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THAILAND

Heavy rains lure frogs out of hiding and villagers out of homes

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/04/2026

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA – Residents of Taling Chan village in Khon Buri district have been heading out after dark to catch frogs for food following heavy rains brought by a passing summer storm.

THAILAND

Korat zoo warms animals with straw and hot baths for pythons

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/11/2025

» NAKHON RATCHISIMA - Korat Zoo is making a special effort to keep its animals warm this cold season, including laying straw in enclosures and giving Thai pythons warm baths. 

THAILAND

Surprise drug testing at Korat provincial hall

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/07/2025

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Authorities conducted surprise drug tests on about 200 employees at the provincial hall on Tuesday, after 167 people tested positive, including local leaders and a monk, during last month’s random testing in all 32 districts of the province. 

THAILAND

Signs of life as rescue continues at collapsed train tunnel

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/08/2024

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Rescue efforts continued on Monday to reach three people trapped by the collapse of part of a tunnel being built for the new high-speed railway in this northeastern province.

THAILAND

Residents slam survey result on Thailand's Thap Lan National Park

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/07/2024

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Residents in Wang Nam Khieo district of this Thai northeastern province have cried foul over the result of last week's online survey in which an overwhelming majority disagreed with allocating part of Thap Lan National Park for farming.

THAILAND

Children paid to guzzle alcohol at ordination ceremony

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/06/2024

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A 13-year-old girl paid 1,000 baht to guzzle alcohol at an ordination ceremony collapsed in a coma and was rushed to hospital.

THAILAND

Three escape Chinese scam gang

News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/04/2024

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Three Thais have admitted they had to make at least 500 calls a day for a Chinese-run call-scamming gang in Cambodia or risk being beaten or sent out to work as prostitutes. They told of how they were lured to work for the gang after being repatriated to Thailand.

THAILAND

Water supplies run low for off-season farmers

Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/03/2024

» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rice farmers in this northeastern province are grappling with severe water shortages after taking the gamble of cultivating off-season rice during the dry season. Three mid-sized reservoirs currently have low water supplies, causing many rice fields to dry out.

THAILAND

Korat water supplies 'alarmingly low'

News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/09/2023

» Nakhon Ratchasima: The amount of usable water across 27 medium-sized reservoirs across this northeastern province has dropped to alarmingly low levels despite the rainy season, raising fears of an impending drought, according to a provincial irrigation office official.

THAILAND

Locals demand SRT halt rail project amid flood risk

News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/02/2023

» Nakhon Ratchasima: Locals in Sung Noen district have urged the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to halt the construction of a high-speed railway passing through their area and modify what they claim is a flood-prone design of the section.