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A couple in Khon Kaen province on Saturday held their wedding ceremony at Rachawadee Resort & Hotel in Muang district.

The first batch of 13 youngsters and 15 teachers from a community children’s centre in Khon Kaen’s Srisuk subdistrict returned home on Tuesday after spending 14 days in isolation at Srinagarind Hospital.

A community centre for children in Khon Kaen’s Srisuk subdistrict became a new cluster for Covid-19 on Thursday after 42 people, including 34 youngsters, tested positive.

After studying online for so many months, students may find it difficult to pay attention in class now that schools have reopened. So, teachers at Khon Kaen’s Sok Ten Wittayakhom Primary School have made an extra effort by decorating the road to school with quick language and maths lessons.

The Dern Talu Fah (Walk through the Sky) pro-democracy group launched a petition campaign in Khon Kaen on Monday, aimed at ousting the Prayut Chan-o-cha government.

Photos of primary school students selecting their lunch from an innovative menu board went viral on Monday.

Khon Kaen Hospital has become severely understaffed as more than 100 health professionals must remain in self-isolation for two weeks because they were in a risky group for Covid-19 infection.

The Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, has upgraded Covid-19 control to the highest level, including cancellation of surgery, lowering daily OPD patient limit by 50 per cent, preparing a cohort ward, and prohibiting entry to visitors, after three doctors tested positive for Covid-19.

The Khon Kaen provincial court on Friday handed down a death sentence to Somkid Pumpuang, who was charged with first-degree murder in 2019.

Officials from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division on Friday raided a slaughterhouse in Khon Kaen province for alleged illegal sale of horse meat.

A giant dinosaur statue located on Khon Kaen-Kalasin Road in Khon Kaen Muang district’s Phra Lab subdistrict caught fire and was completely damaged while it was being disassembled on Wednesday. There were no reports of death or injury.

The Commerce Ministry has warned merchants participating in the government's shopping subsidy scheme to clearly display product/service prices and refrain from price hikes, or they could face jail or be fined under the law.