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Breeding push moves to secure future of Korat cats
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 05/02/2026
» Urgent efforts are underway in Nakhon Ratchasima to expand breeding of the Korat, also known as Si Sawat, to preserve one of Thailand's pure cat breeds.
Efforts intensify to stop wild elephants entering communities, tourist sites
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/02/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Park rangers are trying to keep wild elephants away from communities and tourist attractions during the dry season. The measures cover a bull elephant that has killed three people, including a camper, in this northeastern province.
Korat Zoo has Thailand's first Aldabra giant tortoise hatchlings
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/05/2025
» Korat Zoo has welcomed the arrival of 11 hatchlings of the Aldabra giant tortoise, the first zoo in Thailand to successfully breed the species.
Attack sparks alarm as gaurs run amok in Korat
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/01/2024
» Nakhon Ratchasima: A group of tourism business operators in Wang Nam Khieo district is proposing measures to cope with a rising number of incidents involving wild gaurs wandering about, attacking people and damaging crops.
At least 625 inmates in Korat have Covid
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/11/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: At least 625 inmates at two prisons in the province were found to be infected with Covid-19, the province's communicable diseases committee said yesterday.
Tourists flock to Khao Yai despite curbs
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/09/2021
» Nakhon Ratchasima: Tightened Covid-19 prevention measures have been received well by tourists at Pha Trom Jai cliff, Khao Yai national park chiefs say.
Korat logs 292 new Covid-19 infections
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/08/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The provincial communicable disease committee reported 292 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, increasing the accumulated number of cases in the province dubbed the "gateway to Isan" to 16,660.
Covid outbreak closes Korat sausage factory
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/05/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Authorities have ordered the closure of a sausage factory in Muang district for 14 days after the number of Covid-19 infections linked to a cluster in the factory rose to 30.
Edible rats help laid-off worker start over
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 13/02/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: When Somkiart Sukhamtha lost his factory job in this northeastern province because of the Covid pandemic, he had to find a new way to make a living. The answer, it turns out, was rats.
Villagers oppose district changes
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 27/08/2020
» Senior officials in Nakhon Ratchasima are locked in talks with villagers unhappy about plans to re-assign them to new districts.