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Yaba or Methamphetamine Worse Than Heroin »

It's called Yaba in Thailand and Shabu in Malaysia, but by whatever name methamphetamine drug is Asia's new high and as easy to buy as a bowl of noodles or rice.

02:57 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Yaba pills come in pretty colours of dusky rose, green, red and orange. Placed in a palm, they look innocent enough, like pencil-eraser sized pieces of candy, –…

May 14 2012 / Read More »
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Burmese ‘Slaves’ Rescued from Thai Factory »

Burmese workers are provided with food at a police station after being rescued. (Photo: Burmese Association in Thailand (BAT)

02:13 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Nearly 150 Burmese migrant workers, who for up to two years had been locked inside…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

Thai Court Strips Top “Red Shirt” Leader of his Parliamentary Seat »

Leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship or Red Shirt group, Jatuporn Prompan

01:55 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – A Thai court stripped a top “Red Shirt” leader of his parliamentary seat Friday, in…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

UK Man Selling Human Baby Foetuses arrested in Bangkok »

Thai police show the remains of six foetuses wrapped in gold leaf at a news conference in Bangkok following the arrest of a British citizen of Taiwanese origin at a hotel in the city’s Chinatown May 18, 2012

01:41 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Thai police arrested a British citizen on Friday after the bodies of six babies thought…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

Police Colonel Wanted for Robery »

It’s not every day that you see a wanted poster for a high ranking police officer. This is Pol Col Pichit Kromprasit and according to the Bangkok Post he is a suspect in a two million Baht robbery from a Kasikorn Bank cash delivery van. The police were able to track his mobile phone and his last known location was in Chiang Rai yesterday.

01:25 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Police have launched a manhunt for a senior Kamphaeng Phet policeman charged with masterminding a…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

Tourism

  • The Hall of Opium takes visitors through the drug’s long and very chequered history

    Walk on the Dark Side – Hall of Opium Chiangrai

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  • With views like this, who needs TV? Four bungalows spread across the Bamboo Nest property all overlook the rolling landscape.

    Chiang Rai’s Bamboo Nest Guesthouse

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  • The annual cycling trips through Thailand, Laos and southern China are not advertised, but have become popular through a loose network of cycling enthusiasts.

    Discover Northern Thailand on Your Bike

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  • The Mekong Tourism Forum provides a cooperative platform for stakeholders in the tourism industry to discuss the development, marketing and promotion of travel to, from and within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

    Mekong Tourism Forum June, 13 to 14, in Chiang Rai

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  • Sa Wa Dee Ka, welcome to Thailand / Parade beauties from Tourism Authority of Thailand

    7 Myths about Traveling in Thailand

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  • The airline has two packages offering a three-day/ two-night stay bookable until 20 April with a travel period 27 February to 30 April.

    Orient Thai Teams up with Doi Tung in Chiangrai

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  • Ban Lorcha - Akha Hill Tribe Village - Welcome Dance

    TAT Presents Chiang Rai Attractions

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  • Mr Wicha, the man behind the commercial success of Doi Chaang, shows off one of the world-famous products.

    Doi Chaang Coffee Brewing from the Heart

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  • Boon Rawd Brewery has opened its farm to the public to promote agro-tourism in Chiang Rai.

    Boon Rawd Brewery Farm Chiangrai

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  • Here is the golden triangle. This is where the mekong and naam ruak river come together and so do Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. This was also the center of the opium trade for a few centuries up until the 1960s when Opium was outlawed due to US pressure.

    Heroin and the Golden Triangle

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  • There is now bus service from ChiangRai to LuangPrabang Laos

    A New Travel Opportunity – Joel Barlow

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  • Warm welcome to Bangkok. (I.Roze/GlobalPost)

    Welcome to Thailand: No Sex Tourists, Please

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  • Treat your sweetheart to a romantic weekend up in Thailand's northernmost province

    Valentine’s Day Love in a Cool Climate

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  • Perched up high on the lush hills of Thailand’s border overlooking Myanmar and Laos, Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa offers an escape like no other.

    Anantara Golden Triangle Going All-Inclusive

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Yaba or Methamphetamine Worse Than Heroin »

02:57 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Yaba pills come in pretty colours of dusky rose, green, red and orange. Placed in a palm, they look innocent enough, like pencil-eraser sized pieces of candy, – something a child would love. Closer inspection will show that there are imprints of these alphabets “R” or “WY” which tell you…

May 14 2012 / Read More »
It's called Yaba in Thailand and Shabu in Malaysia, but by whatever name methamphetamine drug is Asia's new high and as easy to buy as a bowl of noodles or rice.

Yaba or Methamphetamine Worse Than Heroin »

02:57 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Yaba pills come in pretty colours of dusky rose, green, red and orange. Placed in a palm, they look innocent enough, like pencil-eraser sized pieces of candy, – something a child would love. Closer inspection will show that there are imprints of these alphabets “R” or “WY” which tell you…

May 14 2012 / Read More »
It's called Yaba in Thailand and Shabu in Malaysia, but by whatever name methamphetamine drug is Asia's new high and as easy to buy as a bowl of noodles or rice.

The Rice Department Promotes Black Sticky Rice »

02:22 pm | CHIANGRAI TIMES – There’s a type of rice so delicious, it’s said, that a wife will eat it all and leave nothing for her husband when he returns home. It’s known as “Forget Husband” rice, or “Khao Leum Pua”. The black glutinous rice was given its humorous name 21 years ago by researchers who found…

May 8 2012 / Read More »
Rice with high nutritional value including Khao Leum Pua has seen strong market demand.

Lady Gaga’s World tour Born This Way Ball May 25th in Bangkok »

01:29 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Hundreds of Vietnamese fans have decided to come to Thailand to see US pop diva Lady Gaga’s world tour “Born This Way Ball”. They have got the show’s tickets at a cost from VND1 million to VND5 million and are ready to fly to Thailand for the “Born This Way Ball”…

Mar 22 2012 / Read More »
A Vietnamese fan shows picture of the tickets for the show in Thailand on Facebook

Walk on the Dark Side – Hall of Opium Chiangrai »

01:56 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Worshiped for the sense of euphoria it brings and loathed for the depression that follows as its effects wear off, opium is one of the most addictive drugs known to man. Visitors to the Hall of Opium in Chiang Rai will learn about the drug’s medicinal benefits, its social implications, the…

Apr 30 2012 / Read More »
The Hall of Opium takes visitors through the drug’s long and very chequered history

Expat's in the News

Elisabetta Polenghi says she believes her brother was killed by a military sniper and wants information on the progress of the investigation.

Slain Reporter’s Sister Calls for Truth Before Amnesty »

01:36 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Yingluck government’s haste in pushing for an amnesty bill while the people have not yet fully learned the truth about the 2010 political violence is…

May 16 2012 / Read More »

German Killer Michael Kristien Ditrish Caught in Khon Kaen »

Udon Thani police arrested a jealous German who fatally stabbed his Thai girl friend 17 times. The German confessed that he did it out of jealousy because his girlfriend chatted with another man on Facebook in front of him.

02:15 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Udon Thani police reported that Mr. Michael Kristien Ditrish age 29, German national had been arrested charged with…

May 11 2012 / Read More »

German Man Stabs his Woman 17 Times in Udon Thani »

Mike Kristien Bitek Stabbed his Girlfriend 17 Times

02:28 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Royal Thai Police are seeking help trying to find Mr. Mike Kristien Bitek, age 29 of Germany after…

May 10 2012 / Read More »

Australian Facing attempted Murder Charges »

Police handcuff Macintosh to bring him to the station.

02:36 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – An Australian man is facing attempted murder charges after slashing a Thai man in the face in what…

May 5 2012 / Read More »

Chiangrai News

Heavy Rain Warnings Throughout Thailand »

The centre warns that heavy rain could bring flash floods and make driving conditions dangerous. In the far north province of Chiang Rai, hail storms followed by strong winds ripped off roof tops and uprooted trees in districts east of the town stretching to Chiang Kong.

02:06 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Travelers will face rainy days in Thailand according to the latest national weather advisory that warns of scattered…

May 17 2012 / Read More »

Drug lord’s Gang Members Surrender »

2011 October 5th noon, a Chinese ship (Hua Ping) and a Burmese/Myanma ship (Yu Xing 8) were hijacked by an unknown armed group. The over 10 crew members of both ships were Chinese sailors.

12:55 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Approximately 30 members of a Golden Triangle drug gang whose leader was arrested in Laos and sent to…

May 17 2012 / Read More »

Chiang Rai Locals Fear Impact of New Mosque »

Buddhists and Muslims in the North have been living together so far without any signs of religious conflict

02:36 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – An ongoing protest against the construction of a mosque in the midst of a Buddhist community looks set…

May 15 2012 / Read More »
It’s not every day that you see a wanted poster for a high ranking police officer. This is Pol Col Pichit Kromprasit and according to the Bangkok Post he is a suspect in a two million Baht robbery from a Kasikorn Bank cash delivery van. The police were able to track his mobile phone and his last known location was in Chiang Rai yesterday.

Police Colonel Wanted for Robery »

01:25 pm |   CHIANGRAI TIMES – Police have launched a manhunt for a senior Kamphaeng Phet policeman charged with masterminding a 2 million baht van robbery. Chiang Rai police have set up…

May 18 2012 / Read More »

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