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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.
‘Giant mosquito’ fears dispelled in Chaiyaphum
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/08/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Public health officials have reassured residents of Chaiyaphum province after reports of unusually large mosquito-like insects turned out to be harmless crane flies.
Rice mills group calls for banks to ease lending rules
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 14/09/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The Thai Northeastern Rice Mills Association is pleading with the government to assist in negotiating with banks to loosen their lending regulations in preparation for the forthcoming harvest season as rice mills reportedly lack financial liquidity.
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.
Edible rats help laid-off worker start over
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/02/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: When Somkiart Sukhamtha lost his factory job in this northeastern province because of the Covid pandemic, he had to find a new way to make a living. The answer, it turns out, was rats.
ONWR to expand diversion scheme
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/11/2020
» The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) is looking to construct kaem ling water-catchment areas in Chiang Mai's Mae Teang district to improve Srinakarin dam's water diversion project. The move is part of a bid to solve the current drought crisis in the western province of Kanchanaburi.
Ex-employee caught for robbing 7-Eleven
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 02/07/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A lone robber who made off with about 2.3 million baht from a 7-Eleven store in Muang district turned out to be a former employee of the store who was fired last year for alleged cheat.
Korat cattle hard hit by lack of water
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 30/06/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: It's not just rice and other crops that have fallen victim to the severe drought that has afflicted this northeastern province -- the cows and buffaloes in Non Sung district are also suffering, according to local media reports.
Farmers advised to harvest paddy in daytime to avoid dew
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/11/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: With rice paddy prices now high, farmers are advised not to rush to harvest paddy late at night or early in the morning when the grains could be dampened by dew and fetch lower prices than otherwise, an official said.
Planter leaves plot of sugarcane to feed wild elephants
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/04/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A planter in Soeng Sang district of this northeastern province has decided to leave his 12-rai plot of sugarcane for wild elephants to feed on, after the sweet-toothed pachyderms from nearby Thap Lan National Park ravaged his plantation night after night.