Road accidents killed 299 people nationwide, with Nakhon Sawan leading the death tally at 13, over the first six of the “seven dangerous days” of Songkran. Bangkok and Ayutthaya were next the worst with 11 fatalities each, the Road Safety Centre said yesterday. As of Saturday, 3,172 people had been injured in traffic accidents, with […]
BANGKOK, 29 March 2011 (NNT) – The cabinet has acknowledged that some historical sites in the northern part of Thailand have been damaged by the recent 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar. In his report to the Cabinet, Culture Minister Nipit Intarasombat said the tremor in Myanmar last Thursday night brought damages to several monasteries such […]
An inquiry was ordered yesterday into the reported disappearance of 10 Thai Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage to Burma’s Kyaing Tong City. Office of National Buddhism (ONB) director Nopparat Benjawatananun said he had urged its Chiang Rai office to inquire if such 10 monks and disciples had travelled on a pilgrimage and gone missing after […]
74 reported killed in Burma, with most victims farmers hit by debris falling from hills; North and Bangkok experience some 60 aftershocks following Thursday’s earthquake There were around 60 aftershocks following two major earthquakes in Burma that were felt in Bangkok and Northern Thailand last night, with six of them exceeding 5.0 on the Richter […]
Two powerful earthquakes hit northern Burma last night, sending shock waves that shook buildings in many parts of Thailand and caused panic among high-rise residents in Bangkok. A 55-year-old woman, Hong Khamping, was killed when a concrete wall collapsed on her in Chiang Rai province, where the tremors were strongest. A 7-magnitude quake at 8.55pm […]
One killed as Thailand experiences shocks of magnitude-7 quake that hit Burma Chiang Mai and some parts of Bangkok experienced tremors last night following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Burma. The epicentre of the quake, in the hills of Burma bordering Thailand and Laos, was 89km from Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, […]
Four women were killed and 22 other passengers injured when an inter-provincial bus overturned in northern Phayao province on Monday morning. The Chiang Rai-bound bus carrying 30 passengers overturned on Phahon Yothin Road in front of Phayao University in Muang district. Four women passengers, all natives of Chiang Rai, died on the spot. Twenty-two passengers […]
CHIANG MAI, March 3 – The first day of Thailand’s royal rain-making operation in the North is proving successful as drought-affected areas will be targeted as a priority, according to Song Klinprathum, director of the Royal Rain Making Centre, Upper North office said. The timeframe of the rain-making operation plan this year runs through Oct […]
