As usual each rainy season, Ayutthaya has now been hit by heavy flooding following days of torrential rains that have inundated all nearby provinces in the Central region for more than a week.
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat will host this Sunday's "People's Government" TV programme live from Sanam Luang, instead of the National Broadcasting Television studio.
A new regulation subjects food producers to a maximum fine of Bt20,000 and/or a prison term of between six months to two years if they include toys and other inedible material in the same package as their products.
Bangkokians will be able to celebrate Loy Krathong in Thonburi's Santichaiprakarn Park near Rama VIII Bridge, one of 20 public parks being specially opened for the festival.
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has awarded Bt40 million to a company project that will turn Samut Prakan's Tambon Bang Pu into an antiglobalwarming demonstration site.
Arsonist set fire to a public school in Pattani and Narathiwat, while gunmen shot dead four local residents in Yala as violence continue unabated in the deep South Wednesday one day after two simultaneous bombs injured more than 60 people.