AYUTTHAYA, Sept 30 (TNA) – Rescue workers seriously searched for a couple who went missing after their tugboat capsized. They planned to use side scan sonar for the search. The mission followed the tragedy of the tugboat which capsized in the middle of the Chao Phraya River where the Pa Sak River adjoins it in […]
KANCHANABURI: An earthquake of magnitude 3.2, centred in Sri Sawat district, was recorded by seismologists early on Tuesday morning. The Meteorological Department reported the quake occured at 4.39am and was centred six kilometres underground, below tambon Khao Jot of Sri Sawat district. Full story: Bangkok Post Piyarat Chongcharoen BANGKOK POST
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Prime Minister has visited Sukhothai province to seek a long-term solution to floods in the area, as citizens in many districts of Sukhothai are affected by floods whenever there is a long period of rainfall. Aside from Sukhothai, other provinces in the lower northern region also have a similar problem with […]
A Thai temple, called “Wat Tha Phu Rat Bamrung” or “Wat Tha Phu”, in Kanchanaburi has been ordered to close its controversial drug rehabilitation facility and is being probed by the Narcotics Control Board, the Public Health Ministry and local authorities, after allegations of ransom, torture and human rights violations surfaced. The temple’s management claimed […]
PRACHIN BURI: A forest ranger was killed and another one injured in an attack by a wild gaur while they were patrolling in Khao Yai National Park on Friday. The two were among six rangers who had been conducting patrols in national park areas that straddle Nakhon Nayok and Prachin Buri provinces since Wednesday. They […]
AYUTTHAYA: Seven members of a major drug network have been arrested with more than 7 million speed pills, 300kg of crystal methamphetamine and 184kg of ketamine during a raid on a house in Bang Pa-in district. A team of officials from the Narcotics Suppression Bureau raided the house in tambon Chiang Rak Noi around 8pm […]
The Pang Sida national park, in Thailand’s eastern province of Sa Kaeo, has launched a hunt for a tiger which has killed two buffaloes in the past week weeks. The park’s chief, said today (Thursday) that three teams of trackers and hunters have been deployed, working with officials from the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Wildlife Research […]
PHITSANULOK: A Myanmar man allegedly shot dead a Thai colleague who told him to turn down his radio at a golf cart repair shop in Phrom Phiram district on Sunday night. Pol Capt Kanapot Intaputi, deputy chief investigator at Phrom Phiram, said the shooting occurred about 7.40pm at the cart repair shop at the Silver […]
