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New dinosaur fossil found at Phu Wiang National Park
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 06/08/2025
» KHON KAEN - Archaeologists have unearthed a sixth dinosaur fossil at Phu Wiang National Park in this northeastern Thai province, which is hoping to secure Unesco Global Geopark recognition by 2026.
‘Rat catcher’ was a drug dealer, say police
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 27/04/2024
» KHON KAEN: A drug dealer posing as a farm rat catcher has been arrested along with his wife with more than 300,000 speed pills, according to police, who say they were offered a 500,000-baht bribe to release the pair.
Wild elephants raid, damage plantations in Khon Kaen
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 03/11/2023
» KHON KAEN: Local residents in two tambons of Si Chomphu district of this northeastern province have sought help following a raid by a herd of wild elephants from the neighbouring Loei province. The elephants, foraging for food, wreaked havoc and destroyed plantations.
Girl, 12, saved from foreign rape suspect
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 02/10/2021
» KHON KAEN: A 12-year-old girl selling honey at a roadside stall in Ban Phai district has been rescued from a rape attempt allegedly by a foreign man wanted for the assault and rape of a masseuse at a traditional massage parlour on the same day.
Khon Kaen gunman 'acted out of revenge'
News, Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 04/04/2021
» KHON KAEN: The gunman held in the killings of two young men in Khok Pho Chai district claimed he acted out of revenge over an earlier brawl, police said.
Hunter kills man he thought was civet
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 26/01/2021
» KHON KAEN: A man was shot dead in a forest on Monday night by a hunter who said he thought it was a civet, Mancha Khiri district police said.
Fugitive monk arrested in killing of colleague
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 25/12/2020
» KHON KAEN: A 53-year-old monk who had fled after killing another monk in a rice field in Muang district of Khon Kaen early this year was caught on Friday at a drink-drive checkpoint in Chaiyaphum on the way to a temple.
Contractor killed Italian for having affair with mistress
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 21/10/2019
» KHON KAEN: A contractor was arrested for allegedly shooting to death an Italian man on suspicions the victim had affair with his mistress, police said.
Immigration crackdown nets 2,200 in Isan
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 15/06/2019
» KHON KAEN: Immigration police have arrested more than 2,200 foreign and Thai suspects for various offences as part of a crackdown in the Northeast during the past two weeks. Criminal gangs from Cameroon and Colombia are also under close watch, they say.
Forest fires in Khon Kaen
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 02/03/2018
» KHON KAEN: Wildfires sparked by the hot and dry weather have swept through hundreds of rai of forests in this northeastern province.