Park rangers from Salak Phra wildlife sanctuary, in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi, have been trying to locate and sedate a wounded elephant, after it was hit by a pickup truck and is believed to have sustained a broken leg on Sunday. The chief of the sanctuary, Paitoon Intharabut, said that two women in the […]
Hundreds of people fled to Thailand on Friday (24 December) after the Myanmar Army carried out air strikes in the town of Lay Kay Kaw in southeastern Kayin State. The town is the scene of heavy fighting between the army and the anti-coup Karen National Union (KNU) armed group, which controls the area. Residents had […]
PRACHIN BURI: A six-wheel lorry taking workers to an industrial estate ploughed into a herd of buffalo on a road in Si Mahaphot district on Sunday morning, killing five of them, police said. The accident occurred at about 5.40am on a rural road near Moo 6 village in tambon Nong Phrong, Pol Lt Pongpol Kanngan, […]
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Lao PDR at 4.06am local time, with its epicentre at a depth of about 10 kilometres, was reported by the Earthquake Observation Division of Thailand’s Meteorological Department this morning (Monday). It said that this significant seismic event was located about 20 kilometres to the southeast of Ban Nam Chang […]
One soldier died and another was seriously injured after falling from a high cliff at Doi Montha in Tak while on duty patrolling the border for drug traffickers on Sunday. Deputy army spokesman Col Sirichan Ngathong said soldiers from the Naresuan Force have been deployed recently to search for illegal migrants on Doi Montha mountain […]
TAK, Dec 17 (TNA) – About 1,000 Myanmar people fled a clash between Myanmar soldiers and ethnic troops on their homeland and crossed the Moei River to take shelter in Mae Sot district. The clash between Myanmar soldiers and troops of the Karen National Union happened in Myawaddy opposite Mae Sot at noon. People at […]
TAK: Security authorities sent reinforcements to the Myanmar refugee camp where a riot erupted on Tuesday night and insisted on legal action against dissident refugees. Paramilitary rangers, border patrol police, local administrators and territorial defence volunteers were deployed around the perimeter of the Mae La refugee camp in tambon Mae La on Thursday in a […]
NAKHON SAWAN, Dec 14 (TNA) – A training helicopter of the army crashed in front of the Jiraprawat military camp at about 9.30am. It burst into flame and an aviation instructor and his student were killed instantly. Local rescue workers reported that the Enstorm B480 helicopter of the Army Aviation Center took off from the […]
