"NORTHEAST"

More than 2,000 supporters of the opposition Pheu Thai Party greeted Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of exiled former premier Thaksin, at Ubon Ratchathani airport on Saturday. Paetongtarn was on her way to address gatherings in neighbouring Si Sa Ket province.

Four Northeastern, or Isaan, provinces — Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani and Khon Kaen — will be included in Michelin Guide Thailand 2023.

In a business-matching event organised in Udon Thani, tourism operators from the South and Northeast came up with ways to boost tourism in their provinces after the fallout of the Covid-19 crisis.

An estimated 1.3 million people from Thailand’s Northeast, or Isaan, are keen on trying the new high-speed train service linking neighbouring country Laos and China, according to the results of an opinion survey released on Thursday.

The Cabinet decided to make December 28, Phraya Taksin Day, a holiday for the Eastern region, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam announced on Thursday.

The Category 5 typhoon “Vamco” over the upper coast of Vietnam was centred about 180 kilometres southeast of Dong Hoi, Vietnam at 4am on Sunday, the Thailand Meteorological Department said. 

Category 3 tropical storm "Linfa" made landfall over Quang Ngai, Vietnam at 10am on Sunday with sustained winds of 75 kilometres per hour (kph), the Thai Meteorological Department reported at 10am.

There will be no military roadblocks to stop protesters from the Northeast travelling to join an anti-government demonstration scheduled for Saturday (September 19) at Thammasat University's Tha Phrachan campus in Bangkok, 2nd Army spokesman Maj-General Rachan Prachantasen said on Monday (September 14).

The Thai Meteorological Department on Saturday (September 14) morning warned people in the lower Northeast, the Central region, including Bangkok and its vicinity, the East and the South (west coast) to brace for more heavy rains and dangers from accumulated rainfalls over the next 24 hours.

Latest UN report also warns ‭Thais living in the northeast are vulnerable ‬

The northeastern province of Si Sa Ket on Tuesday declared that the prevention and control of dengue fever had become an issue requiring urgent attention throughout its area. Health chiefs said they were especially concerned about what will happen during the latter stages of the traditional rainy season.

The Nation joins the rest of the country in hailing His Majesty the King on July 28, which also marks the first birthday celebrations of the monarch since his Coronation in May.