A man and a woman have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking in separate cases in Kanchanaburi and Sisaket, police told a press conference yesterday. Boonlert Timthong, 36, the owner of a restaurant in Kanchanaburi’s Muang district, was arrested in a sting operation for allegedly forcing six women from Myanmar to work as prostitutes. […]
Kanchanaburi has been hit by flash floods as a result of forest runoff and water flow from the nearby province of Ratchaburi. Heavy downpours caused by the influence of Gaemi, forest runoff from the Tennsaserim Hills (known as the Tanaosi Hills in Thai), and earlier heavy rain in Ratchaburi that accumulated in waterways and eventually […]
An earthquake registering 2.9 on the Richter scale in Thong Pha Phum in Kanchanaburi on Friday night did no damage to Sri Nakarin or Vachiralongkorn dams in neighbouring Sri Sawat district, officials said yesterday. Vachiralongkorn Dam assistant director Dilok Thanosawan affirmed that the dam was unaffected by the quake, which was centred 37 kilometres away. […]
A strange natural phenomena occurred in Amphur Nakornthai, Phitsanulok province. PHITSANULOK – April 25, 2012 [PDN]; A fire was reported burning under the ground covering an area of 400 square meters. The fire burned the feet of the locals and a cow, cats and dogs were reported to have been killed by the underground fire. […]
The west of Bangkok faces the risk of being under a metre of water in the next few days, a senior official from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said. “The water will likely cover the entire western zone of Bangkok, with the level ranging between 50 centimetres and one metre,” Chainat Niyomthoon, deputy director of […]
BANGKOK, Sept 3 — Many provinces along Chao Phraya River basin were hard hit by flood as Singburi ordered closures of 16 schools in In Buri district while four districts in Phitsanulok were still affected by flood. The increasing water level of the Chao Phraya River due to discharged water from the Chao Phraya Dam […]
BANGKOK, 21 June 2011 (NNT) –The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has warned people residing in the central region, the East, and the western coast of the South about possible torrential rain and strong gusts from 21 to 25 June 2011. DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong said villagers living in risky spots, such as […]
