CHIANG MAI, 31 January 2018 (NNT) – Army Region 3 has assisted Chiang Mai provincial officials in conducting a forest fire fighting drill as part of efforts to address the area’s annual haze problem. Army Region 3 Commander Lt Gen Wijak Siribansop, as director of the Regional Forest Fire and Haze Prevention and Mitigation Center, […]
CHIANG MAI, 29 January 2018 (NNT) – The wildfire and haze prevention center in Chiang Mai convened a meeting in preparation for a wildfire drill which will take place on January 30th. The director of the center, Lt Gen Sompong Jangjamrat, attended a meeting where he was joined by local authorities and those from the […]
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 […]
CHIANG MAI, 12th January 2018 (NNT) – Chiang Mai province has geared up to host TEDx Chiang Mai 2018 on the topic “Our Common Future”, which is to see a range of Thai and foreign speakers and artists sharing their views and knowledge on a range of topics. Deputy Governor of Chiang Mai Kris Thanawanich […]
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 […]
CHIANG MAI — A fire broke out early Monday morning at a temple in Chiang Mai’s Chai Prakan district only an hour after the cross-year prayer. No injuries were reported. At about 2am on Monday, Mahingsawas Temple caught fire just two hours after prayers and merit-making were conducted at midnight to mark New Year’s Day. […]
Thirteen Thai tourists were injured, four of them in serious condition, after a passenger van in which they were travelling on the way back from Doi Ang Khang, Fang district of Chiang Mai, skidded out of the narrow road and plunged into a deep ravine on New Year’s Day. Fang district officials, military personnel and […]
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 […]
