The Latest Breaking News from Prasit Tangprasert

Jasmine prices surge ahead of Mother’s Day

NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Jasmine flower prices for Mother’s Day garlands have surged more than 30% compared with a year ago, forcing vendors to raise garland prices while absorbing part of the higher costs to avoid driving away customers.

Bangkok Post · Aug 11

Voters head to home provinces to cast ballots

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Many people headed to their home provinces on Saturday to exercise their voting rights, signalling a high turnout for Sunday’s general election.

Bangkok Post · May 13, 2023

Child, driver killed in minivan-truck crash

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A minivan carrying students visiting their parents in Bangkok rammed into the back of a truck loaded with sugarcane in this northeastern province early on Friday, resulting in two deaths and six injuries.

Bangkok Post · Mar 24, 2023

Floods ruin 280,000 rai of crops in 22 districts of Korat

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Flooding caused by heavy rain has damaged 280,000 rai of crops in 22 districts of this northeastern province, affecting more than 8,000 households.

Bangkok Post · Oct 18, 2022

Thousands of houses flooded in Nakhon Ratchasima

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The flood situation was serious in nine districts of this northeastern province, with about 6,500 households inundated, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Oct 11, 2022

Inter-provincial bus bursts into flames, passengers unhurt

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Passengers fled in fear of their lives when an inter-provincial bus burst into flames in Sida district early on Thursday morning. There were no injuries.

Bangkok Post · Sep 22, 2022

Tattoos, implants offer clues in Korat body discovery

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Police are hoping that tattoos and microchips in silicone breast implants will help them identify a murdered Thai woman whose body was found buried two days ago with that of a foreign man.

Bangkok Post · Jul 30, 2022

Murdered couple found in fresh forest grave

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man and a woman were found in a fresh grave in Chok Chai district on Thursday evening and local residents said they were not known to them.

Bangkok Post · Jul 29, 2022

Jealous husband arrested for stabbing wife on train

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man was arrested after he stabbed his wife with a knife in a fit of jealousy in full view of shocked passengers aboard a Surin-bound train on Thursday evening.

Bangkok Post · May 20, 2022