CHIANG MAI: A 72-year-old French man who lost his way in a forest in Doi Tao district was found safe at a deserted hilltop temple on Friday. Pol Lt Col Mokkara Srisakunpisut, inspector of the Chiang Mai Tourist Police, said a team of 200 police officers, local officials and residents began searching for Jacques Moriceau […]
CHIANG MAI: There were more than 3,000 new Covid-19 cases registered in this northern province on Tuesday. According to the communicable disease committee, RT-PCR tests confirmed infections in 361 people and antigen tests returned positive for 2,722 others. Full story: Bangkok Post Panumet Tanraksa BANGKOK POST
CHIANG MAI: A couple overnighting on a nature study tour were lucky to escape serious injury when their tent was knocked down and their campsite destroyed by wild elephants, in Omkoi Wildlife Sanctuary in the small hours of Sunday. The man suffered bruising from a blow through the tent wall, and the couple spent the […]
CHIANG MAI: A police major was shot dead trying to stop drug smugglers who sped through a checkpoint with 4 million methamphetamine pills in their pickup in Mae Ai district late on Wednesday night. The slain officer was Pol Maj Pibulpan Sukhumnont, 48, of Fang police station. Full story: Bangkok Post Panumet Tanraksa BANGKOK POST
CHIANG MAI, Dec 28 (TNA) – The Amazing Thailand Countdown 2022 festival started in the northern province with extravagant light and sound shows and strict COVID-19 control measures. The Tourism Authority of Thailand organized the festival at the Royal Park Rajapruek. People can register for their visits beforehand until Dec 31 as the number of […]
CHIANG MAI, Dec 16 (TNA) – The northern province may have Omicron infection as a household was in close contact with an Omicron case. It was reported that the public health office of Chiang Mai’s Saraphi district found people close to an Omicron case at a house in Moo 5 village of Nong Phueng sub-district […]
CHIANG MAI: A man was found dead near backpacks containing 300,000 speed pills on Thursday morning after an exchange of gunfire in Mae Ai district of the northern province. Col Wichet Chansing, commander of paramilitary rangers at the Third Army Region, said that a paramilitary ranger patrol squad had exchanged gunfire with a group of […]
A Thai tourist was killed and nine others were hurt, including five who have serious injuries, when a van in which they were travelling crashed into roadside rocks in the Doi Ang Khang mountainous tourist area in Chiang Mai province today (Monday). A witness, who was travelling in another van, told the police that there […]
