Minor earthquake jolts Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI: A minor earthquake of 3.3 magnitude hit Doi Saket district of this northern province on Sunday morning. No damage was reported. Thanawut Panjaudomlarp, director of the Northern Meteorological Office, said the quake occurred at 10.10am with the epicenter in Doi Saket district and 2 kilometres underground. It was felt briefly in some areas […]

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Magnitude 4.1 Quake Rocks Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI, Oct 19 (TNA) – Authorities early Saturday inspected damages resulted from a magnitude 4.1 earthquake in Chiang Mai with the epicentre in Doi Saket district. Residents of several districts in the province and in Chiang Rai’s Wiang Pa Pao district on Friday night felt the tremor. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA

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Haze Meeting to Be Held in Chiang Mai

BANGKOK, Oct 9 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon will preside over a meeting on haze pollution in the northern province of Chiang Mai tomorrow. The meeting to be held by the Pollution Control Department aims to handle smoke haze, which affects people’s health and tourism in the northern provinces every year. Full […]

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Rescuers Use Ambulance to Smuggle Illegal Drugs

CHIANG MAI, Sept 30 (TNA) – Four people were arrested for their involvement in using an ambulance to transport hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine pills and ketamine from the northernborder province of Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai province. A rescue of a famous foundation in Chiang Rai, Thanadol Woraasut, 23 and his 17-year-old fellow were […]

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