Floods hit 64,400 homes in South

Flooding has affected more than 64,400 households in nine southern provinces since Sunday and persists in seven provinces, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Tuesday. Days of heavy rain from Sunday to Tuesday brought flash floods, landslides and gusty winds to the nine provinces of Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung, […]

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Smoking at home to be banned

A law prohibiting smoking at home will come into effect on Aug 20 in a bid to reduce deaths caused by second-hand smoke. Smokers will be given 90 days to refrain from the habit, which puts relatives living under the same roof at serious health risk, according to the 2019 Family Development and Protection Act […]

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Fire Destroys Nearly 70 Moken Tribe Homes

PHANG NGA — Hundreds of Moken tribe members were evacuated after nearly 70 homes on Koh Surin were destroyed in a major fire Sunday night. At around 9:30pm, officials were alerted to a fire breaking out in the Phang Nga province island’s Moken Village. Under heavy winds, the fire quickly spread and destroyed about 65 […]

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Fire Ravages Bangkok Sport Officials Homes

BANGKOK — A massive fire destroyed five buildings used to accommodate sport officials early Monday in eastern Bangkok. Police said the fire started at about 1:30am in the residential quarters of the Sport Authority in Bang Kapi district. Five fire trucks put the blaze under control in about half an hour and no casualties were […]

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Burglar-proof home in Thailand (Video)

This is a hilarious video. A professional burglar performs surveillance and attempts to ransack a genuine and very special house located in Thailand. เข้าตามตรอก ออกตามประตู 😠😠 ริอาจจะเป็นโจร 😤ทำไปได้ @o@ Posted by ภัทรานิษฐ์ สุทธหลวง on Tuesday, 20 June 2017 Video courtesy of ภัทรานิษฐ์ สุทธหลวง‎ /Facebook.

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