BANGKOK, 3 May 2012 (NNT) – The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) is speeding up the registration of hill tribe people in Kaeng Krachan National Park in a bid to prevent illegal logging, hunting and drug trafficking. DNP Director-General Damrong Phidet said the registration of the ethnic people was to facilitate […]
TAK, May 2 – Thai nationals are advised against crossing the Myanmar border at Tak’s Phop Phra district as their safety is uncertain after the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) threatened to retaliate unless the Thai authorities removes its leader’s name from Thailand’s list of drug traffickers, the Tak governor said on Wednesday. Governor Suriya […]
While many parts of Thailand suffer from heat and drought, authorities have launched rainmaking operations in the lower northern region to assist farmers. Kitti Thupsri, technical specialist at the Phitsanulok rainmaking operation centre, said yesterday that since March the centre – covering seven lower northern provinces – had dispatched 137 rainmaking flights using 150 tonnes […]
Six migrant workers killed, 21 wounded as pick-up truck carrying them overturns in Chachoengsao province. MCOT
Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) have arrested a couple for involvement in a jewellery scam alleged to have duped people in Nakhon Pathom and Bangkok out of Bt400 million, DSI chief Tharit Pengdit told a press conference yesterday. The arrests, made at the couple’s Nakhon Pathom home after the criminal court issued […]
A strange natural phenomena occurred in Amphur Nakornthai, Phitsanulok province. PHITSANULOK – April 25, 2012 [PDN]; A fire was reported burning under the ground covering an area of 400 square meters. The fire burned the feet of the locals and a cow, cats and dogs were reported to have been killed by the underground fire. […]
A Cambodian boy sat beside an Automatic Teller Machine in Sa Kaeo and died of electrocution due to “leakage” caused by improper installation. SAKAEW – April 23, 2012 [PDN]; Pol. Lt. Col. Phraisilp Kaewseekhao, Klong Leuk police station, Sa Kaeo province was notified by Pol. Col. Subin Boonlek, Superintendent, Klong Leuk police station of a […]
Two soldiers working with a psy-ops team under the Burapa Task Force were shot dead by another member of the team in Sa Kaeo province early Tuesday morning, police said. They were identified as Lt Boonlert Yoochim, 52, and Pvt Paskorn Choengkhao, 22. Read more: Bangkok Post
