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July 11, 2012November 3, 2012

Thai cabinet approves 106km double-track railway in eastern route

BANGKOK, July 10 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday approved the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) project to build 106km of double-track railway from Chachoensao to Saraburi, according to deputy government spokesperson Pakdiharn Himathongkham. Apart from the 106km double-track, the Cabinet endorsed building rail bypasses at three railway junctions in Chachoengsao, Saraburi and Ayutthaya with […]

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North

July 8, 2012October 25, 2012

Dengue fever and Malaria detected in Mae Hong Son

MAE HONG SON, 8 July 2012 (NNT) – Fourteen patients with dengue fever have been discovered in Mae Hong Son province. Officials are advising the public to quickly destroy mosquito breeding grounds. Health officials are hurriedly insecticide-fogging communities throughout the province that may be breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The destruction of mosquito breeding areas comes […]

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Khlong Tha Dan Dam Reservoir in Nakhon Nayok Province

North

July 6, 2012December 14, 2017

Thailand’s 15th faultline discovered in Nakhon Nayok

A new faultline, caused by a previous earthquake, was found in Nakhon Nayok province and could be considered the country’s 15th active faultline, a seminar of geological professionals and related agencies was told yesterday. Songpop Polchan, president of the Geological Society of Thailand, said they were planning to propose that the earthquake map be reviewed […]

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North

July 5, 2012November 3, 2012

Northern Thailand: Nan braces for mudslides

NAN, July 5- Disaster officials in this northern province are on high alert in preparation for possible mudslides and flash floods during this rainy season. Ekkrit Jittangkul, chief of the Nan Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, on Thursday said that the agency prepared measures to cope with possible mudslides and forest run-off in the monsoon […]

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North

July 5, 2012November 3, 2012

Lampang police seize Bt36 million in illicit drugs

LAMPANG, July 5 – Two drug traffickers were arrested for possession of illicit drugs with a street value of Bt36 million in this northern province on Thursday. Police Region 5 commander Pol Lt-Gen Suthep Dejraksa said Chaliew Luecha, 54, and Suchin Malisa, 51, were arrested with about 100,000 pills of drugs and four kilogrammes of […]

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North

July 2, 2012

Two women arrested in Chiang Rai with drugs hidden in bras

CHIANG RAI – Thai police arrested two women on Monday for trafficking a kilogramme of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, found hidden in their brassieres. Sripai Siput, 43, from Khon Kaen, and Maneerat Ngam-nangnak, 35, from Sakon Nakhon, were among the passengers in a bus travelling from Chiang Rai to Bangkok, police said. Read more: Bangkok […]

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North

July 1, 2012November 3, 2012

Phayao police arrest Hmong hill tribesman with 2kg of drugs

Phayao police arrest Hmong hilltribesman with 2kg crystal meth and 20,000 methamphetamine pills worth Bt10 million on Chiang Rai-Bangkok bus. Read more: MCOT

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Floods and landslides in Laplae District, Uttaradit

North

July 1, 2012July 11, 2017

Sinkholes damage nine houses in Ang Thong

ANG THONG, July 1 – Land subsidence in the central province of Ang Thong caused damages to nine houses while the cause of the sinkholes remains unknown. Chatchai Yensuang, Assistant district officer on Sunday inspected the area in the provincial seat where a road and housing foundations along the road cracked and subsided. Some houses […]

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