Entertainers and fans alike are mourning the passing of National Artist Juree Osiri, who was considered an icon by the new generation of celebrities. Pa Ju, or Aunty Ju as she was known affectionately, died at her Chiang Rai home yesterday. She was 81. Juree is survived by her only son, actor and director Noppol […]
Airports of Thailand (AoT) raised the level of security at Suvarnabhumi and Chiang Mai international airports on Monday following reports of the terrorist threat in Bangkok. Security had been increased from level two to level three at the two airports, while security at four other international airports — Don Mueang, Phuket, Hat Yai and Chiang […]
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Road accidents claimed 241 lives and injured 2,382 people in the first four days of New Year’s travel week. From Dec 29-Jan 1, there were 2,167 road accidents in total, the number falling by 306 or 12.37 per cent from the 2,473 accidents reported during the same period last year, according […]
CHIANG RAI, Dec 12 – Temperatures in Thailand’s north and northeast has moved to sustained low levels, while residents in the south are warned of likely rain, strong winds and flash floods. Temperatures in Chiang Rai, particularly Mae Fa Luang district, have remained lower than 10 degrees Celsius for several days due to its high […]
Police investigators have forwarded the case against nine Thai soldiers accused of the murder of 13 Chinese riverboat sailors in October to the Office of the Attorney General. The investigators had determined that “parts of the incident” occurred near the border between Burma and Laos, about 25 kilometres from Thailand’s northernmost border in Chiang Rai’s […]
President of Thai Airways International Piyasvasti Amranand said that although some areas on the outskirts of Bangkok are currently affected by floods, a majority of Thailand remains normal. Therefore, THAI’s domestic flights are operating normally, including Phuket, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Samui and Krabi. The national airline revealed that it is now using bigger aircrafts […]
Twelve bodies have been found in the Mekong River in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Saen district. The bodies of three Chinese men, their hands tied and handcuffed behind their backs, were found on Friday, and another nine bodies, also thought to be Chinese, were found Saturday. Police said most of the nine bodies had also been […]
CHIANG RAI, Oct 5 – A drug trafficking suspect was killed on Wednesday in a gunfight between uniformed government forces led by Marine Police and drug trafficking suspects on the Mekong River in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, with the authorities confiscating 900,000 methamphetamine pills found on two Chinese-owned river boats, according to authorities. […]
