Horrific Bus Accident in Sisaket Kills Four People and Injures 24

Highway 226 from Sisaket to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Highway 226 from Sisaket to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. Photo: มะเดื่อ แสลงหลวง. CC BY 3.0.

At least four people have been killed and 24 injured when a bus carrying participants for trail running fell from a steep mountain road in [Read More…]

TIME Magazine Lists Phuket and Isan Among World’s Greatest Places for 2023

Prasat Hin Phimai in Korat
Phimai historical park in Nakhon Ratchasima. Photo: RSU Phimai.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Phuket and the Northeastern provinces of Thailand have been included on the TIME magazine’s list of “The World’s Greatest Places of 2023”. [Read More…]

Paetongtarn Leads Pheu Thai Party’s Election Campaign in Northeast

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Photo: Ing Paetongtarn @ingshin21 / Instagram.

LOEI, Jan 27 (TNA) – Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the main opposition Pheu Thai party’s chief advisor on public participation and innovation led the party’s key figure [Read More…]

Loss of water retention areas worsens flood situation in Ubon Ratchathani

Flooded street during Thailand floods in November 2011
Flooded street during Thailand floods. Photo: EU/ECHO/Mathias Eick.

The loss of natural water retention areas, through a lack of proper urban planning, is being blamed for the unusually serious flooding in the north-eastern [Read More…]