A combined force of police and military seized two million methamphetamine pills or ya baa from a passenger van in Den Chai district of Phrae province Sunday morning. Acting on a tipoff that a huge drug haul was to be smuggled by road through the province. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
PHRAE, 23 August 2014 (NNT) – An earth tremor measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale has been recorded in Sung Men, a district of Phrae Province, northern Thailand The Seismology Office of the Meteorological Department reports that the tremor occurred at 1.40 a.m. today at a depth of 1 kilometer. There were no reports of […]
The man in Phrae province who was bitten by a Brown Tarantula spider and had his leg amputated to save his life has died of intestinal haemorrhage. Dr Thongchai Meeluekarn, deputy director of Phrae provincial hospital, said that the patient, Mr Uthai Wiangkham, a native of Mae Puak, Den Chai district, was placed under 24-hour […]
BANGKOK, 11 December 2013 (NNT) – Nok Air, one of Thialand’s budget airlines, has increased the number of weekly flights from Bangkok to the northern province of Phrae to better serve surging demand. The carrier will start flying between Bangkok and Phrae every day or seven flights a week on Wednesday. At present, it has […]
PHRAE, July 18 – State Railway of Thailand (SRT) north-bound train service is expected to resume operation today at noon after the suspension caused by an express train derailment in Phrae which injured more than 30 passengers yesterday. Workers have tried to retrieve all seven carriages Wednesday night but only five could be cleared so […]
BANGKOK, July 17 – The deteriorated condition of the tracks combined with bad weather may have caused the Bangkok-Chiang Mai train derailment last night, an incident which injured more than 30 persons, Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt said today. The minister quoted State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Prapat Chongsanguan who inspected the accident scene as […]
PHRAE, 11 March 2013 (NNT)-The Seismological Bureau Thailand has reported an earthquake of 2.9 magnitude on the Richter scale in Phrae province at 09.14 hrs in Song district. No damage or injuries have been reported. News source: NNT
LAMPANG, Feb 10 – Dust particle levels in Thailand’s northern provinces have increased, while Chiang Mai’s airport has to turn on spotlights along the whole runway area due to poor visibility. Regarding the haze and smog situation, the average dust particles recorded in northern provinces has risen, with Phrae at 112 microgrammes/cubic metre and Lampang […]
