LAMPANG, Dec 17 – The northern province of Lampang on Saturday announced 13 districts as disaster zones due to a sudden cold snap, with temperatures dipping lower than 15 degrees Celsius. Lampang deputy governor Suwan Klaosoontorn said the temperature in the province has quickly dropped by at least 7 degrees over the past two weeks, […]
Two senior flood officials based in Loei, who were assigned to help with relief operations in Bangkok’s Sai Mai area, were shot dead Saturday – allegedly by their drunk driver. Thammanop Akkharaphin was found shot dead in Wat Nong Yai, where a Loeibased company of civilian defence volunteers was camped, while Suphat Phoothronsri, who was […]
BANGKOK, Dec 16 – The commandant of the Royal Thai Marine Corps on Friday said Cambodia’s firing on a Thai helicopter on a border mission was caused by a misunderstanding but said that Cambodian and Thai agencies would meet Saturday to discuss measures to prevent any repetition of the incident. Vice Admiral Pongsak Phureeroj spoke […]
More incidents of the Chao Phraya River’s banks collapsing have been reported in Ayutthaya while an expert warned that more river banks in other provinces could give way too after the prolonged floods. Late Monday night, a section of the Chao Phraya River bank collapsed again in tambon Ban Kum, Bang Ban district, not far […]
Frost happened on mountaintops in the North of Thailand where the lowest temperature fell to 5 Celsius degree Sunday morning, the Meteorological Department announced. The department announced in its daily weather report that the minimum temperatures on mountaintops in northern provinces ranged from 5 to 11 degrees while the temperature on the lowland in the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 9 – International experts of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) expressed concern about the stability of the monuments, foundations and decorative works at Thailand’s historic city of Ayutthaya after it was hit by the country’s most disastrous flooding in decades. “There is a need to closely monitor the condition […]
Bangkok, December 7, 2011 — The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently held the “Ayutthaya Cleaning Day” event as part of its “Beautiful Thailand” campaign to restore Thai tourism following the country’s recent flood. The event, which took place on Sunday, December 4, 2011, also commemorated HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 84th birthday. Thousands of volunteers […]
Eight killed, 51 injured as Chiang Mai-Bangkok bus crashes into LPG gas station in Lampang; driver drowsiness may be cause. Eight people were killed and 51 others injured when a bus travelling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok left the road and crashed into the fence of a fuel station in Lampang’s Thoen district early yesterday. […]
