CHIANG MAI: Fourteen people were hurt, three seriously, when a bus carrying Chinese tourists overturned at a dangerous spot that local people call “the curve of a hundred corpses” in Doi Saket district on Saturday afternoon. The accident happened on the Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai road between kilometre markers 30-31 at Ban Mae Wan village, said […]
Dengue fever has claimed its first victim in Chiang Mai this year, a 12-year-old fifth grader. Sutheerat Mahasing, an academic at the Chiang Mai Public Health Office, said on Friday that Chanon Jomputu had died two days earlier. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A Taiwanese businessman is scheduled to face trial in Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai city next week on charges that he illegally hosted a radio station that broadcast uncensored news to listeners in China, amid claims that Beijing pressured Thai authorities to shut down the station. The June 19-20 hearing at the Chiang Mai provincial court […]
Chiang Mai: A 13-year-old student from Chiang Mai is set to take part in Google’s Science Fair and share his new hearing aid device with the world. Hemawit Varith, a seventh grader (Mathayom 1) at Varee Chiangmai International School, is preparing to present his invention next month at Google’s headquarters in California, US, after he […]
Chiang Mai police are investigating the deaths of two Chinese tourists who were found in the same room at a five-star hotel on Chang Khlan Road in Chiang Mai’s Muang district on Thursday. Deputy superintendent Pol Lieutenant Paiboon Namthong said on Friday that the men died days apart. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
CHIANG MAI, June 4 (TNA) – Three-wheeler taxi drivers in Chiang Mai refuse to abandon their long-held profession, trying to preserve one of the unique charms of the northern city. There is a substantial drop in the number of tricycle taxis, or ‘samlor’ in Chiang Mai. From over 1,000 traditional rickshaws roaming the city in […]
A man has died after riding his motorcycle into an electricity pole at high speed in San Sai yesterday, May 29. The accident occurred on the Middle Ring Road (3029) in Moo 2 San Phranet at around 7:30 p.m. Full story: chiangmaione.com Chiang Mai One
CHIANG MAI, May 2 (TNA) – Thick toxic smog shrouded the northern province of Chiang Mai again and its level was the worst in the world. The Pollution Control Department reported that particulate matter 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter measured 42-58 micrograms per cubic meter of air in the past 24 hours. The safe […]
