
Kok and Sai rivers contaminated, pose health risk
Chiang Mai University findings reveal abnormal liver enzymes and thyroid hormones in residents near the Kok and Sai rivers, forcing households to spend 1,800 baht monthly on clean water.
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Chiang Mai University findings reveal abnormal liver enzymes and thyroid hormones in residents near the Kok and Sai rivers, forcing households to spend 1,800 baht monthly on clean water.

Patong Municipality has ordered residents in high-risk areas to evacuate to temporary shelters after a landslide sent soil and rocks onto Na Nai 3 Road, as continued rainfall raises concerns about further flooding and landslides in Phuket.

National park officials deployed rapid response teams in Chanthaburi after wild gaur and elephant attacks killed one person and injured three.

The administrator of the "Godd Dam" Facebook page surrendered to cyber crime police today over a fake payment slip alleging Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul received 7 million baht in bribes.

Severe seasonal high tides inundated Samut Songkhram’s famed Amphawa Floating Market on Wednesday morning, flooding riverside homes and shops in what locals called the worst surge in decades.

Authorities in Phetchaburi intercepted two trailer trucks carrying over 26 tonnes of illegally permitted chicken meat, triggering follow-up raids on illicit processing plants in Pathum Thani.

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has launched an investigation into water contamination in Prachin Buri after residents in Sri Mahosot district recorded high levels of heavy metals in their blood.

A female red panda rescued from traffickers in Tak has been moved to Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri for quarantine, zoo officials said on Tuesday.

A concrete awning collapsed at a row of nearly 60-year-old shophouses in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district last night, blocking the entrances to three units and trapping residents inside.

“There were no barriers, so I thought the bridge was open,” said Kriangsak Chonlatarn, recalling the horrifying moment he slammed on the brakes as his wife screamed that the road had vanished.

The Cabinet approved a three-month excise tax cut on E20 gasohol and B20 biodiesel on Tuesday to encourage public uptake.

Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow dismissed Beijing’s recent travel advisory on Tuesday, saying it targets specific groups rather than general tourists.