right chord with those in charge of education – but definitely not with a seventh grader in Ratchaburi, a province not far from Bangkok. “I think studying in a small school
A room on the second floor of the Thai Khu Fah building in the Government House compound has been renovated and refurnished, ready to serve as a residence for Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Srettha has not yet revealed the exact date of his move to the new domicile, only stating that it will be after
Twenty-one more people were killed and 284 were injured in 266 road accidents on the 5th day of the New Year travel “Seven Dangerous Days” yesterday, increasing total fatalities and injuries to 212 and 1,860 respectively, according to the Command Centre for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents. The command centre reported that 40.6%
The cabinet has acknowledged a proposal, from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), to increase the marriageable age of Thai people from 17 to 18, to protect youth from being forced into marriage against their will. Government deputy spokesperson Radklao Inthawong Suwankiri, said yesterday that the NHRC had proposed amending the Civil and Commercial Code
