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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.
Rail repairs finished after Korat crane collapse
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/01/2026
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has finished repairing a stretch of railway track in Sikhiu district of Nakhon Ratchasima province in the wake of a fatal crane collapse that struck a passenger train on Jan 14, killing 30 people, while a parallel technical investigation moves towards identifying the causes and accountability.
Sea of fog blankets Pak Chong as cool season arrives
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/10/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA – Residents of Pak Chong district woke to a stunning sea of fog on Thursday as temperatures dropped, signalling the arrival of the cool season in this northeastern province.
Korat man clearing blocked channel drowns after fall from bridge
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/09/2025
» A 47-year-old man drowned after falling from a bridge while trying to clear water hyacinths blocking a drainage channel in Nakhon Ratchasima on Tuesday evening.
B4bn sought for light railway
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/02/2025
» Nakhon Ratchasima: Local authorities will ask for about 4 billion baht from the government to fund the province's light rail transit system, the construction of which is expected to begin next year.
Investigators to probe tunnel collapse in NE Thailand that killed 3
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/09/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A team of investigators has been appointed to look into the collapse of a rail tunnel that resulted in the deaths of three workers, said the superintendent of Pak Chong police station in this northeastern Thai province.
Train tunnel being built in NE Thailand collapses, trapping 3
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/08/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rescue workers were trying to reach three people trapped inside a high-speed railway tunnel that collapsed in Pak Chong district during construction Saturday night.
Cheaper Chinese farm produce ‘coming in by train’
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 14/08/2024
» Cheap farm produce and consumer goods from China are coming into the country via high-speed trains through Laos and flooding local markets in the Northeast of Thailand, placing local business owners in a challenging position, vendors say.
Bus crash kills drivers, 44 passengers hurt
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 19/03/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The two drivers on a long-haul bus were killed and 44 passengers injured when it hit a steel support for a road sign in Muang district early Tuesday morning.
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.