CHIANG MAI — A British man was arrested Thursday morning for spray painting a a railway station wall. William Brian Zielinski, 38, was fined 4,000 baht after railway employee Somkid Deeloy complained to police that he sprayed a wall at the Chiang Mai Railway station at about 9am. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee Khaosod […]
One man was slightly injured and three cars were damaged at Chiang Mai’s Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep on Monday morning when a large tree battered by heavy rain fell on them. The tree in the parking lot collapsed at about 7.30am after what residents described as heavy rain earlier in the morning. Full story: The […]
CHIANG MAI, 9th July 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is hosting an OTOP expo in Chiang Mai province, hoping to draw 15 million tourists to the upper north of Thailand. Director of Chiang Mai Provincial Office of Tourism and Sports, Suthon Wichairat chaired the inauguration of the “Lanna Caravan” event which […]
WASHINGTON – A major bright spot for Thailand at Tuesday’s presentation of a new report on human trafficking was the naming of Chiang Mai activist Boom Mosby as a “TIP Report Hero” in the publication. Ms Boom is a low-profile worker against child- and sex-trafficking in the North. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE […]
CHIANG MAI, 26 June 2017 (NNT) – Residents of Chiang Mai Province have participated in “The Mae Chaem Model” tree-planting project, as a way of implementing the philosophy of His Majesty King Rama IX in the sustainable management of natural resources. The project aims to plant 20,000 trees in Mae Chaem District as part of […]
Durian is becoming a favourite fruit among local residents and visiting tourists in Chiang Mai with the city adminstration reporting durian shell waste forming half of wastes collected from fresh markets in town. The deputy mayor of Chiang Mai City Adminstration Mr Chattre Chuamanocharn said a huge waste of 4-5 tons a day of durian […]
SEARCA will participate in the 7th AWG-SF Conference on 12-14 June 2017 and the 11th AWG-SF Annual Meeting on 15-16 June 2017 in Chiang Mai, Thailand CHIANG MAI – The Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) will host a planning meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on […]
A Chiang Mai woman was besieged by taxi drivers who thought she was an Uber driver when she went to pick up a Chinese tourist who rents her condominium. The drivers’ action was apparently sanctioned by an official at Chiang Mai Land Transport Office who went to the scene to check the woman’s private car. […]
