TORRENTIAL RAIN pounded Bangkok this afternoon (August 28) turning the sky black and causing heavy traffic jams in many areas, Matichon newspaper reported. There was heavy traffic congestion at Prachanukul Intersection with vehicles not seeming to move. Likewise bad jams at Ngamwongwan, Pongpetch and Khaerai areas as well as Rama 4 road. The whole Rama
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Big fruit harvest in the South – most of it going overseas
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOUR TROPICAL FRUITS of southern Thailand – durian, mangosteen, rambutan and longkong – are being harvested for sales and largely destined for export. According to the Department of Agricultural Economics’ deputy secretary-general Anchana Tracho, a peak volume of durian fruit is getting ripe for harvest between this month and next in
Read moreJobless man saved from being crushed by train
A HUNGRY jobless man was rescued from being run over by a train as he dejectedly lay on the tracks by five other men who luckily spotted him through a cover of tall grass, Khaosod newspaper reported this morning (August 28, 2020). The incident occurred in Saraburi province with the 35-year-old man from Chiang Rai
Read moreRuckus at police station as northeastern activists flock in
KHON KAEN Universtiy student activist Mr. Jarupat Boonpattararaksa, or Phai Dao Din, and his group went to Samranrat police station this morning (August 28) to acknowledge charges stemming from the July 18 rally at the Democracy Monument leading to slight chaos and confrontation with the officers, INN News and Sanook.com reported. The group had camped
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