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Chiang Mai moat ‘safe for Songkran splashing’
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 10/04/2026
» CHIANG MAI — Water quality in the moat in this northern city is safe for Songkran revellers to splash in but not good enough for drinking, Chiang Mai Mayor Assanee Buranupakorn said on Friday.
ThaiHealth inspects pollution-hit village
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 10/03/2026
» CHIANG RAI: A team from the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) inspected a riverside community on Sunday, amid growing concerns about heavy metal contamination along the Kok River.
Chiang Mai's Yi Peng Festival pumped B2.7bn into local economy
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 11/11/2025
» CHIANG MAI – This year's Yi Peng Festival pumped an estimated 2.765 billion baht into the local economy, money spent by more than 184,800 visitors.
Soldiers kill 6 drug smugglers, seize 1.2m meth pills
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 28/10/2025
» CHIANG MAI - Six drug smugglers were killed in a brief clash with soldiers patrolling in Fang district on Monday, and 1.2 million methamphetamine pills with Labubu stamps were seized.
Popular contestant in The Voice Thailand dies in Chiang Mai car crash
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 10/09/2025
» CHIANG MAI - A pickup truck with a cargo of bottled water crashed into a high-voltage power pole on Tuesday afternoon, bringing down 24 poles in succession and causing widespread damage.
Call centre scam hits Chiang Mai University, millions lost in a day
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 05/06/2025
» Ten students at Chiang Mai University (CMU) were scammed in a single day, with reported losses totalling several million baht, prompting CMU and local police to issue a warning.
Volunteer dies in accident after tiring day battling wildfires
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 28/04/2025
» CHIANG MAI - A volunteer returning home after a long, tiring day fighting wildfires was killed when his motorcycle ran off a hill road on Sunday night.
Northern rivers face 'severe pollution'
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 18/04/2025
» A civil society group and several academics in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai have issued an urgent letter to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, demanding government intervention to address severe pollution in the Kok and Sai rivers, which flow into Thailand from Myanmar's Shan State.
Prolonged floods in Chiang Mai raise subsidence risk
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 15/11/2024
» Experts are warning of possible landslides and subsidence in parts of Chiang Dao district in Chiang Mai, as the ground in the area is saturated with water after two months of floods.
Troops seize 400,000 speed pills abandoned in Chiang Mai
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 08/11/2024
» CHIANG MAI - Soldiers seized 400,000 speed pills that had been abandoned in a garden in Fang district of this northern province on Friday.