CHIANG MAI: A 63-year-old American tourist was safely rescued after he fell unconscious and had no pulse while a plane made a landing at Chiang Mai International Airport on Friday. The airport was notified that the passenger fell unconscious during PG 225 flight of Bangkok Airways at 1.30pm on Friday. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK […]
Thai army troops seized 200,000 methamphetamine tablets today (Sunday), following a brief gun battle in Mae Ai district of the northern province of Chiang Mai, near the Thai-Myanmar border. Troops from the Pha Muang task force were on a routine patrol along a jungle trail when they stumbled upon a group of about five armed […]
Two air quality monitoring stations will be set up, in addition to the existing four in Chiang Mai province, to monitor smoke and dust from forest fires, which are expected to begin sooner than in previous years. Director of the Environment and Pollution Control Office in Chiang Mai, Pradit Seesai, said today (Wednesday) that forest […]
The number of new cases of cancer in northern Thailand is higher than the national average, with high levels of hazardous particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) believed to trigger mutations that lead to the disease, a local physician says. Dr Suthipong Treeratana made the comment in a post that was widely shared on […]
CHIANG MAI, Oct 21 (TNA) – The police arrested a 32-year-old man for producing guns to sell online. The regional police apprehended the man, identified as Weerayuth at his house in Chiang Mai’s Mae Wang district on charge of illegal possession of firearms and seized more than 30 rounds of ammunition, over 30 barrels, six […]
CHIANG MAI, Oct 20 (TNA) – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale in Doi Saket district of Chiang Mai shook people in Chiang Mai, Lamphun and Phayao provinces. The quake woke up people in Chiang Mai when it happened at 4.36am. Residents in many areas of the northern province felt it strongly. Full […]
CHIANG MAI, Oct 3 (TNA) – The Ping River exceeded its critical level and the governor of the northern province ordered local officials to be prepared to help flood victims. The Ping River was 4.00-4.10 meters deep and overflowed to some central parts of Chiang Mai this morning. The levels exceeded its safe threshold by […]
Motorists planning to use the Chiang Mai-Hod road have been advised to take an alternative route, via the San Pa Tong-Hang Dong road along the irrigation canal in Hang Dong district, due to heavy flooding. Traffic police in Hang Dong closed off the in-bound Chiang Mai-Hod road today (Saturday), after it became impassable to all […]
