PHUKET: The second Phuket Ganesh Chaturthi Festival will be held from Sept 14-18, with five days of religious ceremonies and cultural activities at the Srimant Ganapati Temple in Rawai.
PHUKET: The second Phuket Ganesh Chaturthi Festival will be held from Sept 14-18, with five days of religious ceremonies and cultural activities at the Srimant Ganapati Temple in Rawai.
Gold prices surged 650 baht per gram to 70,600 baht on September 4, driven by gains in both ornamental and bar gold amid rising global spot prices.
A 51-year-old man was found dead from a gunshot wound at his Phuket home on September 3, with a firearm discovered nearby and police investigating whether it was suicide or foul play.
The government is cracking down on illegal foreign worker employment, imposing fines up to 100,000 baht on employers and deportation on undocumented workers to protect reserved Thai occupations and prevent job displacement.
A pregnant woman's infidelity case against her military husband has been settled for 230,000 baht after she discovered his secret relationship with a teacher through chat messages and GPS tracking.
Thailand's Meteorological Department warns of severe to very heavy rainfall across 46 provinces through September 7, with risks of flash flooding in low-lying areas and near waterways, particularly in the North and Northeast regions.
A major fire destroyed a recycling warehouse in Ayutthaya's Bang Pa-in district early September 4, with firefighters battling the blaze for two hours to prevent it from spreading to nearby properties; the cause remains under investigation.
A monsoon trough is bringing heavy rain to 46 Thai provinces over the next 24 hours, with the North and Northeast regions most at risk of flash floods and forest runoff.
A police officer fired a warning shot at teenagers making noise in Udon Thani's Nong Ta Public Park on September 3, frightening nearby residents including a woman and her young child, prompting a formal complaint and investigation.
A 64-year-old man shot and killed a noodle shop owner at a dawn market in Lopburi Province on September 3, then died at the scene while still holding a firearm. Police say the two men had a long-standing dispute over debt.
Four foreign tourists on jet skis performed dangerous high-speed maneuvers near a passenger ferry departing Phuket on September 3, ignoring crew warnings despite risking collision and potential loss of life.
