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Confidence in government dips as fuel prices surge
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 04/04/2026
» Public confidence in the government's ability to handle the energy crisis remains low, a new poll indicates, as fuel prices surge and economic pressure intensifies nationwide.
Efforts intensify to stop wild elephants entering communities, tourist sites
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/02/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Park rangers are trying to keep wild elephants away from communities and tourist attractions during the dry season. The measures cover a bull elephant that has killed three people, including a camper, in this northeastern province.
Korat shop selling Chinese goods creates a stir
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/07/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A supermarket selling Chinese brands that was the talk of the town in this northeastern city closed temporarily on Friday with no prior notification.
Pro-weed groups put heat on govt
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/05/2024
» The government is facing increasing pressure from pro-cannabis groups which are threatening to rally at the Ministry of Public Health from Thursday until the ministry can prove that cannabis deserves to be reclassified as a narcotic drug.
Farmers demand closure of crop-polluting potash mine
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/06/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 150 farmers rallied at the Thao Suranari monument in Muang district on Monday demanding the closure of a potash mine they allege has discharged wastewater onto their land, reducing their harvests.
Weed farms fret as MFP mulls U-turn
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/05/2023
» Community enterprises that grow cannabis on plantations in Nakhon Ratchasima are urging the next government, to be led by the Move Forward Party (MFP), to list only cannabis buds as narcotic drugs.
Elephant incursions a growing problem in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 29/10/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A local leader has called on authorities to seriously address the problem of wild elephants from Thap Lan National Park invading farmland and destroying crops in this northeastern province.
3 found dead in mushroom cultivation nursery
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/07/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Three people were found dead in a nursery for mushroom cultivation, probably from inhaling carbon dioxide, in Khon Buri district on Sunday morning, police said.
How Korat could rival Bollywood
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 23/02/2021
» Nakhon Ratchasima: A tourism association is pushing for the province to be developed as a "Bollywood-style" city to add to its appeal as a film production hub.
Busted ganja grower says plant cured his colon cancer
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/03/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man caught growing about 1,000 marijuana plants in a large greenhouse told police they were for medical use and he had cured his colon cancer by eating and drinking the leaves.