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6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (492+ words) Bangkok’s plan to replace its ageing cream-and-red buses with 1,520 electric vehicles has lost one of its two planned Chinese suppliers, although the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) says the project remains on schedule for 2027. Foton, which was originally due to…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (354+ words) A Thai man was arrested with 42,000 methamphetamine pills while sleeping in his car at a car wash in Kalasin province yesterday, September 7. The suspect, 39 year old Ekkaphon, was detained at about 12.30am at a car wash in Soi Masjid, off Pracha…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (258+ words) The World Health Organisation (WHO) verified Thailand’s elimination of rubella as a public health problem on September 5, making the country the seventh in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve the milestone. The Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (428+ words) Dr Chakriwat Vivacharawongse, the son of Thailand’s King, has said he is unwell but remains determined to recover. Known widely in Thailand as Than Aong, the 43-year-old physician posted a message on his official Facebook page on 6 September. “Right now…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (731+ words) About 20 kilometres south of Pattaya, on a former limestone quarry cliff in Sattahip District, Chon Buri Province, there is a golden Buddha image roughly 109 metres tall. Khao Chi Chan, commonly called Buddha Mountain, is one of the most visually striking…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (262+ words) The National Water Resources Office (NWR) issued a flash flood warning for 24 provinces in Thailand, covering September 4 to 8, 2026. The watch applies to the North, the Northeast and the East. It also covers waterlogging. NWR attributed the risk to a monsoon…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (390+ words) The Department of Disease Control is urging surveillance of hand, foot and mouth disease in young children across Thailand in 2026, as rainy season cases rise. Clustered outbreaks are common in schools and childcare centres. Children there have close contact during…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (657+ words) A 14 year old student allegedly stole his father’s service pistol and opened fire in a shooting at a secondary school in Kamphaeng Phet yesterday, September 2, before being talked down by a rescue volunteer and taken into custody, police and family…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) A man reportedly rammed his pickup truck into a motorcycle carrying his ex-girlfriend and her new partner in a Bangkok crash on Ratchadaphisek Road early this morning, September 3, killing both riders, after relatives said he had followed the couple from…...