CHIANG MAI: Army rangers killed seven drug smugglers and seized 10 rucksacks containing methamphetamines and heroin in a clash near the border in Mae Ai district shortly before dawn yesterday, a senior military officer said. The rangers suffered no casualties in the firefight. Full story: Bangkok Post CHEEWIN SATTHA & KING-OUA LAOHONG
POLICE ARE seeking cooperation from Chiang Mai late-night entertainment venues in enforcing anti-crime measures. “All stakeholders must play a role in ensuring safety and boosting tourists’ satisfaction,” Provincial Police Region 5’s acting chief Pol Maj General Poonsap Prasertsak said yesterday at a meeting with more than 200 representatives from entertainment venues. Read more: The Nation […]
CHIANG MAI – A policeman was killed and a suspect arrested in an exchange of fire between narcotic suppression police and a group of three alleged drug traders in Mae Taeng district of this northern province on Tuesday night. A search was subsequently launched during the night for two other suspects who escaped. One of […]
CHIANG MAI — A Chiang Mai rooftop bar was permanently closed by police Sunday after a customer was badly beaten in a brawl there by guards over his use of a restroom. Issarajnuwat Wankawisan was assaulted and seriously injured by security at Malin Sky Bar on Friday night after he attempted to use a washroom […]
State Railway of Thailand on Friday launched the first new train service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai at Hua Lampong terminal. The inauguration of the service was presided over by SRT governor Wutthichart Kalayanamitr. Full story: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
Thai Airways International has decided to cancel some flights and to adjust many other flight schedules to northern provinces during Loy Krathong festival between November 14-16 for fear of safety risk posed by sky lanterns or small hot-air balloons. THAI’s president for safety affairs and aviation standard, Cpt Pratthana Pattanasiri, said Thursday that sky lanterns […]
BANGKOK, 7 November 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Industry is urgently creating startups and developing Chiang Mai province into a startup district. Minister of Industry Atchaka Sibunruang on Monday presided over the opening ceremony of a seminar on startups at the Impress International Convention Center in Chiang Mai. The minister said at the event […]
CHAING MAI, 6 November 2016 (NNT) – The government has concluded that it is willing to solve waste management issues in Doi Saket district of Chiang Mai after gathering input from local public. The Permanent-Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Jirachai Moontongroy has revealed the outcome of his visit to Pa Pong subdistrict of Doi […]
