CHIANG MAI, April 27 (TNA) – More concerned officials have been dispatched to contain forest fires in Chiang Mai after villagers have encroached national forest reserve areas and set fires in an attempt to grow cash crops. By early Saturday, the overall situation in Chiang Mai has become worsen and turned into crisis again when […]
Pheu Thai party’s prospective MP for Chiang Mai’s Constituency 8 has had his right to contest an election suspended for one year after the Election Commission (EC) faulted him for alleged vote buying. The Tuesday decision to issue Pheu Thai’s prospective MP, Mr. Suraphol Kiatchaiyakorn, with an orange card, the first relating to the March […]
About 1,000 houses were damaged by gusty wind and ten districts were blacked out for several hours when a freak rain storm struck the northern province of Chiang Mai on Saturday. According to the provincial public disaster prevention and mitigation office, the worst-hit district was Hang Don where many houses had their roofs blown off […]
CHIANG MAI: The Huay Kaew tambon administration organisation (TAO) yesterday issued an order for a zipline operator in Chiang Mai’s Mae On district to suspend its service during safety checks and a police investigation after a Canadian tourist plunged to his death on Saturday. The fatal incident occurred on the zipline operated by the Flight […]
CHIANG MAI — A Canadian tourist died Saturday after falling from a zipline in the northern province of Chiang Mai. Rescue officials said the 25-year-old tourist fell to his death while riding a zipline in a forest at the popular tourist destination Mae Kam Pong. His safety locks broke, causing him to plunge more than […]
CHIANG MAI, April 11 (TNA) – Celebrations of the Songkran festival have started in Chiang Mai province as the Chiang Mai Night Safari nocturnal zoo is organizing parades of animals and showing off a Lanna-styled trade fair and processions. Apart from Songkran water splashes, the management of Chiang Mai Night Safari welcomes visitors with the […]
CHIANG MAI, April 2 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday made a trip to inspect measures taken by government agencies to tackle the haze situation in the North. The premier arrived in Chiang Mai which has been hit hard with hazardous smog for weeks. He gave moral support to army personnel at an […]
Local leaders in Chiang Mai are making desperate pleas to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the air pollution crisis in the North continues to worsen. “People are dying. Patients are streaming into hospitals to be treated for breathing problems due to the bad air,” wrote Wirachai Chaimongkhon, the kamnan of tambon Padat in Chiang Mai’s […]
