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PM urges Songkran drink-driving crackdown
Online Reporters, Published on 10/04/2026
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has called for strict enforcement of drink‑driving laws, calling on provincial governors to help cut road casualties during the Thai New Year holiday.
Bodies of three Thai crew to be repatriated before Songkran, says Julapun
Online Reporters, Published on 10/04/2026
» The bodies of three Thai crew members of the MV Mayuree Naree, who lost their lives in an attack on the vessel in the Strait of Hormuz are expected to be repatriated to Thailand in time for Songkran, said Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat.
Pratunam flyover to close for 10 months for Orange Line construction
Online Reporters, Published on 09/04/2026
» The Pratunam flyover on Phetchaburi Road, Bangkok, will be closed to traffic for about 10 months from late April as tunnelling for the Orange Line enters a critical underground phase, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) announced on Thursday.
State bus operator freezes fares, deploys 7,700 buses for Songkran
Online Reporters, Published on 08/04/2026
» State-run Transport Co Ltd has pledged to keep fares unchanged through April 19 and deploy more than 7,700 buses to handle the annual Songkran travel rush, assuring passengers there will be no one left stranded.
Probe ordered into screaming SRT train driver
Online Reporters, Published on 08/04/2026
» The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has ordered an investigation into the behaviour of an SRT Red Line train driver, who was heard screaming loudly from inside her control cab for a few stations, terrifying passengers aboard.
Food poisoning leaves 140 ill at Taiwan spring roll stall
Online Reporters, Published on 07/04/2026
» KAOHSIUNG – A suspected case of mass food poisoning in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, has left 140 people hospitalised, with 12 testing positive for salmonella. Authorities have traced the outbreak to a spring roll stall at Zhengyi Market in Lingya district.
Bangkok Songkran to be alcohol-free and end at 10pm
Online Reporters, Published on 07/04/2026
» Bangkok will ensure water splashing remains alcohol-free citywide during Songkran, with all such activities to end by 10pm.
Thailand swelters under blanket of haze
Online Reporters, Published on 05/04/2026
» Much of Thailand is sweltering under a humid heatwave with temperatures touching 40°C as hazardous levels of PM2.5 pollution continue to blanket the North, Northeast and Central Plain.
Bottled drinking water placed on price-control list
Online Reporters, Published on 04/04/2026
» The government has added bottled drinking water and seasoning sauces to its price-control list, along with plastic pellets, in order to prevent undue price increases in light of cost pressures arising from the Middle East war.
57 million litres of fuel ‘missing’ from Surat Thani depots
Online Reporters, Published on 03/04/2026
» Irregularities have been found in the disappearance of 57 million litres of fuel during transport to six oil depots in the southern province of Surat Thani, according to Justice Minister Rutthaphon Naowarat.