CHIANG RAI – The next time you take to the wheel to drive yourself or the family to somewhere in Thailand, take a moment to reflect...
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CHIANG RAI – Elephant owners in Thailand are protesting against plans to treat domesticated animals the same as those born in the wild. The government...
CHIANG RAI – Seizures of crystal meth and methamphetamine pills reached record highs in East and Southeast Asia in 2012, with Myanmar retaining its status...
CHIANG RAI – Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand, with a 700-year-old history, and as with most sports, a yin and yang. Known...
CHIANG RAI – From today through Saturday, another rather strong high pressure weather system from China will extend over upper Thailand leading to cool weather...
CHIANG RAI – From the banks of the Mekong River in the tiny port of Xieng Kok in northwestern Laos, it is just a couple...
CHIANG RAI – Every year, hundreds of thousands of pets are snatched in Thailand, then smuggled into Vietnam, destined for Hanoi’s top restaurants and street stalls. Demand for...
CHIANG RAI — Despite Burma’s political opening in recent years, most of the roughly 130,000 Burmese refugees in Thailand are not expecting to return any...
CHINA – The number of drug addicts in China had increased to 2.26 million as of late June, up 16.5 percent from June 2012, the...
CHIANG RAI – Myanmar authorities claim to have discovered over US$1.3 million worth of methamphetamine tablets buried by the late drug kingpin Naw Kham near...
CHIANG RAI – Children in Thailand are at risk as makers of stimulants like methamphetamine aka yaba entice young with candy flavours and Facebook sales....
CHIANG RAI – Drug Suppression authorities and soldiers of the 3rd army have eradicated more than 1,600 rai of opium poppy farmlands in the North...
CHIANG RAI – Narcotics suppression police in Chiang Rai have arrested three men in possession of one million methamphetamine pills in Mae Fa Luang district. Pol...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong ordered health officials countrywide, particularly in provinces along Thai-Cambodian border to step up measures and to...
CHIANG RAI – Laos has opened a Chinatown market in Bokeo province near the lawless Golden Triangle in a bid to draw more trade and...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand is one of the most affordable and interesting places in the world to think about retiring. One challenge, though, for the...
CHIANG RAI – According to a recent survey by the Abac Poll, 75.2 per cent of respondents believe that Thailand’s moral standards has declined, which...
Foreign travellers crossing the border at Tachilek are forced to deposit their passports with Myanmar’s immigration officers and retrieve them on their return. CHIANG RAI ...
CHIANG RAI – The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and...