THE Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) this afternoon (Aug. 20) issued an urgent warning that five upper northeastern provinces are facing highest risk of flash floods with Sakon Nakhon being the centre of this new wave of inundation while floodwaters remain high in Nan, TV Channel 7, PPTVHD36 and Naewna newspaper said.
Day: August 20, 2026
No major parties prepared for election in near future
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NONE OF Thailand’s major parties, namely Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai and Klatham, could barely afford to contest a general election in consequence of a possible dissolution of the House of Representatives in the foreseeable future because they would be largely caught off guard and unprepared to spend a great deal of
Read morePanic at Phang Nga school after online shooting threat
A SCHOOL in Phang Nga was terrified today (Aug. 20) after a man brandishing a gun threatened to mount an attack in an online post with the motive apparently stemming from a family dispute, Naewna newspaper said. This followed a shooting spree at a Nonthaburi school on Aug. 7 with a 14-year-old male student
Read moreLaotian gold shop robbers nabbed, being extradited to Thailand
TWO Laotian men have been arrested in their country on charges of mounting a brazen robbery of a gold shop in Chiang Rai on the Thai side of the border making off with 184 baht weight of gold ornaments before fleeing across the Mekong river back to their homeland earlier this month, Naewna newspaper
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