CHIANG RAI: A suspected drug trafficker was shot dead on Friday, a day after he allegedly killed a police officer who was seeking to take him in for questioning. The suspect was identified as Pornchai Srisawat, 39, of Chiang Rai, said Pol Maj Gen Poonsap Prasertsak, acting chief of Provincial Police Region 5. Full story: […]
CHIANG RAI, 30th November 2016 (NNT) – The largest Thai national flag flown from a flag pole was achieved by Chiang Rai province, verified by Guinness World Records. Advisor to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Gen. Amornrit Phaetcharoen presided over the ceremony to validate the world’s largest Thai national flag by Guinness […]
About 200 artists in Chiang Rai led by national artist Chalermchai Kositpipat took part in creating what was reputed to be the world’s longest painting depicting the life of the late King Bhumibol since his childhood days in Switzerland, his growing up in Thailand, his marriage, his monkhood, his accession to the throne and his […]
CHIANG RAI — Park rangers in Chiang Rai province launched a search Thursday for a foreign tourist who went into the forest to meditate a week ago and then vanished. The tourist, who was only described by a witness as Asian-looking, was last seen Aug. 12 as he made his way to the Tham Luang […]
CHIANG RAI: Authorities have seized 200,000 speed pills abandoned by a drug gang near the Mekong River in Chiang Khong district of this northern province. A combined team of narcotics suppression police, navy officers and Pha Muang task force soldiers was deployed to an area along the river between Chiang Saen and Chiang Khong after […]
CHIANG RAI, 18 June 2016 (NNT) – Chiang Rai province is currently having a dengue outbreak with 164 patients so far this year. Chiang Rai provincial public health official Surin Sumanapan has revealed that 164 dengue patients have been found in Chaing Rai province during January and June 2016 with most being students, daily workers, […]
At least 18 girls aged from 5 to 12 were killed overnight in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai when a powerful blaze swept through a Christian school for girls from poor families. Some of those who survived had to tie cloth together to climb out of the window. Suchada, a 11-year-old girl, identified only […]
A schoolgirl boarding-house in Chiang Rai was burnt down late Sunday night, killing 17 girls and injuring five others. Two girls were still unaccounted for, police said. The fire broke out at the boarding-house of Pithakkiart Witthaya School in Wiengpapao distirct at 11 pm, police said. Read more: The Nation
