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Arsenic levels rising in Mekong
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/03/2026
» Civil society groups have warned that heavy metals -- particularly arsenic -- are gradually accumulating in sections of the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand.
Wild elephant crosses Mekong River into Laos
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/03/2026
» BUENG KAN - Phuwua Wildlife Sanctuary rangers are waiting anxiously on the bank of the Mekong River for the return of a wild elephant that crossed the river into Laos on Sunday morning.
Summer storm damages dozens of houses in Nakhon Phanom
Published on 21/03/2026
» NAKHON PHANOM - Almost 100 households were damaged by strong winds when the first rain of the year, with hailstorms, struck this northeastern province on Friday.
75 years of Thai-Lao relations
Oped, Published on 18/03/2026
» December is a meaningful month for the peoples of Thailand and the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), as it marks the national days of both countries -- 2 Dec for Lao PDR and 5 Dec for Thailand. December 2025 is particularly significant as it commemorates the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Lao PDR and, on 19 Dec, the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and the Lao PDR when both countries launched the formal establishment of diplomatic relations on 19 Dec 1950.
400kg of 'ice' seized in Northeast
Online Reporters, Published on 02/02/2026
» NONG KHAI - Border patrols have seized a total of 400 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, known as “ice”, left for collection on the bank of the Mekong River by smugglers.
Unsafe levels of smog in Bangkok and 57 provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2026
» Unsafe levels of ultrafine dust blanketed 57 provinces and Bangkok and one province, Samut Songkhram, faced a red level of harmful smog.
Red levels of PM2.5 cover about one-third of Thailand, including Greater Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 28/01/2026
» The harmful levels (red levels) of ultrafine dust shrouded about one-third of Thailand on Wednesday morning, including Bangkok and nearby provinces.
Red levels of PM2.5 reach three digits in Greater Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» Seriously harmful levels of ultrafine dust, three times the safe limit, were reported in Greater Bangkok on Tuesday morning, while most of Thailand was blanketed with unsafe smog.
Harmful smog levels over most of Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2026
» Bangkok and 57 provinces of Thailand were shrouded with unsafe levels of ultrafine dust, with seriously harmful red levels in the capital and 15 provinces, on Monday morning.
Smog levels unsafe in most of Thailand including Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 22/01/2026
» Unsafe levels of ultrafine dust at the orange level (starting to harm health) shrouded Bangkok and 53 provinces, mostly in the Central Plains and the Northeast, late Thursday morning.