Tag: Lampang
Lampang declares 13 districts disaster zones due to cold snap; Trang...
LAMPANG, Dec 17 - The northern province of Lampang on Saturday announced 13 districts as disaster zones due to a sudden cold snap, with...
Heavy rains return northern provinces to critical flood-stage
CHIANG MAI, Oct 3 – Flooding in northern Thailand is critical again after heavy overnight rains caused land and rock slides to block roads...
Floods nationwide claim 212 lives
BANGKOK, Oct 3 - Thailand's flood-related death toll rose to 212 on Monday, with two persons still missing as flooding from continued heavy rain...
DDPM: 9 provinces remain inundated
BANGKOK, 15 August 2011 – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has concluded that nine provinces remain inundated following tropical storm...
DDPM warns 21 provinces of flash floods
BANGKOK, 9 August 2011 – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has warned residents in 21 provinces to be prepared for...
Lampang province declared disaster zone
LAMPANG, Aug 6 - All 13 districts of the northern province of Lampang were declared disaster zones, according to its deputy governor, while...
Landslides, floods kill 9, 6 others missing
BANGKOK, Aug 4 - Nine people died and six are missing in landslides, drowning and other storm- and flood-related incidents in Thailand's North...
Landslide kills 3 in Mae Hong Son, raising flood-related death toll...
BANGKOK, Aug 3 – Three persons, including two boys, were killed in a landslide in Mae Hong Son on Wednesday, and one more...
22 provinces warned of flash floods, mudslides
BANGKOK, 13 July 2011 – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued a warning for possible flash floods and mudslides...
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PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
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Rescue volunteers suspended after taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Thailand’s IP authority warns creators over AI voice cloning and music remixes
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property is warning people using artificial intelligence (AI) to create, remix or transform copyrighted music that their...
Gun sports face major disruption under Thailand’s new weapons controls
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s gun sports community is seeking an exemption for licensed athletes after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered tighter controls on firearms,...