Ubon Ratchathani

  • Northern Thailand News“Parading shrimp” the most unique yearly tourist attraction in Thailand

    “Parading shrimp” the most unique yearly tourist attraction in Thailand

    People talk about the big tourist attractions of Thailand – the temples, beautiful beaches, bustling cities, parading shrimp… wait, what? September brings one of the most unique spectacles in Thailand, and people flock to the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani each year to watch as shrimp climb out of a creek when heavy rains swell the shores. The naturally occurring…

  • Northern Thailand News2 dead & 5 injured in gunfight between teens in Northern Thailand

    2 dead & 5 injured in gunfight between teens in Northern Thailand

    Two teenagers were reportedly killed and five injured when a gunfight broke out in the car park of an entertainment venue in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani. Eyewitnesses revealed that about a dozen teenagers clashed in the car park of Talat Nikon Thani on Chayangkun Road in the Nai Mueng District of Ubon Ratchathani, and about 70 to 100…

  • Thailand NewsOklahoma woman searches for Thai mother, nearly 50 years after US family adopts her

    Oklahoma woman searches for Thai mother, nearly 50 years after US family adopts her

    An American woman is searching for her Thai mother, who is believed to live in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani. She says her father was an American soldier who met her mother when he was based in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In March of this year 49 year old Kristy Sinsara Hudsud, an American singer and songwriter, started…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Songkran this year: what you can and can’t do

    Thailand News Today | Songkran this year: what you can and can’t do

    no foam parties or powder smearing will be allowed in Bangkok during Songkran next month, but when it comes to water splashing on the Thai New Year the rules are a bit vague. Quote unquote “Traditional water sprinkling” is allowed, but officials did not go into detail about what exactly that means. The Bangkok Communicable Disease Committee decided to allow…

  • Thailand NewsMurder investigation launched, 2 arrested after dog carries human skull out of forest

    Murder investigation launched, 2 arrested after dog carries human skull out of forest

    Two suspects in a murder investigation have been arrested after a dog found the remains of a police officer’s missing brother in a forest in Thailand’s Isaan region. Officers are still searching for four other suspects. A farmer taking his cows out to feed near an abandoned shoe factory spotted a dog carrying a human skull out of a eucalyptus forest…

  • Thailand NewsLocal coffee shop fined 500 baht for tables placed on a crosswalk

    Local coffee shop fined 500 baht for tables placed on a crosswalk

    Following the fatal accident where a police officer crashed his Ducati into a woman walking across the crosswalk, authorities throughout the country are tightening measures around traffic enforcement and working on ways to improve pedestrian safety. Many are now sharing photos of recently painted crosswalks, many painted a vibrant red to alert drivers to slow down. But one crosswalk in…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid cluster linked to bar puts pressure on Isaan healthcare system

    Covid cluster linked to bar puts pressure on Isaan healthcare system

    CORRECTION: An earlier report incorrectly gave the location of the bar, Ekkamai487. The bar is in Ubon Ratchathani. A recent Covid-19 cluster from a local bar is putting pressure on the healthcare system in the Isaan province Ubon Ratchathani. Out of the 315 new cases reported today in the northeastern province, 48 are linked to the local gastropub Ekkamai487. Under…

  • Northern Thailand NewsNorth-east province closes schools, theatres and fitness facilities

    North-east province closes schools, theatres and fitness facilities

    Ubon Ratchathani’s Governor Pongrat Phiromrat has ordered all schools, cinemas, fitness clubs, gyms, sports stadiums and sports grounds to be closed until at least January 17. Ubon Ratchathani is in north east Thailand. For restaurants, only air conditioned venues will be allowed to provide take away food, unless there is ‘natural ventilation’. 329 new Covid infections have been reported in…

  • Northern Thailand NewsSchools closed in north-east as shared transport blamed for Covid-19 outbreak

    Schools closed in north-east as shared transport blamed for Covid-19 outbreak

    A Covid-19 outbreak has closed 2 schools in the north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, with students and teachers quarantined. According to a Thai PBS World report, provincial health officials are blaming shared school vans for the spread of the virus. 24 students have tested positive and 295 other students and their teachers have been quarantined for observation. It’s understood a…

  • Crime NewsAlleged Constitutional Court website hacker tracked down

    Alleged Constitutional Court website hacker tracked down

    A 33 year old man in Ubon Ratchathani was arrested today by the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau for allegedly hacking the Constitutional Court website on Wednesday. The man was arrested at his home in Warin Chamrab district of the Northeastern province after an investigation by the CCIB. The CCIB started an investigation immediately after the hack was reported by the…

  • Environment NewsThailand now generating electricity at world’s biggest hydro-solar farm

    Thailand now generating electricity at world’s biggest hydro-solar farm

    As part of Thailand’s push to become a carbon-neutral country by 2050, the world’s largest hydro-solar hybrid energy farm has officially gone online and is now generating electricity. The solar farm floats atop the Sirindhorn Dam in Ubon Ratchathani and is as big as 70 football fields. The massive installation floats on Sirindhorn Reservoir along Lam Dom Noi River, about…

  • Thailand NewsVillage chief in Isaan calls police after mistaking mannequin for naked man

    Village chief in Isaan calls police after mistaking mannequin for naked man

    Police in the Isaan province Ubon Ratchathani received a call from the village chief Friday afternoon reporting that a naked man was standing by a resident’s home, but when officers went to approach the man, they discovered it was just a mannequin. According to The Pattaya News, the Bang Yang village headman Mongkolchai Phongsri called the Don Mod Daeng Police…

  • Northern Thailand NewsFamily attempts to sell eyes and kidneys to save home and farm

    Family attempts to sell eyes and kidneys to save home and farm

    After signing as a guarantor for a lifelong friend’s tractor purchase who defaulted, a man and his family in Ubon Ratchathani are trying to sell their eyes and kidneys to save his home and farm. The man, along with his wife and 2 sons, is currently walking 100 kilometres in the rain from their home to the provincial capital where…

  • Northern Thailand NewsSpecial train takes Covid patients home to northeastern Thailand

    Special train takes Covid patients home to northeastern Thailand

    Today, “Special” train No. 971 took 137 Covid patients to various northeastern Thai provinces. The Special train left from the Rangsit railway station. A cabinet resolution earlier in the month decreed that the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public health were to arrange transportation to bring Covid patients back to their home provinces. Both ministries were ordered to…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 train sends 1,490 infected from Bangkok to hometowns

    Covid-19 train sends 1,490 infected from Bangkok to hometowns

    Usually people are excited to head to the train station and pick up their friends, family, or other loved ones returning from the big city back to their hometowns. But for a special train journey tomorrow, this may not be the case. A train travelling from Bangkok to Northeastern provinces including Ubon Ratchathani tomorrow will be carrying 40 people who…

  • World NewsThai arrested over alleged smuggling of 12 illegal Laos migrants

    Thai arrested over alleged smuggling of 12 illegal Laos migrants

    Police have arrested an Ubon Ratchathani resident over the alleged smuggling of 12 illegal migrants from Laos in a pick-up truck on Friday night. Authorities have stepped up patrols along Thailand’s northern and north eastern borders over recent weeks to stem the flow of illegal crossings into Thailand in the wake of the prostitutes and other Thai workers who were…

  • Northern Thailand News3 died, others hospitalised in Northeast Thailand crash

    3 died, others hospitalised in Northeast Thailand crash

    3 people died and 9 were injured in a car accident during a heavy rain storm yesterday in Ubon Ratchathani, Northeast Thailand. Police say a pickup truck lost control and slid across the road into another lane heading the opposite direction. The truck was then hit on its side by an on-coming van headed west toward Si Sa Ket. The…

  • Thailand NewsCongratulations! Winners of yesterday’s Thai lottery draw

    Congratulations! Winners of yesterday’s Thai lottery draw

    Yesterday was Thailand’s bi-monthly lottery draw and this time there were 4 winners, that we know of. One was a 40 year old mahout (elephant handler) who lives in Pattaya who won 12 million baht. Nipon Sa-Ngam works as an elephant mahout and is originally from Buriram. He purchased 2 lottery tickets earlier this week. His winning ticket had the numbers……

  • Northern Thailand NewsLucky escape for rafting group after dam floodgate opens – VIDEO

    Lucky escape for rafting group after dam floodgate opens – VIDEO

    A group of tourists is lucky to be alive after a worker accidentally opened a dam floodgate nearby. The tourists had just seconds to get out of the way, as a tour guide who realised what was happening, yelled a warning at them. Thai Residents reports that the incident happened at the Sirindhorn Dam in Ubon Ratchathani, in the north-east…

  • Northern Thailand NewsReport alleges man exposing genitals in viral clip is local government official

    Report alleges man exposing genitals in viral clip is local government official

    A video of a man exposing his genitals while alone in an office setting has gone viral on Thai social media as rumours abound that the man in question is a local administration official in north-east Thailand. A report in Nation Thailand today says the man is thought to be a permanent secretary in a local administration office in Ubon…

  • Northern Thailand NewsVolunteer engineers to carry out Ubon Ratchathani assessments following flooding

    Volunteer engineers to carry out Ubon Ratchathani assessments following flooding

    A team of volunteer engineers from The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) are in Ubon Ratchathani to carry out building assessments following the record flooding that devastated the region. The Nation reports that the engineers will examine buildings damaged by the flood waters and provide residents with advice so that they can try to rebuild their lives. Thanet Weerasiri, Chairman…

  • Northern Thailand NewsMany parts of Ubon Ratchathani remain under water

    Many parts of Ubon Ratchathani remain under water

    PHOTO: AFP Local officials say seven districts in Ubon Ratchathani, north-east Thailand, are still flooded, including the districts of Muang, Warin Chamrap and Sawang Weerawong, where the situation is described as serious. Satellite images show that around 140,000 rai of land along the Moon and Chi rivers is still flooded. The flooding, a culmination of storm Podul and tropical depression…

  • Northern Thailand NewsThai PM leads TV charity campaign for flood victims

    Thai PM leads TV charity campaign for flood victims

    PHOTO: Yodsapon Kerdviboon/Isaanrecord.com After coming in for quite a lot of flak for what many called a slow response to flooding that has crippled the North and North-East, the government is launching a televised charity campaign to ask for donations to help relief efforts. The PM himself will step in to receive donations on behalf of flood victims, with the…

  • Northern Thailand NewsThai PM insists government flood victims aren’t being ignored

    Thai PM insists government flood victims aren’t being ignored

    PHOTO: A dog tries to keep dry on a flooded street in Thailand’s northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani – Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn – AFP Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says he attaches great importance to relief operations designed to alleviate the suffering of flood victims and the government has procedures to compensate them. A government spokeswoman Naruemol Pinyosinwat was taken aback…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPick-up driver slams into roadside steel shop, injures three

    Pick-up driver slams into roadside steel shop, injures three

    A drunk driver bounced off the side of a road in Ubon Ratchathani and then skidded side-ways into a roadside shop where young Songkran revellers were waiting quietly outside to greet passing vehicles. The crash ended up injuring three as the people waiting outside the shop scattered to get away from the black pick-up as it slammed into the shops.…