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Chiang Mai’s dams stable after pre-dawn earthquake
CHIANG MAI’S Irrigation Bureau 1 said this northern province’s two dams remained stable after a 4.1 magnitude earthquake with a very shallow depth of 2 kilometres hit Mae Khue subdistrict of Doi Saket district at 4.36 a.m. this morning (Oct. 20), Sanook.com said. Mae Kuang Udom Thara Dam in Doi Saket district experienced peak …
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Belgian tourist missing while rafting in Chiang Mai still not found
AFTER searching all day and late into the night rescuers and divers in Chiang Mai had not found a Belgian man who fell off a rubber dinghy while rafting in Mae Taeng river with two fellow countrymen and a guide yesterday afternoon with the search continuing today (July 23), Sanook.com and Matichon newspaper said. …
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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 …
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Doi 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 …
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Traders 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 …
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Election 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 …
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Video 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 …
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Chinese 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 …
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Drunk, 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, …
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Welcome 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 …
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Doctor 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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Teachers, students break through art gallery gate over cancelled exhibition
SOME teachers and students at Chiang Mai University today (Oct. 16) broke through the gate and door of an art gallery to prepare for an annual art exhibition after being stopped from doing so with power and water supply being cut, Thai Rath newspaper said. These students also filed a complaint to pursue a …
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Covid-hit Chiang Mai hotel cuts room rate to 100 baht a night
A HOTEL in Chiang Mai that has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic cut its room rate to just 100 baht a night during Oct 10-12 and quickly got over 70% bookings, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 7). Sleep CNX hotel in Suthep sub-district, Mueang district, is among the hotels in this …
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Briton’s Thai wife drowns in Chiang Mai creek after heavy rain
A BRITISH engineer is mourning the death of his Thai wife who was swept away by fiercely flowing waters of a creek that rose very high after heavy rain in Chiang Mai last night and after a long search her body was found four kilometres away late this morning (Sept. 12), Amarin TV said. Ms …
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Family of five dies in Doi Inthanon accident
A SAD ACCIDENT occurred in Chiang Mai this afternoon (Nov.20) after a pickup truck carrying a family of five, the couple and their three daughters, overturned while coming down from the top of Thailand’s highest mountain Doi Inthanon, Sanook.com reported. The accident occurred at 12.50 p.m. when the Bangkok-registered black pickup truck flipped over on …
UFO sightings stir excitement in Chiang Mai
THE northern Chiang Mai city is gripped by UFO mystery today (Oct. 9) after a university student and his friends shared a video clip of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in an air control zone above Doi Suthep taken in July and then saw it again last week but it was too far away to …
Big hunt for meteorites in Chiang Mai
VILLAGERS at Chiang Mai’s Mae Suek subdistrict are happily searching for meteorites today (Sept. 25) after rumours of some of them having found and secretly kept a football-size one last month was confirmed to be true, Khaosod newspaper reported. Mr. Inthara Nuknaen, Mae Suk subdistrict chief, revealed that some villagers did find a large meteorite …
Sanam Luang demonstration grows bigger
DESPITE the rain more people are flocking to Sanam Luang ground this evening (Sept. 19) to join thousands of others already there as the demonstration by Thammasat Alliance, entitled “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power,” grows bigger, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The protesters are well prepared with raincoats and umbrellas and are also wearing face masks. …
Runaway truck triggers pileup in Chiang Mai
A CEMENT MIXER TRUCK with faulty brakes zoomed down a Chiang Mai road this morning (Sept. 7) and rear-ended a row vehicles parked at the red light setting off chain-reaction crashes but fortunately there were no injuries, Khaosod newspaper reported. The nerve-wracking multiple-vehicle collision occurred at Rin Kham intersection in Chang Phueak subdistrict of Chiang …
Chiang Mai police warn people not to attend new rally
AS CHIANG MAI student leaders moved ahead with organizing another rally on Wednesday July 29, this northern city’s police issued a warning that doing so clearly violates the emergency decree, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 27, 2020). Chiang Mai City police also filed charges of joining together to organize activities meant to instigate unrest in …
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Chiang Mai’s Night Bazaar badly hit by coronavirus woes
MAKING waves on Thai social media are photos of Night Bazaar, the important landmark of Chiang Mai city, looking desolate with shops steadily shutting down due to the impact of Covid-19 outbreak, Sanook.com reported today (July 11, 2020). There is a plea for the authorities to spur tourism in this northern city through the “We …
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