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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.
People's Party leader targets Pheu Thai seats in North
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 19/01/2026
» CHIANG MAI - Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People's Party and its prime ministerial candidate, voiced confidence the PP will capture all 10 parliamentary seats in Chiang Mai, a result he said would strengthen its bid to form what he described as "a government of the people".
Police arrest 15 in gang attack that severed 14-year-old girl's hand
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 19/09/2025
» CHIANG MAI - Police have arrested 15 suspects in connection with a brutal gang attack that left three students seriously injured, including a 14-year-old girl who lost her hand, in Chiang Mai's Mueang district on Sept 16.
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.
Office of National Water Resources urges agencies to ramp up drainage effort
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 27/09/2024
» The government needs to speed up its efforts to drain excess water from flood-hit areas in the North and Northeast, as more torrential rain is set to fall across upper Thailand in the next couple of days, according to the Office of National Water Resources yesterday.
Tourism bucks northern Thailand's Q2 economic decline
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 01/09/2024
» CHIANG MAI: The economy in northern Thailand slowed in the second quarter, marking a slight decrease from Q1 due to the high cost of living and lack of economic stimulus programmes, said Pornvipa Tangcharoenmonkong, the Northern Office director of the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
Chiang Mai, S.Korean province cooperating on education, work visits
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 08/07/2024
» Chiang Mai governor Nirat Phongsittithaworn and the governor of South Korea's Chungcheonbuk province, Kim Young-hwan, plan to sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) in September on support for Thais wanting to study or work in South Korea.
Spate of uni deaths raises PM2.5 fears
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 06/04/2024
» The recent death of an academic in Chiang Mai from lung cancer has heightened concerns about PM2.5 pollution in the northern province, which has consistently ranked one of the world's most air-polluted areas.
Thaksin tells his critics to 'live their own lives'
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 17/03/2024
» CHIANG MAI: Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra urged his critics on Saturday to focus on more important issues than scrutinising his every public action covered by the media.