News and Events in the Las Vegas Thai Community
File photo: Move Forward MP Sirilapas Kongtrakarn On January 5, 2024, during a House of Representatives debate on the draft Budget Expenditure Act, Move Forward MP Sirilapas Kongtrakarn openly discussed…
Sakura Bridge takes centre stage at the Khun Wang Agriculture Research Centre in Chiang Mai. //Photo : TAT From January to February, Thailand’s northern mountains, both grand and modest, don…
Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission (NRHC) will ask the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) and the Committee on the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance to investigate the…
Air pollution in 35 provinces, including Bangkok, has exceeded the 37.5µg/m³ threshold today, according to the Pollution Control Department. Besides Bangkok, the other provinces affected are Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon…
The Department of Primary Industries and Mines has explained that there appears to be a misunderstanding that two major lithium deposits in Phang-nga province have been found to contain 14.8…
North-bound rail services are disrupted today, after a train crashed into a truck and trailer at a level crossing in Chum Saeng district of Nakhon Sawan last night, killing the…
The Administrative Court in Chiang Mai today ordered Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and the National Environment Board to draw up an emergency plan within 90 days, to deal with PM2.5…
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said yesterday Thailand should not continue to use low labour cost as an incentive to draw foreign investments and urged ASEAN countries to work together to…
Guwahati, India – Nearly 300 Myanmar soldiers crossed the border into India to flee an advance by armed insurgents fighting the country’s junta, an Indian paramilitary officer told AFP on…
PM Srettha Thavisin holds a press conference upon arrival at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on January 9. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin confirmed today a delay to the launch of the “digital…
The Highways Department has ordered a contractor, undertaking construction work on the elevated expressway project on Rama II Road in Bangkok, to suspend work for three days after a worker…
2023 was a bloody 12 months in the ongoing saga of human-elephant conflicts in Thailand, marking the sixth consecutive year of escalating incidents. Records for 2023 show a disconcerting surge…