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KHON KAEN: Thirteen people were injured when their passenger van crashed into a truck trailer, wedged there and was dragged along the road as the truckie tried to shake it off. Passenger Darika Phimphaeng told police the van driver had tried to overtake the trailer truck, moving into the right lane,
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KHON KAEN, 15th May 2018 (NNT) – A fire at a school in Khon Kaen’s Ranuan district caused by a lightning bolt has resulted in damage estimated at over 5 million baht. A heavy storm set off the fire at the storage building of Srikranuan Wittayakhom School in Kranuan district of
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KHON KAEN, 6th April 2018 (NNT) - Khon Kaen Exotic Pet and Night Safari has officially opened its doors to welcome animal lovers to the world of exotic African species. The zoo’s executive owner, Apichart Wattanakul, said today that the zoo was created out of a love for exotic animals. Apichart
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GPS data from a stolen car led police to a storage depot Khon Kaen that’s suspected to be a base for fencing stolen merchandise across the Mekong River, where there is high demand for used vehicles. Provincial Police Region 4 chief Pol Lt General Surachai Khuantechakhup said police and soldiers raiding
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KHON KAEN: A Russian, a Taiwanese and five Thais have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a victim in Mukdahan province of 1.6 million baht last year through a phone scam. Pol Lt Gen Surachai Kuandachacupt, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 5, identified the suspects as Dmitry Gordeev, 30, of Russia, Su
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KHON KAEN: Police have arrested a coffee shop owner who allegedly used the business to front a gold auction scam on Facebook that took in more than 100 million baht. Pachayapa Kongsai, 29, was detained on an arrest warrant dated Dec 8 for using a computer to post false information and/or
Read More KHON KAEN: A 53-year-old teacher has been arrested and about 10 unregistered guns and 230 bullets he allegedly bought from Laos or seized from his students over the past five years confiscated. Uthit Meethaowal was taken into custody at his office in Ban Phonthong Prachasan School, Phon district, on Wednesday afternoon
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KHON KAEN: Twelve Vietnamese nationals, including a baby boy, were arrested for illegal entry and overstaying visas during a search of a Nong Khai-bound interprovincial bus in Muang district early Saturday morning. Immigration and tourist police stopped for a search the bus, operating on Bangkok-Nong Khai route, at a checkpoint on Mittraphap
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