PHRAE, 23 August 2014 (NNT) – An earth tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale has been recorded in Sung Men, a district of Phrae Province, northern Thailand The Seismology Office of the Meteorological Department reports that the tremor occurred at 1.40 a.m. today at a depth of 1 kilometer. There were no reports of […]
SAKEAW, 23 Aug 2014, (NNT) – Sakeaw officials have arrested 2 Cambodian traders for smuggling illegal goods into the Kingdom through customs office in Arunyapratet District. The traders hid the goods inside two trolleys full of foldable cradles, declaring that their merchandise only consists of fabric and iron cradle legs. Read more: NNT
NAN, Aug 20 – Forest runoff late Tuesday night in the northern province of Nan has flooded more than 300 households and has left one man missing, carried away in the strong current. The authorities were searching for a 60-year-old man reportedly missing after the flood struck several villages Tuesday night. Read more: MCOT
CHIANG RAI, 16 August 2014 (NNT) – The Seismological Bureau reports that at 15:25 pm, August 16, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Chiang Rai’s Mae Saruay District, with an epicenter situated 19.68 degrees North latitude and 99.61 degrees East longitude. So far, there have been no reports of injuries, according to Worapat Tiewthanom, the director of […]
Some 300 Cambodian people held a protest at the Thai-Cambodian border checkpoint on the Thai-Cambodian Friendship Bridge opposite Sa Kaew province, demanding the release of some Cambodian merchants arrested by Thai officials on Thursday. They also blockaded the bridge with 10 wooden trolleys, which resulted in long queues for vehicles on both sides of the […]
BANGKOK, 13 August 2014 (NNT) – Due to a monsoon trough lying across Myanmar, Laos, and upper Vietnam, together with a southwest monsoon prevailing over the Andaman Sea, Thailand, and the Gulf of Thailand, abundant rainfall is occurring over the nation, especially in the upper north in the period from 13th to 15th August 2014. […]
SA KAEO, Aug 4 – Thailand’s Customs Department moved forward in its campaign to eradicate pirated and illegal products in eastern Sa Keao province near the Cambodian border, where it raided three warehouses in the famous Rong Klua Market selling illegal sportswear worth an estimated Bt10 million plus additional goods valued at Bt5 million. Customs […]
One student was killed and about 20 others injured when a song-thaew passenger truck in which they were travelling crashed into the rear of a parked six-wheel truck on Petkasem out-bound road in Nakhon Pathom this morning. Eyewitnesses said that the driver of the song-thaew truck whose name was unknown engaged in a road race […]
