Officials battling big forest fire in Korat
A FIERCE forest fire that erupted last night (Feb. 12) at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province has already spread across nearly 4,000 rai as officials urgently spraying water and set up firebreaks to contain it, Amarin TV said. The severe forest fire broke out at 8.40 p.m. within this research […]
Read MoreOfficials battling big forest fire in Korat
A FIERCE forest fire that erupted last night (Feb. 12) at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province has already spread across nearly 4,000 rai as officials urgently spraying water and set up firebreaks to contain it, Amarin TV said. The severe forest fire broke out at 8.40 p.m. within this research […]
Read MoreKorat steps up PM2.5 dust control and chasing some of 15 arsonists
THE authorities in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) are imposing tougher control to decrease PM2.5 dust pollution with action being taken against 15 arsonists some of whom are still being chased after there were 25 forest fires during Jan. 1-25, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 27). Mr. Suraphan Silpasuwan, deputy governor of this northeastern province, chaired […]
Read MoreCash crunch forces Korat foundation to scale down ambulance service
A CHARITY FOUNDATION in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) said today (July 3) it has stopped ambulance service at four to five stations because the National Institute for Emergency Medicine has not given any compensation for eight months, Amarin TV said. Mr. Phisit Pongsirisuphakul, vice-president of Putthamhook Foundation 31, said not only his organisation but […]
Read MoreDeputy police chief: Murdered man a foreigner, woman Thai
DEPUTY NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchart Teerasawat flew to Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) this morning (July 30) to personally check the investigation of the murder of a couple found buried in a community forest and after a meeting confirmed the man was a foreigner and the woman a Thai, Naewna newspaper said. A villager picking […]
Read More20m baht damage at flooded Korat pottery market
HEAVY rain last evening led to forest runoffs gushing into well-known Baan Dan Kwian pottery market in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province causing minimum 20 million baht damage, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 17). The floodwater flowing swiftly at this village, famed for producing ceramics and pottery decorative ware and ornamental vessels, reached a […]
Read MoreKorat temple’s guardian giants hold submarine, wear friend’s watches
TWO INNOVATIVE sculptures of guardian giants now adorn the newly-renovated ordination hall of Wat Muang in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province with these being unlike any other as not only are they sleeping at the doorway, one holds a submarine while the other wears two watches with a tag saying borrowed from a friend on […]
Read MoreKorat crocodile farm rushing to prevent flooding
A LARGE crocodile farm in flood-hit Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province is quickly digging a drainage canal to prevent the flooding of its four pens which would enable the over thousand reptiles to escape and threaten the residents, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 20). With the floodwater from Lam Ta Khong river getting close to the farm […]
Read MoreNakhon Ratchasima municipality wants to buy vaccine with its own funds
BEING eager to get a coronavirus vaccine the Nakhon Ratchasima municipality today (Jan. 23) said it is ready to use 40 million baht of its reserve budget to buy enough doses for 120,000 living within its zone of jurisdiction, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Mr. Surawut Cherdchai, the mayor of Nakhon Ratchasima which is also […]
Read MoreUnder-construction bridge collapses, 12 Myanmar workers hurt
A BRIDGE being built as part of a ring road in Nakhon Ratchasima province collapsed at around 2 p.m. today (Jan. 23) leading to 12 Myanmar workers getting injured but none very seriously, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Upon getting a call for help at around that time this province’s Hook 31 rescue team rushed to […]
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