Protesters against Nakhon Si Thammarat bio-mass power plant stage hunger strike

General view of Nakhon Si Thammarat in Southern Thailand
General view of Nakhon Si Thammarat in Southern Thailand. Photo: Axel Drainville / flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0.

Twelve protesters from Nabon district, in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, began a hunger strike this morning, in front of Government House in [Read More…]

Elderly man beaten to death at Nakhon Si Thammarat temple

A procession of Buddhists at Wat Phra Maha That Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat
A procession of Buddhists during Hae Pha Khuen That Festival at Wat Phra Maha That Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat . Photo: KOSIN SUKHUM.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man was arrested after beating an elderly man to death with a piece of firewood at Wat Khiriwong temple in Lan [Read More…]

Nakhon Si Thammarat quiet after being declared a COVID-19 ‘dark red’ province

Thai villages locked down after people contracted COVID-19
Thai villages locked down after people contracted COVID-19. Photo: Department of Public Relations / Prachatai / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The Muang district of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has fallen quiet, with about half of the shops shuttered, light traffic and fewer [Read More…]

Hospitals in Nakhon Si Thammarat stop using China’s Lepu ATKs due to high error rate

COVID-19 antigen test
COVID-19 antigen test. Image: Marco Verch Professional Photographer / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

The provincial health chief of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has ordered all state-run hospitals in the province to stop using the Chinese-made [Read More…]