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Youths' campfire sparks fears of a major blaze
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 27/04/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A video showing two young people tending a small fire near a large, dry grove of bamboo in Sikhiu district sparked alarm that the flames could spread rapidly through the tinder-dry undergrowth and cause a major blaze.
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.
Scorching heat sparks wave of forest and house fires
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/04/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - As extremely hot daytime weather exceeding 40°C has been rising steadily for several consecutive days, Nakhon Ratchasima has been met with multiple incidents of forest fires and residential fires across various areas.
Dinosaur tracks become tourist bait
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/01/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Local tourism operators will promote the site where the fossil tracks of a species of dinosaur, Siamopodus khaoyaiensis, were found, as a new tourism attraction in the province.
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.
Korat on high alert amid concerns of Zika outbreak
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/01/2024
» Nakhon Ratchasima: The province's public health authorities are bracing for a possible Zika virus outbreak, as at least 19 people have been infected across the lower Northeast region, the Office of Disease Prevention and Control for the 9th Region said on Monday.
535 monkeypox cases reported nationwide since May last year
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/10/2023
» A total of 535 cases of monkeypoxes were reported nationwide between May 2022 and October 2023, said Dr Taweechai Wisanuyothin, director of the Nakhon Ratchasima-based Region 9 Disease Control Office, citing the figures released by the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
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.
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.
10 held in gambling website busts
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/04/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Police have arrested 10 suspects accused of operating a gambling website with over one billion baht in circulation over the past year, during raids in this northeastern province and nearby areas.