Buri Ram Giving Away 1,000 Marijuana Plants Friday
Buri Ram Province will hand out 1,000 free cannabis plants on Friday, a day after marijuana is officially decriminalized. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said...
WATCH: 2 Deep South Marine-Police Stations Attacked; 3 Hurt
Heavily armed criminals attacked marine police stations in Tak Bai District of Narathiwat Wednesday night. Three officials were injured amid explosions and gunshots. Six men...
7 Issan Provinces Warned Over Rising Mekong
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has warned people in seven northeastern provinces that the Mekong River will rise on May 25 and...
Pattani Protest Wednesday to Demand Firing of Hijab-Banning School Principal
Parents will protest in Pattani on Wednesday to call for the firing of the principal of Anuban School for banning students from wearing hijabs. The...
Teen Girl’s Suicide Puts Spotlight on Thailand’s Worrying Rise in Self-Harm
The suicide of a child after she was expelled for having no money to pay school fees has shocked a nation where people are...
Tak Police Recover Some Gold Stolen in ฿5 Million Heist
Police in Tak recovered trays and pieces of gold ornaments in Muang District during their hunt for a thief who stole gold ornaments worth...
Chiang Rai Reopens Laos Border, But Requires Covid-19 Booster or PCR...
Chiang Rai will reopened its border crossings with Laos on Wednesday but required Laotians to have had three Covid-19 shots to be exempted from...
Tourists Are Back, But Thailand’s Maya Bay Has Learned Its Lesson
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4 years of uninterrupted recovery have made 'The Beach' a paradise again
Teen Cellphone Lust, Acquiescing Parents Fat Targets for Online Fraudsters
Teenagers’ incessant lust for the newest mobile phones – and parents’ willingness to spoil their offspring – continues to open the door to fraudsters. This...
Police Find 11 Bodies, Shut Down Poop-Eating Cult in Issan
Police arrested a self-proclaimed holy man who instructed his followers to consume his bodily fluids as remedies for their ailments in the northeastern province...
WATCH: Thai Army Explodes Bridge Used by Myanmar Refugees, Sparking Outrage
Video released by an NGO showing a Thai soldier destroying a bamboo footbridge used by refugees from Myanmar to cross into Thailand has raised...
Thailand Reopens 2 Laos Border Crossings
Immigration police in Nakhon Phanom Province on Monday reopened two border crossings with Laos, including a pier to serve tourists and locals as cross-border...
Southern Peace Talks to Resume in June After ‘Succcessful’ Ramadan Ceasefire
The government is hopeful for a lasting ceasefire with Muslim separatists after a de-escalation in violence in the three Muslim-majority southernmost provinces during the...
Thailand Pledges Houses, Aid for Moken ‘Sea Gypsies’
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit promised to provide appropriate housing for stateless Moken people in Phuket and other southern areas in the Andaman Sea. Jurin announced...
Fire-Breathing Monk Told to Snuff Out Flames
A senior Buddhist monk who gained notoriety for blowing blew flumes of fire from his mouth has been ordered stop performing the trick. Tawatchai, the...
Phitsanulok’s Phu Hin Rong Kla to Close 2 Months to Allow...
Popular Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park in Phitsanulok Province will close for until June 30 to allow for environmental rehabilitation. Park chief Suthon Wiangdao...
Border Patrol on High Alert After Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge Bombing
An explosion from a suspected car bomb on the Myawaddy side of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship bridge has raised the alert level on the...
Southern Landbridge Sets 2 Terminus Ports
The Southern Economic Corridor board has selected two key piers for the proposed landbridge project linking the Andaman coast and the Gulf of Thailand. Transport...
Buddhists Red-Faced as Drunk Monk Passes Out, Flashes Junk to Temple-Goers
Another man in orange has sparked red faces in Thailand after the monk passed out drunk with his genitals in full view at a...
Pattani Bomb Blast Breaks Muslim Insurgents’ Vow Not to Kill During...
A Ramadan truce brokered this month between Islamist separatists and security forces was broken by bomb explosions in the southern province of Pattani, leaving...
Gov’t Covid-19 Hypocrisy Reaches New Heights by Allowing 10,000-Strong Full Moon...
More than 10,000 maskless Thais and foreign partied like it was 2019 at the first full-blown Full Moon Party since before the coronavirus pandemic,...
Thailand Claims 145 Deported Myanmar Refugees ‘Volunteered’ to Return Home
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Repatriation of job seekers, asylum seekers continues.
Muslim Insurgents Vow to Not Kill Anyone in Deep South During...
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Gov't hails ceasefire, hoping it leads to lasting peace
Missing Iranian Found Dead After Phangnga Rafting Accident
An Iranian man who went missing after his whitewater rafting boat capsized in Phangnga has been found dead. The Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office...