SA KAEO, 12 June 2013 (NNT) – The 12 Regiment of Army Rangers in Sa Kaeo province and people who live along the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday joined hands in planting 81,000 young trees in a reforestation project to honor Her Majesty the Queen. The reforestation was launched along the irrigation canal in Ban Mai Di […]
Two Cambodian military men, allegedly involved in smuggling of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Thailand into Cambodia, Saturday blocked the road during a one-hour protest at the Thai-Cambodian Friendship Bridge opposite Klong Luek checkpoint in Aranyaprathet against stricter border pass checking by Thailand. A regulation requiring people driving personal cars into Thai-land to present their […]
CHIANG RAI, May 30 – The forward landing gear of Thailand’s low-cost carrier Nok Air fell off this morning as the aircraft was landing at Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport. There were 162 passengers on the plane. No one was injured as other landing wheels helped support the aircraft to stop safety on the […]
usks of a 27-year-old elephant in the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal have been cut after the animal attacked tourists on Saturday, killing a woman. The elephant palace’s owner Laithongrien Meephan said he would fully support the attacked tourists and warned visitors to refrain from getting close to animals without a mahout’s supervision or […]
NAKHON PANOM, May 26– Siamese rosewood logs worth some Bt3 million were seized near the Mekong River in the northeastern province of Bungkan. Capt Surasak Suwankesa, commander of a naval unit maintaining peace along the Mekong River, remarked about the seizure of the Siamese Rosewood in collaboration with head of the Phulangka National Park. Read […]
BANGKOK, 22 May 2013 (NNT) – More than 100 logs of 30 year-old Siamese rosewoods are confiscated at the Doi Jong National Park in Sop Prab District, Lampang Province. Head of Lampang’s Forest Defense Unit Suthep Putthacha (สุเทพ พุทธชา) and Sop Prab District Chief Somkiat Tantrakul (สมเกียรติ ตันตระกูล) led a team of 50 officials in […]
UTTARADIT, May 20 – The annual ‘Amazing Durian’ fair in this northern province will kick off May 31, attracting spiked a flow of fruit lovers and tourists to the province. Uttaradit governor Chalermchai Fuengkorn today invited the public to participate in the event in Lablae district’s central fruit market. The fair is expected to draw […]
A train ran over an elderly British national lying on the tracks Monday, severing his leg, Thai police said. The incident occurred at about 5 am in Prachin Buri, 100 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, Police Sergeant Chaimongkol Chaiya said. Read more: The Nation
