Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has offered some advice to Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang regarding military reform, suggesting that he should not follow everything told to him by the military’s top brass, following their informal meeting on Sunday at Government House. The first area is the procurement of armaments. Somchai said that the issue is
The Thai Ministry of Energy will liberalise oil imports by allowing private companies to import finished oil products, to provide more options to consumers in the wake of high energy prices, according to Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga. He said that the responsibility of the Energy Ministry is to regulate the oil business, to ensure fair
A lawyer’s hopes of becoming a National Anti-Corruption commissioner were dashed on Monday, when the Senate voted him down. The 110 votes that Sombat Thoratham, an independent legal adviser, received were less than half of the senate, which is 125. Eighty-four senators voted against Sombat while 24 others abstained. Before casting their votes, some senators
About 45,000 litres of crude oil have leaked into the sea, during a transfer from tanker moored at a Single Buoy Mooring (SBM-2) of PTT subsidiary Thai Oil, off Chonburi province. Pollution Control Department director general Pinsak Suraswadi said the spilt oil, according to Oilmap, is expected to wash ashore to the south of Kangkao
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is joining hands with tech giant Google to turn what would become electronic waste into new learning tools for students at 437 city schools. More than 400,000 computers, phones and other electronic devices end up as e-waste in Thailand every year. Computers are discarded, despite being functional or requiring only
Three Thai human rights activists were acquitted of criminal defamation on Tuesday, but lamented what they called a hollow victory over the country’s restrictive libel laws. The cases were filed against Angkhana Neelapaijit, Puttanee Kangkun and Thanaporn Saleephol in 2019 and 2020 after they shared posts about punishing working hours and conditions at a chicken
Acute water shortages in Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife sanctuary in Uthai Thani province have led to several elephants venturing out of the sanctuary to forage for water and food on farmland, according to Tarasak Nipanan, chief of the Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife breeding station. He said that the sanctuary has been experiencing a water shortage
A 3-year debt moratorium for farmers and a flat rate 20-baht electric train fare in Bangkok and its suburbs are the two most favoured policies of the Pheu Thai party among respondents to a recent opinion poll, conducted by the National Institute for Development Administration (NIDA). NIDA gauged the opinions, pertaining to the election policies
Despite its historically rich background, Sing Buri – a province in Central Thailand – is far from a typical tourist destination for either foreign and local visitors. Situated adjacent to the ancient Kingdom of Ayutthaya and once serving as King Narai’s capital, Lop Buri, Sing Buri can sometimes be overshadowed. Nevertheless, this province boasts its
A school bus skidded off a road and plunged into a flooded paddy field in Warin Chamrap district of Ubon Ratchathani province this morning (Friday). Twenty-eight passengers, who are students and Buddhist novices from a school in Muang district, were slightly injured and were taken to a nearby hospital. On arrival, police found the six-wheel
One of the mega projects being inherited by the new government from the Prayut administration is the land bridge, intended to facilitate the movement of cargo containers and oil from the Andaman Sea to the Gulf of Thailand and to destinations beyond Thailand, as an alternative to the busy Strait of Malacca. The Prayut administration
The Intellectual Property Department has clarified that anyone can use the wording “Pang Cha”, either in Thai or English, because it is a common name. The “Pang Cha” logo and the Thai dessert container design registered with the department by Lukkaithong restaurant are, however, protected. The department’s director-general, Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, said yesterday (Thursday) that the
