Police have arrested suspected drug traffickers in several cases and seized 3.6 kilogrammes of heroin, a large number of methamphetamine and assets believed to have been acquired using drug money in the northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, Feb 24 – Thai Immigration police arrested a 57-year old Belgian, Tcheo Joel Tcharada, a fugitive with valid arrest warrants issued by the Court of Verviers and Interpol accusing him of homicide. Immigration commissioner Pol Lt-Gen, Panu Kerdlarpphol told the media Monday that Mr Tcharada allegedly murdered his wife, Ms Paschale Daelen on Jan […]
(24 December) A tour bus accident in Nakhon Pathom province has left at least 40 Russian tourists injured. Witnesses said the double-decker bus operated by Jiratkan Company collided into the back of a traveling 18-wheeler truck in Kampangsan district on Sunday before sliding off the road, causing many of 50 Russian passengers, as well as […]
CHIANG MAI, 21 February 2014 (NNT) – The Northern Royal Rainmaking Center has kicked off a rainmaking operation to tackle drought and haze problems plaguing the northern region. The operation began on February 17 in Nakhon Sawan province. The center’s acting chief, Mr. Anuparp Pawawattananusorn, disclosed that the royal rainmaking operation usually takes place during […]
LAMPANG, 21 February 2014 (NNT) – A small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter scale was reported in Lampang province early Friday morning. The provincial Mineral Resources office said the tremor recorded at midnight on Friday in Wang Nua district occurred on the Phayao fault line straddling Phayao and Lampang. There were […]
(20 February) A Buddhist temple in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya province has launched an exhibition aimed to young children to encourage their temple attendance. Newly finished installations at Wat Tha Ka Rong Temple include a learning exhibition centre to educate the children about different nations and cultures of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). […]
The 100 or so people stranded at Khao Khitchakood National Park in Chanthaburi since Friday evening due to heavy rain were brought down the mountain safely yesterday. News about the plight of the tourists, left stranded after rain made a road too treacherous, circulated on the Internet on Friday night. Read more: The Nation
A diesel train from Bangkok’s Wong Wien Yai station to Samut Sakhon’s Maha Chai station derailed before noon today but no passenger was injured. The latest train accident happened at 11.00 a.m. while the 4313 passenger train was running between Bang Namchued and Ban Kam railway stations in Maha Chai district, about 23 kilometers from […]
