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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.
250kg safe stolen from condo room in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/03/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A couple reported to police that a 250‑kilogramme safe containing valuables worth over three million baht was stolen from their condominium room in Muang district, with no sign of damage or of a break‑in.
Surprise drug testing at Korat provincial hall
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/07/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Authorities conducted surprise drug tests on about 200 employees at the provincial hall on Tuesday, after 167 people tested positive, including local leaders and a monk, during last month’s random testing in all 32 districts of the province.
Neighbours of Korat scrapyard evacuated after fatal explosion
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/03/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Authorities have cordoned off the area around a scrapyard in Wang Nam Khieo district after finding many unexploded shells collected by local residents from a nearby military exercise site, following a fatal explosion on Tuesday morning.
Dentists ask police to arrest violent German patient
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/03/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A local dentist society has again asked police to arrest a German man they accuse of repeatedly assaulting their members in their clinics and damaging their equipment.
Juice sales plunge amid Shine Muscat grape fears
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 29/10/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Grape and fruit juice vendors are reporting plunging sales amid consumer concerns over the contamination found in imported Shine Muscat grapes.
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.
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.
GPS guides pickup driver into canal, 5 swim to safety
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/03/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man following GPS directions on his phone drove his pickup into a canal on Thursday night, but he and his four passengers were fortunately unscathed.
All districts in Korat ordered to monitor water levels in reservoirs
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 07/09/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: All districts have been ordered to closely monitor water levels in reservoirs, for while major dams still have spare storage capacity some smaller ones are already full.