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Land Bridge threatens island gem
News, Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 10/06/2024
» Located 17 kilometres off the Andaman Sea coast, Koh Phayam, covering a 35km² area, is the second largest island in Ranong province.
Buri Ram flea market ushers in tourists
News, Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 21/10/2023
» A flea market known as Talad Ha Natee (the "five-minute train market") that is open in front of Buri Ram Railway Station in Muang district every day is becoming a new tourist hotspot in this lower northeastern province.
Farmers hop on to growing world trend
News, Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 28/09/2020
» The fried crickets you buy from a roadside vendor are part of a thriving farming industry raising and exporting crickets now worth 1 billion baht a year.
Museum goes its own sweet way
News, Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 23/11/2019
» Thai sweets have long held a special place in gastronomical culture and now they are honoured with a dedicated museum midway between Bangkok and the seaside district of Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
The 'silk road' leads tourists to Buri Ram
News, Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 01/10/2016
» Tourism brings a lot of changes in many impoverished areas, but often it is restricted to high-profile attractions. With villagers of the border town of Ban Sanuan Nok, it is quite different.
In Buri Ram, all that glitters is marigold
News, Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 06/08/2016
» A sea of yellow carpets large swathes of land in a secluded village of Buri Ram where local farmers have found financial security with the golden petals of the ever popular dao rueng.
Road accident claims three lives
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 17/08/2012
» Two children are among the three people who have died when a tour bus full of school students crashed into an oncoming vehicle in Doi Saket district, Chiang Mai on Aug.15.
Cop arrested for drug trafficking
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 17/08/2012
» A Chiang Mai border patrol policeman has been charged with smuggling more than 20,000 ya ba pills said Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadrew, the Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau, Region 5, on August 11.
Floods hit Chiang Mai north
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 30/08/2012
» Flood hits the northern province of Chiang Mai on August 29 with continuous rain for consecutive days triggering flash floods from Doi Suthep mountain range.
Happy third birthday for Lin Ping
Phitsanu Thepthong, Published on 30/08/2012
» Lin Ping, the first giant panda born in Chiang Mai Zoo and a darling of the Thai people, has turned three years and three months old on Aug. 27.