Police in Chiang Mai are hunting for a thief who held up a gold shop at the Thanin market yesterday. Saleswoman at the O-eh shop Benjaporn Janthawong, 24, said that a middle eastern looking man came into the store speaking a language she didn’t know. Full story: Thaivisa News Thaivisa / Thai Rath
Flash flooding in Chiang Mai on Monday morning damaged five homes, swamped 10 rai of farmland and closed a section of the Tha Ton-Mae Ai Road (Highway 107). Heavy rains triggered the flooding between 4 and 6am in three villages in Mae Ai district’s Tambon Tha Ton. Full story: The Nation By Nisanart Kangwalwong The […]
CHIANG MAI, 24 August 2017, (NNT) – The Chiang Mai Provincial Public Health Office stepped up flu prevention measures, after the discovery of the disease spreading among local students. According to the office chief, more than 100 private schools have reported flu cases, and asked the office for recommendations to handle the disease. Initially the […]
Two foreign tourists were hailed as heroes this weekend after they dived into the moat in Chiang Mai to rescue three people who were trapped inside a car. The incident happened at Manee Nopparat Road and is believed to have occurred when the woman driving the white Toyota Vios mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of […]
CHIANG MAI, 17 August 2017 (NNT) – Chiang Mai Provincial Land Transport Office will begin to issue driver’s licenses on Smart Card which can prevent counterfeiting early next month. Chiang Mai Provincial Land Transport Official Chanchai Keelapang said the office will issue the driver’s licenses in the form of Smart Card from 4 September 2017. […]
CHIANG MAI – More than 100 hill people in Hot district successfully pulled a fellow resident’s pickup truck uphill after it plunged into a valley on its way to pick up cabbage there. The incident was reported in a post by Facebook user Nchai Xyooj, writing on Monday that more than 100 people of Ban […]
The Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) has scrapped its meeting scheduled in Chiang Mai on July 20-22 after the Thai army refused to grant permission for the meeting. General Yawd Serk, chairman of CSSU and the Reunification Council of Shan State (RCSS), issued a statement on Friday (July 21) cancelling the meeting. Full story: […]
CHIANG MAI — A waterfall in a Chiang Mai national park was shut down Friday due to heavy rain and flash flooding. Tourists are not allowed to visit the Tad Mok Waterfall located in the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park until further notice. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee Khaosod English
