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Wildlife Officials Rescue 2 Tiger Cubs from Suspected Trafficker

CTN News - May 16, 2022

Wildlife enforcement officers have rescued two tiger cubs, six great hornbills, and two wreathed hornbills from a wildlife trafficker in Northeastern Thailand. Wildlife officers and...

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Entrance Fees Hiked for National Parks in Northern Thailand

CTN News - May 1, 2022

In northern Thailand, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation has announced that entrance fees will be increased effective June 7th. For foreigners,...

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Chiang Mai Records 16 Songkran Road Deaths in a Single Day

CTN News - April 16, 2022

As people in Thailand celebrate the Songkran holiday the northern province of Chiang Mai reported the most accidents and injuries on Thursday. According to the...

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Buddhist Monk Rescued After Falling 50 Meters into a Cave

CTN News - March 8, 2022

A Buddhist monk has been rescued from a mountain cave in northern Thailand after he fell about 50 metres when a rope ladder broke...

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Surrogacy Agents Target Poor Hilltribe Women to Be Surrogates

CTN News - February 15, 2022

Surrogacy agents have caught the attention of authorities in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai where its believed ethnic women have been paid to serve...

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Police Officer Arrested Over Sexual Assault and Drunken Rampage

CTN News - February 10, 2022

An off-duty police officer has been arrested after he was caught on CCTV assaulting a man in northern Thailand's Lamphun province. The police officer...

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31 Victims of Soldiers Shooting Rampage Remembered

CTN News - February 10, 2022

Victims of the deadly shooting rampage by a soldier that killed 31 people and injured 57 others were marked by a merit-making ceremony at...

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Preschool Slammed for Giving Demerit Points to Crying Toddlers

CTN News - February 5, 2022

Preschool parents on Social media in Thailand went berserk Thursday after a preschool announced that toddlers crying during an entrance exam would result in...

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Train Crashes into 18-Wheeler Truck Trailer Killing 2

CTN News - February 2, 2022

Police report a locomotive driver and engineer have been killed after their train collided with an 18-wheeler truck at a railway crossing in northeastern...

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16 Elderly Elephants Get a New Home in Northern Thailand

CTN News - January 31, 2022

Over the past two years, Thailand's captive elephants have faced immense hardship as tourism dollars have dried up at Elephant Camps. In addition, owners...

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Border Patrol Seizes Methamphetamine Shipment After Gun Battle

CTN News - January 29, 2022

Border patrol officers have seized more than four million meth pills, 26 kilograms of ketamine abandoned by smugglers as they fled following a brief...

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Soldiers Seize Heroin After Firefight with Drug Runners

CTN News - January 28, 2022

Soldiers from Northern Thailand's Pha Muang task force seized 1.6 pounds of heroin and over two hundred thousand methamphetamine pills after a brief firefight...

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Woman Killed Trying to Walk Under Elephant for Good Luck

CTN News - January 22, 2022

Police in Northern Thailand's Chiang Mai Province report that a 48-year-old woman was killed by an Asian elephant. She allegedly tried to walk under...

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Freight Truck and Pickup Truck Collide Head-on Killing 4 People

CTN News - January 12, 2022

On Tuesday night, four people were killed when a pickup truck and a freight truck collided head-on in northeastern Thailand's Kalasin Province. The accident occurred...

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Army Seizes Large Cache of Methamphetamine on Mekong River

CTN News - January 6, 2022

Three-quarters of a million meth pills and 500 grams of crystal meth were seized by an Army patrol along northeastern Thailand's Mekong Riverbank on...

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Models Handing Out Free Coffee Create Headache for Police

CTN News - January 4, 2022

Two models in Chiang Mai were asked to stop handing out free canned coffee to keep drivers alert during the New Year holiday because...

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Couple Camping at Wildlife Sanctuary Attacked by Wild Elephants

CTN News - January 4, 2022

In the early hours of Sunday, a couple on a nature study tour escaped serious injury when wild elephants allegedly destroyed their tent and...

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Police Officer Shot and Killed by Fleeing Drug Runners

CTN News - December 30, 2021

On Tuesday night, a police officer was killed as he and his men tried to stop a pickup truck thought to be carrying a...

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Foreign Tourist Test Positive for Omicron in Northern Thailand

CTN News - December 27, 2021

Health Authorities in northern Thailand's Chiang Mai province told a press briefing yesterday that the two foreign travellers had tested positive for the Omicron...

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First Cases of Omicron Variant Found in Northeastern Thailand

CTN News - December 23, 2021

The Governor of northeastern Thailand's Khon Kaen Province Somsak Jungtrakul announced Wednesday that his province has seen its first two Omicron cases. However, he said...

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