CHIANG MAI, March 11 (TNA) — The municipal office of the northern province has cancelled all activities related to the Songkran water festival in April to help control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Chiang Mai mayor Tasanai Buranupakorn said the annual Songkran New Year festival that normally attracted huge crowds would be completely suspended and […]
A judge who shot himself in a courtroom in Thailand’s troubled Deep South last year, when he alleged that superiors had pressured him into convicting murder suspects, died Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a separate shooting, police said. Judge Kanakorn Pianchana died at a hospital in northern Chiang Mai province after being shot […]
CHIANG MAI: Anubaan Chiang Mai School was closed for 14 days after a parent was found not to have quarantined himself after returning from Japan, its director said on Friday. Sawong Chaiya, the director of the school with about 2,300 students from kindergarten to secondary levels, said a teacher found out on Facebook that the […]
A South Korean cyclist has been killed in an accident in Chiang Mai where he and his team trained. Mana Sukchasoen, the deputy superintendent of Mae Rim police station, said on Thursday Eom Se-beom died during a crash with a pickup truck as he was descending in high speed on a road between Sameong and […]
CHIANG MAI, Jan 24 (TNA) – China’s Cultural and Tourism Minister Luo Shugang on Thursday visited Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai province, one of the most popular attractions in Thailand among Chinese tourists. The Minister met with local officials of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) at Tha Phae Gate, an iconic ruin of the northern […]
BANGKOK, Jan 20 (TNA) – The Royal Irrigation Department is sourcing water to cope with drought and forest fires in Chiang Mai province, its director-general said. Thongplew Kongjun said he ordered irrigation officials in the northern province to find sources of water to deal with drought and forest fires that were escalating. Local organizations needed […]
CHIANG MAI: The first clinic to offer both cannabis-based traditional and modern treatments for diseases, including Parkinson’s, has opened its doors in this northern province. Its 125 medical staff, including 39 doctors and four traditional Thai medicine practitioners, were kept busy as 22 people quickly registered as patients. Full story: Bangkok Post Panumate Tanraksa BANGKOK […]
The Royal Forest Department has launched an investigation to determine whether Chinese investors own stakes in two resorts at Doi Mon Jam in Mae Rim district of Chiang Mai province, which were raided by its officials last week. The raids at Doi Mon Jam, a popular mountainous retreat for tourists, was ordered by Natural Resources […]
