CHIANG MAI, April 5 (TNA) – The provincial administrative organization of the northern province announced to organize its Lanna-style Songkran festival from April 13 to 17. The festival will be organized at the 82nd Anniversary Chaloem Phrakiat Park and the backyard of the Chiang Mai provincial hall. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
CHIANG MAI, April 4 (TNA) – People from five villages in Omkoi district protested against a coal mine project and asked the Administrative Court to turn down its environmental impact assessment report. The villagers marched to the court this morning to ask it to reject the EIA report of the project that they said lacked […]
CHIANG MAI: Seven suspects were arrested with 2 million methamphetamine pills in their possession and about 15 million baht of assets seized from them in a joint operation by provincial and narcotics control police. The operation was on March 24. Details were relased on Monday. Full story: Bangkok Post Panumet Tanraksa BANGKOK POST
US chargé d’affaires in Thailand, Michael Heath, has debunked several rumours and allegations about its new consular office in the northern province of Chiang Mai, sparked by its high price tag. Among the currently unsupported allegations is that it will be used as a US centre for monitoring military communications in southern China, or as […]
The minister of natural resources and environment has issued new regulations to protect the century-old Yang Na trees along the iconic Chiang Mai-Lamphun highway, including bans on buildings and any activity that would affect their roots. The Chiang Mai provincial hall announced that the Royal Gazette had published the new ministerial notice. It was signed […]
Chiang Mai: A stillborn child has been found in the freezer of a house refrigerator, more than a year after it was believed to have been left there by the father. The baby’s corpse was wrapped in a towel when it was discovered by a worker hired to renovate a house in tambon Wat Ket […]
The country’s first drive-through medication service that prescribes anti-viral Favipiravir pills to Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms free of charge has been rolled out in Chiang Mai province. The drive-thru service was launched at Chiang Mai Municipal Hospital on Witchayanon Road in tambon Chang Moi of Muang district. There is no walk-in service available and […]
CHIANG MAI, March 3 (TNA) – This northern province was blanketed with thick smog from forest fire. Its level exceeded the safe threshold by two folds in some areas and local officials had to use fountains in a bid to alleviate the pollution. The air pollution blocked visibility and irritated eyes in Muang district of […]
