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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.
Drink-driver kills policeman, injures students, parents outside school
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 24/12/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - An intoxicated 75-year-old drove his car into a crowd in front of a school, killing a policeman and injuring nine other people, late Monday afternoon.
Elephants retreat after night-long standoff near farmland in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 24/11/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 100 wild elephants retreated after a standoff with volunteers trying to protect farmland in Khon Buri district of this northeastern Thai province from Saturday night to early Sunday morning.
Heavy Songkran traffic in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 12/04/2024
» Traffic was congested on main roads in Nakhon Ratchasima, the gateway to the Northeast, and nearby areas as Songkran revellers streamed out of Bangkok on Friday, the first day of a five-day holiday to celebrate water festival.
Attack sparks alarm as gaurs run amok in Korat
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/01/2024
» Nakhon Ratchasima: A group of tourism business operators in Wang Nam Khieo district is proposing measures to cope with a rising number of incidents involving wild gaurs wandering about, attacking people and damaging crops.
Tolls on Motorway 6 waived for Songkran
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/04/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Toll fees on two sections of Motorway 6 (Bang Pa-in and Nakhon Ratchasima), covering 64 kilometres in total, will be waived during the Songkran festival from April 12 to 18.
Rescue driver killed in head-on collision
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/02/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The driver of a Por Teck Tung Foundation rescue service vehicle was killed and seven other people injured in a head-on collision involving two pickups on the Mitrapap highway in Si Khiu district on Tuesday morning, police said.
Light traffic on Bangkok-bound Mitrapap highway
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/01/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Traffic on the Mitrapap highway was light on Tuesday morning as people had begun returning to the capital on Monday after celebrating the New Year in northeastern provinces, the 2nd Highway District reported on its Facebook page.
Jumbo jam: wild elephants strand tourists in Khao Yai
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/12/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A large number of tourists were left stranded on a road out of Khao Yai National Park for over an hour after a long holiday when the road to Pak Chong district was blocked by wild elephants late on Monday afternoon.
Buried, murdered couple may have links to drug smugglers, say police
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/08/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The slain Vietnamese woman and Nigerian man recently found buried in Chok Chai district were lovers, and their deaths may be linked to transnational crystal methamphetamine trafficking, according to police.