Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand News

Six newly appointed assistant teachers in Nakhon Ratchasima accused of being involved in exam cheating will be dismissed - while the Department of Special Investigation has called for an ultimate total of 344 people allegedly involved in the scandal to lose their jobs as government officials.

A school director and an assistant teacher from Nakhon Ratchasima were charged yesterday for their alleged roles in a cheating scandal involving as many as 344 top scorers on the Office of the Basic Education Commission's teacher-recruitment exam.

A 15-year-old girl and a boy aged between 15 and 18 were killed and three other people seriously injured in an accident involving a gas truck in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima province on Saturday night.

More than a thousand residents in eight districts of Nakhon Ratchasima province are campaigning for the creation of a new province called Bua Yai.

Prominent Pheu Thai Party members are preparing to deliver speeches at party rallies in Nakhon Ratchasima and Ubon Ratchathani this weekend.

The Alternative Education Council and its allies have strongly opposed the Education Ministry's plan to shut down small primary schools and merge them into larger ones.

Teachers and pupils at an elementary school in Nakhon Ratchasima municipality on Thursday strongly opposed the Education Ministry's plan to close schools with less than 60 students, saying it would have a huge impact on children and their parents.

The Department of Special Investigation will press charges against a school director and an assistant teacher based in Nakhon Ratchasima for allegedly selling questions and answers from the Office of Basic Education Commission recruitment exam.

The education-office chief of an allegedly corrupt school director and an assistant teacher in Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday vowed to dismiss them from their posts if the Department of Special Investigation found them guilty of cheating in the latest assistant-teacher examination.

Red-shirts from Nakhon Ratchasima province on Monday announced they would join their colleagues at a protest rally against Constitution Court judges in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Red-shirts from Nakhon Ratchasima province on Monday announced they would join their colleagues at a protest rally against Constitution Court judges in Bangkok on Wednesday.

BURIRAM, 3 May 2013 The drought situation in Buriram has intensified to encompass every district in the province, creating hardship for as many as 150,000 families.

The Department of Special Investigation yesterday raided the luxury home of a school director suspected of leaking answers for an assistant-teacher recruitment examination earlier this year.

The government's approval rating has dropped a little in the Northeast, one of its major political bastions, but support in general is still very strong in the region, E-Saan Poll reported on Thursday.

PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited has helped develop Khao Yai National Park, which covers 11 districts in four Thai provinces, including Saraburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachinburi and Nakhon Nayok, beginning with its visitors' centres to provide more facilities and conveniences for international tourists, covering information ... (more)

A new organisation independent of the State Railway of Thailand will be set up to oversee and manage the high-speed rail project, says the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning.

PHUKET: A shambolic fake monk recently attracted the suspicions of local people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province - and the attention of the police - by trying to collect alms in the afternoon.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 24 April 2013 Two centenarians have been found living in good health in Mueang district of Nakhon Ratchasima among dozens of people aged close to a century who also live in the same municipality.

TRC Construction Co, an engineering and construction firm specialising in the oil, gas and pharmaceutical industries, has moved to the Stock Exchange of Thailand from the Market for Alternative Investment.

Vegetables and chilli paste help people enjoy a long healthy life, according to two grandmothers in Nakhon Ratchasima aged over 100 years.