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Birth registration fraud ring busted in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 24/04/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A municipal mayor has uncovered a birth registration fraud scheme in which at least 27 “grey Chinese” were falsely registered as being born in Thailand, allegedly in exchange for bribes paid to a local official.
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.
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.
Group seeks revival of NEC project
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 30/06/2024
» Members of the private sector in the Northeast will propose a list of economic stimulation projects, including a plan to establish the Northeastern Economic Corridor (NEC), during the mobile cabinet meeting in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Water supplies run low for off-season farmers
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/03/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rice farmers in this northeastern province are grappling with severe water shortages after taking the gamble of cultivating off-season rice during the dry season. Three mid-sized reservoirs currently have low water supplies, causing many rice fields to dry out.
Farmers demand closure of crop-polluting potash mine
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/06/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 150 farmers rallied at the Thao Suranari monument in Muang district on Monday demanding the closure of a potash mine they allege has discharged wastewater onto their land, reducing their harvests.
Gaur, car driver injured in collision
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/12/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A wild gaur was injured, but ran off, when hit by a sport-utility vehicle on a dark road in Wang Nam Khieo district on Wednesday night. The car driver was also injured.
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.