CHIANG RAI, April 23 – Two drug suspects were arrested in the northernmost province of Chiang Rai with two kilogrammes of ‘ice’, crystal methamphetamine, and 158,000 methamphetamine pills valued at some Bt50 million (about US$1.7 million). Worawut Eausuwanwong and Supattra Radinghin were detained while boarding a Bangkok-bound bus at Chiang Rai bus terminal with the […]
BANGKOK, April 22 – The Meteorological Department warned of possible summer thunderstorm in Thailand’s northern and northeastern regions in the next two days. The weather warning issued on Sunday indicated a high pressure system originating from China prevailed over the upper part of the country with hot weather covering Thailand. Read more: MCOT
NAN, 6 April 2012 (NNT) – Heavy rain last night caused the water level in the Nan River to rise and overflow its banks into residential area forcing residents to move their belongings to safer places. Shopkeepers in Hat Hin Khao and Hat Ruam Jai Communities in Muang District had to move their belongings on […]
PHITSANULOK, 31 March 2012 (NNT) – Passengers of a Bangkok-bound train experienced a life-threatening moment Friday evening as an engine carriage of the Chiang Mai-Bangkok Sprinter reportedly sent out black smoke while on its way to the capital. A plume of black smoke quickly spread to the passenger carriage, as the train was pulling up […]
BANGKOK, 31 March 2012 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) joins hands with the Water Tourism Association in Ayutthaya province in bringing back boat trips for tourists in a bid to generate more income to villages after the floods last year. The secretary of the Ayutthaya Water Tourism Association, Manas Sapmeechai, said the […]
Two drug suspects were killed and another wounded after a sting operation in Kamphaeng Phet, which ended in their vehicle hitting a tree while they tried to escape. A policeman in plainclothes, who was blocking the fleeing sedan and jumped over its hood, sustained injuries after the car hit a tree. The officers in hiding […]
In a black day on Thai roads yesterday, 10 people died and 52 were hurt, many seriously, in just two multi-car pile-ups. The first accident involved 18 cars on Mittaparb Road in Saraburi province and killed three people and injured some 20 others. A second accident in Ayutthaya killed seven and |injured 12 others. Read […]
AYUTTHAYA, March 28 – Seven people were killed and 12 others injured today when a pickup truck carrying illegal Myanmar migrant workers veered off the road and plunged into a roadside irrigation canal in Ayutthaya, 65km north of Bangkok, according to local police. The accident in Ban Phraek district left five women and two men […]
