Villagers set fire to forest to later collect mushrooms
FIREFIGHTERS have been battling to put out a blaze spreading through a forest at Phabong dam area of Mae Hong Son province which local villagers had started in order to later collect mushrooms that would grow there, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 20). At 9 a.m. yesterday Mr. Chittiphan Phayam, head of the Forest […]
Read MoreCivil servant sets self on fire over loan shark debts
A STRESSED-OUT community developer in Mae Hong Son set herself on fire in front of Mae Sariang district office this afternoon (Apr. 19) after loan sharks evicted her from her house and land to clear debts, Naewna newspaper said. The civil servant, Ms. Kanya (surname withheld), 58, had asked a reporter to meet her […]
Read MoreAnutin joins hands with Israeli ambassador in solving problem at Pai
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Israeli Ambassador Orna Sagiv visited the Chabad House at Pai district, northern Mae Hong Son province, today (Feb. 26) to resolve misunderstanding after news spread that Israelis have settled there and are causing chaos and were reassured by the provincial governor that situation is back to normal, […]
Read MoreNot true Israeli tourists are occupying Pai: PM
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today (Feb. 18) that there is no truth to rumours spreading in the country that Israeli tourists have occupied Pai district, northern Mae Hong Son province, with an investigation having confirmed this, TV Channel 7 said. Paetongtarn issued the denial after dissatisfaction spread among Thai people that Israelis built […]
Read MoreAntisemitism spreads in Pai after hospital ruckus
A WAVE of antisemitism is spreading in popular tourist destination Pai in northern Mae Hong Son province with a restaurant putting up a sign saying tourists from Israel are not welcome after four Israeli men caused trouble at a hospital there upon not being allowed into the emergency room where another Israeli tourist was […]
Read MoreWa rebels not pulling out from high terrains in Thai territory
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WA REBELS HAVE YET shown no signs of withdrawing from high terrains in Thai territory of Mae Hong Son sharing the northern border with Myanmar’s Shan State despite a stern warning from Thailand, said a noted observer today (Dec. 19). An estimated 2,000 United Wa State Army rebels have been […]
Read MoreArmy tackling border encroachment by Wa rebels: Rangsiman
WA REBELS have encroached on Thai territory in the high terrains of Mae Hong Son’s Pai district and set up a base there with the military working hard to resolve the problem, House Committee on National Security, Border Affairs, National Strategies & Reforms Chair Rangsiman Rome said today (Dec. 13), according to Naewna newspaper. […]
Read MoreNo Thai army operations to repel Wa rebels: Phumtham
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO COMBAT OPERATIONS will be launched for the time being by the Thai army to repel Wa rebels from a Thai-Myanmar border area in northern Thailand, according to Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai. Phumtham categorically denied today (Nov. 27) that the Thai army would probably be poised to conduct […]
Read MoreMissing Belgian female tourist found drowned in a stream
A YOUNG Belgian female tourist who went missing in northern Mae Hong Son’s Pai district yesterday (Sep. 6) was found drowned in a stream near Mae Hi weir after a major search for her was undertaken, Naewna newspaper said. At around noon a woman’s clothes were found near Mae Hi weir, with the search […]
Read MoreMae Hong Son village cut off by landslides
RESIDENTS of a village in northern Mae Hong Son province urgently need help after landslides triggered by two days of torrential rain demolished their homes and blocked the road, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 13). Mr. Phachat Chomchodee, a resident of Mae Gopi village, in Khun Yuam district, said around 400 villagers urgently need […]
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