CHIANG MAI – Three people have died from eating poisonous mushrooms since the start of the rainy season, with the latest incident occurring last week involving three members of a family. consumed the mushroom, the mother and daughter died while the father is still in coma. Read more: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST
CHIANG MAI, 20 june 2014 (NNT) – Chiang Mai province is gearing up for possible earthquakes by conducting emergency drills. Chiang Mai Governor Suriya Prasatbandit chaired a meeting to prepare for the province’s annual disaster drills with other relevant organizations in attendance. This year, the Chiang Mai Internal Security Operations Command has scheduled earthquake and […]
CHIANG MAI, 9 June 2014 (NNT) – Chiang Mai province today opened its reconciliation center as a hub of cooperation to return unity and harmony to the Thai people. Chiang Mai Governor Suriya Prasatbandit as Chiang Mai Provincial Security Administration Chief, today presided over the reconciliation center for reform, to perform duties and tasks to […]
The police in Chiang Mai and Lamphun provinces have arrested 5 monks who deceived young boys for their sexual pleasure. CHIANG MAI – May 27, 2014 [PDN]; Pol.Maj.Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas (Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Station, Section 5) made a statement about the arrest of 6 defendants that had committed a sexual offences on boys […]
BANGKOK, 24 May 2014 (NNT) – Chiang Mai government officials are planning to promote the city as a place for “Long Stay Tourism”, specifically for Japanese. The concept of long stay tourism means that travelers can stay somewhere for an extended period of time without transferring citizenship. Officials are hoping that Chiang Mai will be […]
A Danish woman claimed she was ‘cheated’ of THB10,000 after a European-looking man who first asked for financial help but then escaped with the money she had withdrawn from a cash machine at Tesco Lotus, a busy shopping mall in Chiang Mai, on May 18, according to local police. Read more: scandasia.com
CHIANG MAI, 10 May 2014, (NNT) – Authorities have reported a fire in Green Valley Golf Course this morning in the Mae Rim District of Chiang Mai Province, where the drive range is located in the same neighborhood, as the family home of the former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. Firefighters said the blaze enveloped 160 […]
CHIANG MAI: A 94-year-old Australian accused of peadophilia has died in jail. Karl Joseph Kraus died on Thursday while awaiting trial on charges of raping four sisters aged between 7 and 15 at his home in Doi Saket, according to the Phuket News. Read more: Bangkok Post
