Chiang Mai monk arrested with meth

A tip-off to police resulted in a monk being arrested at a Chiang Mai temple after buying methamphetamine for his own use. Police said the 24-year-old monk, whose lay name is Boonlert Jairakseriparp, was seen sneaking away from Wat Mueang Mang in Tambon Haiya, Muang Chiang Mai, late Monday night. Full story: The Nation By […]

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Chiang Mai locals come out to see supermoon

CHIANG MAI, 3 January 2018 (NNT) – Locals in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province came out to see the supermoon last night, when it came particularly close to the Earth. The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) organized a moon-gazing activity at Sirindhorn Astro Park to encourage people to come out and watch the largest […]

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Second Chiang Mai airport endorsed

The cabinet has given a go-ahead for the construction of the second Chiang Mai international airport, either in San Kamphaeng district of Chiang Mai or in Ban Thi district of Lamphun, said government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd on Wednesday (Dec 27). Also, the cabinet, at its mobile meeting at the Physical Education Institute of Sukhothai […]

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