BANGKOK, March 25 – UNESCO launched a project to develop a flood risk mitigation plan for the World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya, 76 kilometres north of Bangkok. Held at UNESCO Bangkok last Friday, the event was attended by key players of Thailand’s national flood risk reduction effort and representatives from the embassies of Germany, Japan, […]
MAE HONG SON, March 23 – The death toll from a blaze at Myanmar refugee camp in Mae Hong Son has risen to 45, with seriously injured increasing by five to 11. Mae Hong Son’s Khun Yuam assistant district chief for security Samrueng Sudsawat said local officials who rushed to provide assistance to the displaced […]
A blaze raged through a refugee camp in the northern Mae Hong Son province on Friday evening, leaving at least 27 people dead and dozens others injured. About 100 houses in the Baan Mae Surin refugee camp, located in Khun Yuam district, were destroyed in the fire. There are more than 3,500 residents in the […]
Two people were killed and 54 others were wounded in a student’s field trip bus accident in Prachin Buri’s Na Dee district early Thursday morning. At 2.40am, the chartered bus, transporting students from Wang Mhee School in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Wang Nam Kheow district to visit Chanthaburi, had a brake malfunction, plunged downhill and crashed onto […]
BANGKOK, 18 March 2013 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health revealed that over 40,000 cases of haze-induced illnesses were reported in the North during the first week of March, a 16 percent rise from a week earlier in worst-hit provinces. Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Narong Saha-methapat said that during March 3-9, residents […]
About 50 inmates in Samut Sakhon prison erupted in a riot after a prisoner died in his cell. Inmates said prison officials had ignored the ailing convict. However, a truce was negotiated, and no one was injured. About 400 officers were sent to the prison to help. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
CHIANG RAI, 17 MARCH 2013 (NNT) – The smoke haze situation in the Northern Province of Mae Hong Son remains critical with the visibility at 1.5 kilometers. Meanwhile, the level of dust particles in Chiang Rai has exceeded the safety standard. On Sunday, the level of dust particles in Muang and Mae Sai districts of […]
MAE HONG SON, March 15 – Domestic flights were cancelled and motorists were especially cautious as thick smog blanketed this northernmost Thai province, local officials reported today. Visibility for motorists was only five metres, and Nok Air flights between Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son were suspended. Read more: MCOT
