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Officials ordered to boost PM2.5 fight
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 21/04/2026
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered agencies to step up enforcement of environmental laws to tackle worsening PM2.5 pollution, warning that inaction could erode public trust.
Huge turnout battles rash of wildfires
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 17/04/2026
» Wildfires intensified across northern and western Thailand, with 2,165 hotspots detected, as officials and an army of 25,000 fire-fighters escalated aerial and ground operations to contain spreading blazes.
Calls for more 'clean air rooms' in North
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 30/03/2026
» Civil group the Chiang Mai Breathe Council has called for an increase of "clean air rooms" across the province, warning many high-risk districts still lack access to such facilities despite the worsening PM2.5 pollution.
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.
Government issues flood cash
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 28/09/2024
» The government has compensated the first batch of more than 3,600 households affected by flooding in Chiang Rai.
Air quality in Chiang Mai continues to deteriorate
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 30/04/2024
» The air quality in Chiang Mai has continued to deteriorate over the past several days due to wildfires spreading in the province, according to local authorities.
Forest fires rage, PM2.5 levels high
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 16/04/2024
» Fire-fighting resources are being mobilised in Chiang Mai to combat more than 15 forest fires, some of which have been raging for three days, local authorities say.
Rain fails to douse blazes in Chiang Mai
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 27/03/2024
» Many areas in the North are facing a new wave of air pollution as wildfires continue to be detected despite continuing downpours.
Smog crisis in North refuses to diminish
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 20/03/2024
» The air pollution crisis in the North showed little sign of improving yesterday, with Chiang Mai still ranking among the top five cities in the world with the worst pollution levels.
Govt could ban corn imports next year in bid to fix PM2.5
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 17/03/2024
» The government may ban corn imports from neighbouring countries next year in a bid to deal with the surge of PM2.5 fine dust pollution in the North.