UTTARADIT, 2 June 2012 (NNT) – Forty conscripts of a cavalry unit were immediately taken to Uttaradit’s Fort Phichaidaphak Hospital after they all suffered headaches, fever, fatigue, breathing difficulties, and accelerated heartbeat. Military officials put up a sign that declared the hospital to be in quarantine until June 5. Inside the hospital, medical staff and […]
Two Thai and three Burmese workers died after inhaling poisonous gas while connecting pipes in a biogas well at a pig farm in Ratchaburi’s Pak Tho district on Sunday morning, police said. Pol Maj Passakorn Yuyen, the duty officer at Pak Tho police station, said the incident took place at the pig farm of SPM […]
LAMPANG, May 27 – Railway workers are attempting to retrieve 11 empty derailed train carriages in Lamphun currently blocking the railway to the North. Panat Mongkolrit, a railway official at the Nakhon Lampang train station said that work to retrieve the Chiangmai-Bangkok train derailed on Saturday evening has not yet finished but is expected to […]
KANCHANABURI, May 21- The Srinagarind Dam was not harmed by a mild quake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale today in Kanchanaburi province, according to a senior official. Srinagarind dam director Boon-in Chuenchavalit said that the tremor jolted Sai Yok district, with its epicentre about 18km from this major dam in Si Sawat district. Citing […]
CHIANG RAI, March 15 – The thick atmospheric haze blanketing Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai reached a critical level Monday, particularly in Mae Sai district, which went over the top, registering over 400 microgrammes per cubic metre. The level of 431.6 microgrammes per cubic metre, which exceeded a safety standard of 120 microgrammes per […]
A 19 year-old man was arrested while trying to smuggle a cell phone into Chiang Rai Prison. Nineteen year-old Kietkul Cheurmur, a native of Chiang Rai Province, was arrested while trying to throw ten cellphone headsets across the wall of Chiang Rai Central Prison. Read more: TAN Network
Ayutthaya tops the list of the 10 most endangered Heritage sites in Asia, according to the Global Heritage Fund. Asia’s architectural treasures, from a Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan to an ancient city in China, are in danger of vanishing under a tide of economic expansion, war and tourism, according to experts. Read more: Bangkok Post
A murder suspect heading to a court trial was shot dead in downtown Samut Sakhon’s Muang district yesterday morning. Police suspect he was killed in a “hush killing” to prevent him from revealing a murder mastermind, or he may have died over illegal activities or some personal conflict. Read more: The Nation
