Chachoengsao – A man was found death Friday morning with serious wounds apparently inflicted by dogs, police said. Police said Khamchan Kalawong, 47, was apparently mauled by four pitbull terriers of his neighbour Thursday night. He was apparently walking home in Khaowong village in Tambon Tha Takiab of Tha Takiab district when he was attacked. […]
SA KAEO, Feb 10 – A South Korean man charged with embezzlement in his homeland was detained Friday by Thai authorities at an immigration checkpoint in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo, bordering Cambodia. Kim Dong Woo, 34 year-old South Korean national, was taken into custody at the immigration checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district while he […]
A 3-year, 2-month old Lampang boy stuns everyone with his amazing abilities to read both Thai and English despite not receiving any schooling. Reporters were invited to house number 40, Moo 1 in Ban Mae Chang, Nasak Subdistrict, Maemoh District in Lampang to prove the genius of Thanwa Woratunkaew, who’s 3 years and 3 months […]
Chao Phraya River overflows, inundating Ayutthaya’s Sena District, officials say unseasonal rain caused high water level, not water discharged from dams. MCOT
CHIANG RAI, Feb 6 – Still recovering from last year’s record flooding, Thailand is now facing a new natural disaster: drought. Several provinces in northern Thailand face a shortage of water for household use and farming as rainfall has declined or even stopped altogether for months in some areas. The northern province of Chiang Rai […]
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has stepped up a probe into a land-encroachment case in Ratchaburi linked to a high-profile murder allegedly ordered by the father of a Cabinet member in the Abhisit Vejjajiva government. Speaking yesterday during an inspection, DSI special agent Prawuth Wongsrinil said two vast land plots involved in the case […]
AYUTTHAYA, 4 February 2012 (NNT) – The flood-hit industrial estates in Ayutthaya Province are signaling full recovery from the flood disaster as most of the plants there have resumed their operation. Many factories located in Hitech, Bang Pa-in, Rojana, and Saharattananakorn industrial estates have resumed their full production, enabling the affected staff to work again. […]
BANGKOK, 4 January 2012 (NNT) – A number of provinces in the North and the Northeast of Thailand have been hit by drought and declared disaster zones. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Director-General Vibe Sanguanpong said on Friday that, currently, there are 4 provinces declared disaster zones because of severe drought. Three of […]
