Protests in Chiang Mai during Prayut’s visit despite tight security
CHIANG MAI demonstrators managed to stage small protests against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his visit to the northern province today (June 29) despite 2,120 policemen protecting him, Matichon newspaper said. Gen. Prayut, who visited the Shinawatra family stronghold together with his delegation to monitor various projects implemented by his administration, landed at the […]
Read MoreDoi Inthanon shut, Chiang Mai flooded after 200mm rain
CONTINUOUS rain since last night reaching as much as 200 millimetres at Chiang Mai’s Doi Inthanon National Park led to the popular park temporarily shutting its tourists attractions and the northern city inundated with forest runoff, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 21). The torrential downpour caused waterfalls to rise rapidly and rivers overflowing […]
Read MoreTraders shocked by lighting closure of Chiang Mai shopping mall
DISMAY spread across Chiang Mai city today (May 5) after the lightning closure of the popular Promenada Resort Mall with store operators taken aback because they had not been given advance notice and suddenly had to pack their goods and leave, TV Channel 7 said. Particularly badly hit were those who had brought fresh […]
Read MoreElection Commission to pay compensation to misjudged MP with taxpayers’ money: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION may be finally obliged to pay 64.1 million baht in compensatory damage with taxpayers’ money to an ex-Pheu Thai MP who has been mistakenly accused by the polling agency as a vote buyer, confirmed Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (Apr. 21). The 64.1 million baht compensation […]
Read MoreVideo clip of couple dancing while waiting to cross Chiang Mai road goes viral
http:// A VIDEO CLIP of a young foreign couple dancing while waiting to cross Rin Kham intersection in Chiang Mai city has gone viral with the couple also getting in touch with the videographer to get the original copy, Sanook.com said this evening (Apr. 5). Facebook member Kliaojai Chaisunan had shared the clip of the […]
Read MoreChinese woman slashes hotelier at Chiang Mai police station
THERE was panic at Chang Phueak police station in Chiang Mai today (Feb.19) when a Chinese woman suddenly drew a knife and slashed a hotelier on his left forearm three times in a row over room rent, Sanook.com said. The attack occurred in front Pol. Lt. Col. Khanong Kunarup, the investigating officer, who was […]
Read MoreDrunk, jealous husband shoots wife dead on their bed
A DRUNK man stressed out by fears his wife could be having an affair shot her dead on their bed at their home in Chiang Mai province today (Feb. 17), TV Channel 7 said. Police from Mae Chaem station rushed to a raised wooden house in Kong Khaek subdistrict where they found Mrs.Jaruwan, 34, […]
Read MoreWoman seeking good luck trampled to death by elephant
A WOMAN was trampled to death by an elephant in Chiang Mai today (Jan. 15) after trying to pass under the jumbo’s belly for good luck without asking for permission to do so from the mahout, Sanook.com said. Police rushed to investigate after hearing about an elephant killing a woman at the Chiang Mai […]
Read MoreWelcome to Thailand! Tourists from 26 countries flying in during Nov. 1-5
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said today (Nov. 1) the first day of the reopening of the country to tourists from 63 countries who are exempted from Covid quarantine that arrivals from 26 countries are expected during Nov. 1-5, Sanook.com said. Air ticket reservations as of October 29, 2021 show 21,316 foreign […]
Read MoreDoctor says Covid crisis in Chiang Mai at breaking point
A DOCTOR warned in a Facebook post that the coronavirus situation in northern Chiang Mai city has reached the breaking point with over a hundred patients emerging for days in a row and this contradicts the countdown to reopen the country to tourism on Nov. 1, Siam Rath newspaper said this morning (Oct. 28). […]
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