Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Marine Department official in Phuket have been asked to check ships which have sailed past the popular island in the past seven days, to discover whether any of them illegally discharged engine or bunker oil into the sea, after oil slicks were found on several beaches. The slicks were found washed ashore on Mai Khao,
The couple who own the fireworks warehouse in Su-Ngai Kolok district of Narathiwat province, which exploded on July 29, have offered to surrender to police, according to Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief. He said the couple, who fled to Kelantan state in Malaysia after the fatal incident, were expected to report
Chuwit Kamolvisit, a massage parlour tycoon turned anti-corruption crusader, has revealed that he has Stage 3 liver cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Chuwit, 62, said his doctors have given him eight months to live but vowed to devote what time he has left to doing what he loves, drinking and smoking. He has also pledged
On Friday, the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang collected a final set of specimens from Sak Surin, a Thai elephant repatriated from Sri Lanka early last month. Sak Surin is due to complete his period of quarantine at the National Elephant Institute, also in Lampang, around next weekend, depending on the results of the
Police on Pha-ngan Island are holding a Spaniard for questioning, suspecting that he may be involved in the murder and decapitation of a foreigner whose remains were found in a plastic bag at a garbage dump in Ban Thong Sala on the island. The Spaniard, only identified as “Daniel”, showed up at Pha-ngan police station
Thailand’s Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum, Nam Nao National Park in Phetchabun and Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei were declared ASEAN heritage parks at the ASEAN senior environmental officials meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, on August 1st. This brings the number of ASEAN heritage parks in Thailand to nine. They are Khao Yai, Tarutao
Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers have arrested two men who allegedly hacked into the computer system of the Land Transport Department (LTD), using an official’s username and password, to change the registration information of unused cars and then to apply for new licenses for mostly vintage or smuggled cars for sale to specific groups
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha travelled to the southernmost province of Narathiwat on Friday, to follow up on the assistance being given to those affected by the deadly explosion at a firework warehouse in Sungai Kolok district last Saturday. Twelve people were killed and many others injured when tonnes of pyrotechnics being stored in the warehouse
Narathiwat provincial police will seek a warrant for the arrest of the owner of the fireworks warehouse, which was destroyed by an explosion and fire last week, after he failed to report to the police yesterday (Tuesday). An intelligence report indicates that the owner and his wife fled to Malaysia last Saturday, the day of
A Japanese tourist, who shared photos of a Kiha-183 series train, donated to Thailand by Japan, passing through piles of garbage in the Phaya Thai area, thanked the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) for their “quick response” in cleaning the site. The series of photos the tourist posted on his twitter account, @tabinezumiworld, on July
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has warned against the use of water in the area around the fireworks warehouse explosion, in Sungai-Kolok district of Narathiwat province, after it was found to be contaminated The ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong said Tuesday that the lethal explosion on Saturday has caused environmental pollution, especially of water sources.
The Royal Thai Navy’s HTMS Naresuan frigate sustained damage to its torpedo launcher and life rafts as it was leaving port at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Chon Buri province during a naval exercise, said Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin, the RTN spokesman today (Tuesday). He told the media that the accident took place on
