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PHAYAO: A parked car burst into flames in Muang district on Wednesday morning, causing residents living in commercial buildings to flee in panic. No casualties were reported. Fire totally engulfed the Toyota Prius, with Bangkok licence plates, parked in front of one of six commercial buildings on Phayao-Padaed Road in tambon
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BANGKOK — A 12-year-old British girl and her father have been found nearly a week after a search was launched for them in Thailand. Coordination between U.K. and Thai authorities was credited with the discovery of Arisara “Zara” Miles after her father, Trevor Miles, took her from their Exeter home and
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PHAYAO, 17 November 2014 (NNT) – The bodies of nine officials have been retrieved from an army helicopter that crashed in Phayao province after experiencing a mechanical problem. A combined force of soldiers, police and rescue staff rushed to a paddy field in Mueang district of Phayao following a report that
Read More PHAYAO, Oct 7 - Three Thai suspects were arrested in this northern province for smuggling drugs worth at least Bt300 million. The seized items were 155 sticks of heroin, weighing 59 kg, and 218,000 methamphetamine pills. Read more: MCOT
Read More LAMPANG, 25 August 2012 (NNT) - Mr. Somboon Kositanon, director of the mineral resources office in Lampang province, has reported a slight earthquake occurring in the northern region of Thailand. The quake, measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale, occurred in Wang Nuea district, Lampang province. The earthquake is considered minor in
Read More Phayao police arrest Hmong hilltribesman with 2kg crystal meth and 20,000 methamphetamine pills worth Bt10 million on Chiang Rai-Bangkok bus. Read more: MCOT
Read More BANGKOK, March 14 – The seasonal haze enveloping Thailand’s northern provinces is gradually improving -- except for Lampang and Nan -- as the current particulate dust level is within acceptable safety standards, according to the Pollution Control Department. The pollution specialist agency reported that air quality inspection on Wednesday showed that
Read More Six province in the Upper North were covered by unsafe levels of haze, the Pollution Control Department reported yesterday. Air in the provinces contained fine particles beyond the acceptable level of 120 micrograms per cubic metre (mg/m3). The latest reading of particulate matter of up to 10 micrometres (PM10) in the
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