The popular winter tourist destination Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai was blanketed with white frost on Wednesday morning when the mercury dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius. Rung Hiranwong, chef of the Doi Inthanon National Park in Jomthong district, said it was the first time this year that the temperature dropped below zero. Full story: […]
Thailand has declared a new national park that covers rich forest areas in Chiang Mai and Lamphun provinces. The declaration of the 354.3-square-kilometre Mae Takhrai national park was published in the Royal Gazette on Dec 12 after receiving royal approval. Full story: thaipbs.or.th By Thai PBS
Fourteen tourists from South Korea were injured when their chartered bus lost control and fell into a roadside irrigation canal in Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district on Thursday, police said. Among the seven men and seven women, five were severely injured, police said. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A clip of a man pleasuring himself while driving his scooter in Chiang Mai went viral, disgusting netizens across the country. The Facebook video, posted by user Tanakorn Chamwong, has since been removed, but Chiang Mai City Life reported that police arrested Buncha Nunti, 48, as the man doing the deed in the footage, shot […]
A karaoke bar owner and her assistant were arrested early Friday after allegedly offering paid sex with girls under 18 to undercover officials. Suphannee Thisayana, 36, owner of Ban Hao Karaoke in Tambon Patum in Chiang Mai’s Prao district, and Sirinan Maneewan 35, were arrested shortly after midnight in a sting operation. Full story: The […]
Four suspected drug traffickers were shot dead and a huge cache of methamphetamine was seized after soldiers tried to intercept a drug caravan crossing from Myanmar into Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai last night (Dec 5). A group of soldiers from Pha MuangTask Force was patrolling along the border jungle in Mae Ai after […]
A red minibus slid down from a parking lot in front of Phu Phing Ratchaniwet Palace in Tambon Suthep of Chiang Mai’s Muang district and rammed into a food stall below, killing two women and seriously wounding another, on Tuesday morning (Dec 5). Yongyuth Boonlert, 45, the minibus driver, told police that he took a […]
An Indonesian and two Thais have been arrested in Bangkok and Chiang Mai over alleged phone scams. Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, the national police chief, announced on Monday that Tommy Wu had been arrested at a rented house in Bangkok’s Ram Indra area, while Jirawat Klombang and Jiraphat Kanarujinanon were arrested in […]
