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  • Dengue fever claims its first case in Chiang Mai for 2019

    Dengue fever claims its first case in Chiang Mai for 2019

    A 12 year old fifth grader has succumbed to a case of dengue fever – its first victim in Chiang Mai this year. Sutheerat Mahasing, an academic at the Chiang Mai Public Health Office, says Chanon Jomputu had died on Wednesday this week. But Sutheerat dismissed rumours that the death resulted from a “new strain” of the dengue virus, blaming the tragedy instead on failure to get the proper treatment in time

  • New Zealand expat found dead in Chiang Mai condo

    New Zealand expat found dead in Chiang Mai condo

    PHOTO: Galare Thong Condominium – Google An elderly New Zealand expat has been found dead in a condo in Chiang Mai last night (Sunday). Police from the Muang Chiang Mai police station said the body of 79 year old Warwick Ernest Purser was found in a pool of blood beside his bed in a room on the 12th floor of the Galare Thong Condominium on Chang Klan Road at 7.30pm last night

  • Young British man found dead in Chiang Mai condo

    Young British man found dead in Chiang Mai condo

    PHOTO: Thai Rath A maid discovered a British man dead in the bedroom of a room on the eighth floor of a luxury condo in the Chang Khlan district of Chiang Mai over the weekend. 39 year old Kapadia Sarfaraaz was found face down on the bedroom floor. Police found no signs of a struggle or wounds on the body. But they say there were lots of different medications in the room.

  • BioThai Foundation says companies growing hemp commercially will create monopoly:

    BioThai Foundation says companies growing hemp commercially will create monopoly:

    “…as of now, only official agencies are allowed to grow hemp in the tribe-development zones in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Tak, Mae Hong Son and Phetchabun provinces.” The Thai government’s plan to let privately-owned companies grow hemp commercially is progressing as part of a three year trial. But, BioThai Foundation says that giving specific companies the right to plant hemp was unfair, adding that farmers should be allowed to grow this cash crop as well. Secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, Niyom Termsrisuk, says that the progress of the hemp-plantation initiative in six northern provinces had shown no problems, so far. He added that hemp is good for producing omega-acid rich oil, while hemp fibre can be used for making textiles.

  • Head to Chiang Mai for Songkran – getting wet with a northern touch

    Head to Chiang Mai for Songkran – getting wet with a northern touch

    Thailand’s best-known regional Songkran celebrations take place in the northern city of Chiang Mai This year the Chiang Mai Songkran Festival runs from April 1-16 and with the theme “telling the story of the Lanna culture while celebrating the auspicious new year with safety and without alcohol.” In Chiang Mai, Songkran is often called Paweni Pi Mai Muang.

  • Two Future Forward candidates win Pheu Thai strongholds in Chiang Rai

    Two Future Forward candidates win Pheu Thai strongholds in Chiang Rai

    Two long-time champions of the Pheu Thai Party in Chiang Rai have been defeated by candidates of the new Future Forward Party in yesterday’s general election. In Constituency 1, Pheu Thai several-term MP Samart Kaewmeechai was toppled by Future Forward’s Ekkapop Pianpiset in a closely run contest

  • Production staff coughs up blood during filming in Chiang Mai

    Production staff coughs up blood during filming in Chiang Mai

    PHOTO MONTAGE: Daily News A Chiang Mai filmmaker is calling on authorities to urgently tackle the problems of smoke haze and air pollution around the northern capital because it’s posing severe health problems.

  • Missing Chiang Rai mother found safe in Kunming after 8 months

    Missing Chiang Rai mother found safe in Kunming after 8 months

    A missing 59 year old Thai woman, reportedly suffering from Alzheimers, has been found in Kunming, China’s Yunnan province, about 700 kilometres  from her home in Thailand. She was reported missing from the northern province of Chiang Rai eight months ago. Kunming police found the woman, Kaewmanee Arjor, walking alone on a highway and alerted Thai officials in the Chinese city.

  • Eight year wait for Chiang Mai’s proposed Light Rail

    Eight year wait for Chiang Mai’s proposed Light Rail

    Whilst Phuket has got a tentative go ahead for its Light Rail system (for a start of contraction in 2020), people in Chiang Mai will have to wait eight years for their local version of a modern public transport system. The Chiang Mai News reports that a ministerial level government meeting in Lampang this week reported on the latest developments. The main decision is that the Red Line will be worked on first

  • Burmese man arrested with 300 kilogram of ‘ice’ in Chiang Rai

    Burmese man arrested with 300 kilogram of ‘ice’ in Chiang Rai

    A Burmese man from the Shan State has been arrested after troops intercepted his pickup and found a large shipment of 300 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine last night.