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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.
Teenagers arrested for murdering girl by drowning
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 30/09/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Two teenage girls, aged 13 and 15, have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 15-year-old schoolgirl by forcibly drowning her in a pond in Bua Yai district. The incident was reportedly fuelled by jealousy after the victim became close to a boyfriend of one of the suspects.
Student dies in fall from school building
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/11/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A 14-year old boy fell to his death from a school building on Thursday night, the third secondary student to die this way in Muang district in the last six months.
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.
Floods ruin 280,000 rai of crops in 22 districts of Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/10/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Flooding caused by heavy rain has damaged 280,000 rai of crops in 22 districts of this northeastern province, affecting more than 8,000 households.
Over 100 wild elephants brought back to forest
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 10/09/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Herds of more than 100 wild elephants were successfully driven back to Thap Lan National Park in this northeastern province, after they were seen lingering near communities in Khon Buri district on Monday.
Rescuer has dead body as pillion rider for 5km trek out of forest
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 14/08/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Sibling rescuers took turns tying a dead body to themselves and transporting it as their pillion rider on Sunday from a spot 5km deep into a forest, where the man fell to his death from a fruit tree.
Fire hits old market in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 07/01/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A fire gutted an old market in tambon Hin Dad on Friday evening, with damage estimated at several million baht, police said.
Rice mill fire causes B10m damage
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 02/12/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A fire at a rice mill caused an estimated 10 million baht damage in Bua Yai district on Wednesday night.