A FIERCE forest fire that erupted last night (Feb. 12) at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province has already spread across nearly 4,000 rai as officials urgently spraying water and set up firebreaks to contain it, Amarin TV said. The severe forest fire broke out at 8.40 p.m. within this research
Month: February 2026
Election Commission dismisses call for recount of votes in Chonburi
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION Commission today (Feb.12) categorically dismissed a persistent call from students for a recount of all votes in a constituency of Chonburi amidst allegations of rigging and irregularities over Sunday’s election. Election Commission Chair Narong Klanwarin announced that the polling agency had investigated the alleged rigging and irregularities over
Read more11 minor quakes at Surat Thani due to fault group moving
THE 11 minor earthquakes that struck Surat Thani province since yesterday with the strongest being 3.2 magnitude on the Richter scale at a depth of two kilometres hitting at 2.07 a.m. today (Feb. 12) occurred due to movement in the Khlong Marui Fault Zone (KMFZ), PPTVHD36 said. The Department of Mineral Resources said these
Read moreTeacher ‘didn’t punish hostage-taker’s sister’
A TEACHER at a school in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province said a fellow teacher sought out by the gunman who stormed in yesterday (Feb. 11) did not punish his younger sister as claimed while the principal who was shot has succumbed to her wounds, Amarin TV said today. The hostage-taking crisis started
Read moreMysteriously unequal totals of constituency/party ballots reported
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS seen as an untoward phenomenon, the total of counted ballots for constituency-based mode of Sunday’s election was found vastly unequal to that for party-listed mode and the Election Commission has not as yet given any explanation to the puzzling outcome. According to reports on the polling agency’s
Read moreUpdate: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at
Read moreGunman holding students, teachers hostage surrenders
A GUNMAN who took students and teachers hostage at a prestigious school in Hat Yai has surrendered with the principal he shot later dying in the hospital, Amarin TV said this evening (Feb. 11). At approximately 4.45 p.m. the gunman, who is a former student around 16 to 17 years old, opened fire within
Read moreSome referees ‘bought’ to rig votes for rogue contestants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN REFEREES at many voting units had been allegedly bought with money by rogue candidates to surreptitiously manipulate to rig the votes and land them undue victories in Sunday’s election for MPs, according to a partisan source. Those kickback-taking, biased referees who had mingled with others at many voting units,
Read moreSuspect held in bombing of petrol pump restroom
A THAI army and police team today (Feb. 11) arrested a suspect in the bombing of a restroom at a PTT petrol pump in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province, last evening that led to three people being injured, Naewna newspaper said. Based on photographs and a surveillance camera clip as well as tips from
Read moreD-Day! ‘Normal’ sweetness reduced by 50%
STARTING today (Feb. 11) the Public Health Ministry together with nine major beverage brands in Thailand have started implementing a new “normal sweetness” standard with this being 50% less than before to help decrease the risk of getting overweight and developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Amarin TV said. Among the nine beverage brands joining the
Read moreRecount of votes in all five constituencies of Supanburi demanded
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RECOUNT of votes in all five constituencies of Supanburi was today (Feb.10) demanded amidst allegations of electoral rigging and irregularities. The People’s called on the Election Commission to have all five constituencies of the central province recounted after four Bhumjaithai candidates and one Klatham contestant had reportedly swept victories
Read morePeople’s calls for recounting of votes in 10 questionable constituencies
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’s, the second largest elected party in Sunday’s election, today (Feb.10) called for the recounting of votes in 10 constituencies amidst allegations of electoral rigging and irregularities. Given complaints of electoral rigging and irregularities filed by people in those constituencies and elsewhere in the provinces, the reformist camp insisted
Read moreMan arrested for smuggling rhino horns
By AFP and published by CNA THAI authorities arrested a man for allegedly smuggling more than 11kg of rhino horns inside wrapped meat, in a case officials linked today (Feb. 10) to an international wildlife trafficking network. The 36-year-old Vietnamese man was detained on Monday after landing at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on suspicion of
Read moreSafety to be boosted at Chatuchak market after latest fire
FOLLOWING a fire at Chatuchak market last night which reignited this morning (Feb. 10) the district chief ordered a review of safety measures as multiple blazes have already occurred there while compensation and rent reduction is being considered for affected vendors, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said. Mr. Prasat Phosrimat, Chatuchak’s district chief, who
Read moreBDMS Wellness Clinic unites public and private sectors to accelerate Thailand’s wellness tourism ecosystem
Joint effort to drive economic growth under the “Wellness Hub Thailand” vision Promotional article PUBLIC and private sectors have united to build a holistic Wellness Ecosystem, pushing Thailand’s health economy toward international leadership. Mr. Chuwit Sirivajjakul, Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), joined Tanupol Virunhagarun, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of
Read moreDozen designated People’s MPs retroactively charged with lese majeste lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN DESIGNATED People’s MPs including party leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut were today (Feb.9) retroactively charged with breaching the lese majeste law by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The anti-graft agency’s resolution unanimously adopted only a day after the general election had been held on Sunday was to take retroactive, legal action
Read moreDome-shaped building in Samut Prakan collapses
A LARGE dome-shaped building within the Metropolitan Electricity Authority training and skills testing centre in Samut Prakan province collapsed at around noon today (Feb. 9) with rescuers who rushed to the scene to help those possibly trapped in the rubble not allowed in and initial report indicating two persons got injured, Naewna newspaper and
Read morePheu Thai unnecessary for Bhumjaithai-led coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI, the largest elected party in Sunday’s election, will likely align with the Klatham, the fourth largest elected camp, but not with the Pheu Thai who came out as third to set up a coalition government, partisan sources said today (Feb.9). Given 193 MP seats which the ultra-conservative Bhumjaithai
Read moreJapan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Takaichi forges stunning election win
By Reuters and published by CNA TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition swept to a historic election win on Sunday (Feb. 8), paving the way for promised tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending aimed at countering China. The conservative Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader who says she is
Read moreBhumjaithai scores landslide victory over People’s
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE Bhumjaithai, surreptitiously steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob, scored a landslide victory in today’s (Feb.8) election, emerging as the largest elected party overwhelmingly defeating the reformist People’, according to unofficial reports. At the time of unofficially reporting, the Bhumjaithai under whose tickets Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin
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