CHIANG MAI, 3rd June 2017 (NNT) – The Industry Ministry has launched the Pracharat SME Clinic project in the northern province of Chiang Mai to aid local businesses. Presiding over the launch was Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana. Initiated under the civil state approach called Pracharat, the SME Clinic project uses innovations and current technology to […]
CHIANG MAI, 30 May 2017 (NNT) – The use of a self-made driver’s license plate, the modification of letters and numbers and the imitation of the plate are punishable by law. Chiang Mai Provincial Transport Official said the office has found some use of modified license plate by decorating with stickers to resemble special plates […]
In a case that Daily News described as a first a Grab Car driver has been arrested by Chiang Mai police for molesting a seventeen year old woman in his car. The victim said that the “handsome” driver was “all over her” while the driver denies the charge saying he “only asked for a cuddle”. […]
CHIANG MAI, 22 May 2017 (NNT) – A fruit buffet in Chiang Mai province has proved popular among Thai and foreign tourists. On Sunday, more than 200 people including Thais and Chinese were seen waiting in front of the Chiang Mai Office of the Department of Internal Trade to enjoy a fruit buffet which offers […]
Several roads in Chiang Mai town are under water this morning after it was hit by heavy rainfall last night. Schools were closed and traffic was paralyzed after traffic police closed several roads and sois that are under water. Full story: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
BANGKOK — Chiang Mai is Thailand’s most-polluted city in terms of dangerously small pollutants which kill tens of thousands in Thailand annually, Greenpeace announced Wednesday. The northern city, famed for its mountain temples and annual slash-and-burn haze, had the highest levels last year of the fine particulate pollution that’s invisible to the naked eye and […]
Police arrested six transvestites for allegedly propositioning tourists in Tha Phae Gate area in downtown Chiang Mai late on Monday night. Police checked the area after receiving complaints that many transvestites in revealing dresses were working as prostitutes in the area. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
CHIANG MAI — A woman was charged with causing a disturbance Monday by calling emergency services more than 1,000 times over the course of three years because she was lonely. Lert Jaima, 60, was charged and fined 100 baht for calling 191 repeatedly since 2014 to chat, police said, especially with officers that sounded handsome. […]
