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Trapped Thais face struggle to get home
News, Chakkrapan Natanri & Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/10/2023
» Tiw Nakhonpen, 25, decided to use Facebook in a bid to seek government help for him and at least 100 other Thai labourers working in Israel, who found themselves stuck in the middle of Hamas attacks from the Gaza Strip.
Govt urged to speed up aid for workers
News, Chakkrapan Natanri & Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/11/2023
» Some Thai evacuees from Israel are urging the government to speed up its 50,000-baht compensation, the financial aid scheme that it promised almost a month ago.
Families mourn after rail tragedy
News, Prasit Tangprasert and Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 20/01/2026
» Grief arrived before dawn at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital on Jan 18, carried by families who had come not to seek treatment, but to take their loved ones home for the final time. At the centre of the mourning was the Thantong family, whose loss has come to symbolise the human cost of the catastrophic crane collapse that struck a passenger train four days earlier.
Red shirts prepare red carpet for Thaksin in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert and Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 24/05/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The red shirts are preparing the red carpet for Thaksin Shinawatra when he returns to the northeastern province on Saturday for the first time in almost two decades.
Jasmine shortage prompts imports from Indonesia
News, Chakkrapan Natanri and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 12/08/2024
» Fluctuating weather has led to skyrocketing prices and a shortage of local jasmine flowers this Mother's Day, according to local sources.
Bus firms lament suspension of school trips
Chakkrapan Natanri and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/10/2024
» Tour bus operators have been badly affected by a Ministry of Education order to suspend field trips by public schools following a tragic bus fire that claimed the lives of 20 students and three teachers on Tuesday.
Fertiliser prices rise amid Middle East tensions
News, CHAKKRAPAN NATANRI and PRASIT TANGPRASERT, Published on 08/03/2026
» A survey in Khon Kaen on Friday has found the retail price of urea fertiliser to have increased by about 50 baht per sack as stocks at several distributors become depleted ahead of planting season.
Thailand's cannabis dreams go up in smoke
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Chakkrapan Natanri, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 27/06/2025
» In the fertile plains of Nakhon Ratchasima, Somkiat Nitiketkosol tends to his cannabis farm, Suan Fah Yim, with a heavy heart. For years, small- and medium-sized cannabis growers like him have weathered fierce competition, plunging prices and shifting government policies.
Debtors snub government's aid with debt
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Prasit Tangprasert & Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 02/12/2023
» The government's nationwide initiative for debtors needing help to settle debts with their non-bank creditors received a lukewarm response on Friday as many appeared reluctant to sign up for assistance on the first day of registration.
70% turnout predicted for municipal polls on Sunday
Online Reporters, Chakkrapan Natanri and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 10/05/2025
» The Election Commission (EC) expects a 70% voter turnout for nationwide elections on Sunday for municipal mayors and council members, with major centres such as Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima and Pattaya under close watch as competition is expected to be fierce.