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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.
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.
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.
Elephants retreat after night-long standoff near farmland in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 24/11/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 100 wild elephants retreated after a standoff with volunteers trying to protect farmland in Khon Buri district of this northeastern Thai province from Saturday night to early Sunday morning.
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.
Signs of life as rescue continues at collapsed train tunnel
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/08/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Rescue efforts continued on Monday to reach three people trapped by the collapse of part of a tunnel being built for the new high-speed railway in this northeastern 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.
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.
Pro-weed groups put heat on govt
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/05/2024
» The government is facing increasing pressure from pro-cannabis groups which are threatening to rally at the Ministry of Public Health from Thursday until the ministry can prove that cannabis deserves to be reclassified as a narcotic drug.