CHIANG RAI – It is the middle of winter in the Mekong region; however throughout December, floods have brought havoc to communities along the Mekong River....
Perfect cuppa: Wicha Promyong has put in a lot of effort to make coffee the lifeblood of Akha hill tribe from the village of Doi Chang....
CHIANG RAI – Mu Tianfeng, a 16-year-old high school student in northern Thailand, does not remember the last time he arrived home from school before...
CHIANG RAI – After successfully running the elephant protection program at Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp and Resort in Chiang Rai Thailand, John Roberts will...
CHIANGRAI – Many Thais would probably be surprised to learn that the common fruits and vegetables they eat often travel great distances from China before...
CHIANGRAI – Lao Eur, a 46-year-old farmer in Thailand’s northern mountains, remembers a time when the local forests were lush and he had abundant water...
CHIANGRAI – In October last year 13 bodies—blindfolded, hands tied, showing bullet wounds—were found floating in the Mekong river in northern Thailand. They were identified...
CHIANGRAI– Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia’s main poppy-growing countries has more than doubled over the past six years driven largely by rising heroin demand in...
CHIANGRAI – Population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation and climate change are putting pressure on the world’s river basins, and “hydro-diplomacy” is essential if water-related conflicts are...
CHIANGRAI – The News of Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visiting the township of Tachilek Myanmar next week has spread throughout the Northern Red Shirt...
CHIANGRAI The Anantara Golden Triangle resort in Thailand as the first hotels in the world to offer one of the most unique coffee experiences on...
CHIANGRAI – Runglada, a 16-year-old from the Akha tribe in northern Thailand’s mountainous Chiang Rai province, wants to become a doctor so that she can...
BANGKOK – Police on Wednesday arrested three men from Chiang Rai after finding 62 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, that had been hidden in...
MAE SARIANG, northern Thailand—Driving from the tiny town of Mae Sariang in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, to a small Thai-Burmese frontier trading point...
Chiangrai Times – A notorious ethnic Shan warlord, Naw Kham, has gone on trial in the southern Chinese city of Kunming, charged with the murder...
Chiangrai Times – The story begins at the start of 2011, when two Chinese cargo ships refused to pay protection money to a large drug-trafficking...
Chiangrai Times – A senior Thai politicians on Thursday accused neighboring Myanmar of failing to tackle drug production after 3.3 million amphetamine tablets were seized...