MYANMAR – Shan rebels, who clashed with government troops in eastern Burma over the weekend, have warned the army to respect the terms of their...
CHIANGRAI – Anti-drug officers will intensify their crackdown on opium poppy plantations near the northern border with Myanmar after rising demand for heroin in Thailand...
CHIANGRAI – Businesses in Chiang Rai are calling for a 150km motorway to be built linking the province with Chiang Mai to create a shorter route...
BANGKOK: Chinese National Xiangye Chen and two Thai hill tribesmen were arrested in a raid near Bangkok that netted $800,000-worth of crystal methamphetamine and half a...
CHIANGRAI – The Thai authorities seized 40kg of crystal methamphetamine “ice” and 100,000 meth pills after a gunfight between Thai soldiers and members of a...
PATTAYA – After months of investigation, one of Thailand’s larges drug seizures was conducted in Pattaya yesterday; over three hundred million baht worth of drugs...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Spread across the northern reaches of Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Thailand, and into southern China, in a region that has long been...
CHIANGRAI TIMES– President Barack Obama will make an historic trip to Myanmar next week after allaying initial concerns about the visit expressed by Burma’s top...
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...
MYANMAR – An earthquake struck central Myanmar on Sunday near its second-biggest city, Mandalay, killing at least six people, with the death toll likely to...
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 TIMES – The days of being accosted by street kids, badgered by tuk tuk drivers and harassed by transvestites might soon be a thing...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – A mild earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale struck Thailand’s northern Chiang Rai province early Wednesday morning, but there were...
CHIANGRAI TIMES –Drug traffickers are having hard time to sell illegal substances though traditional channels in Thailand as the government of Yingluck Shinawatra has been...
BANGKOK – Thai authorities on Friday warned that heavy rains this weekend could lead to floods in Bangkok, some northern provinces and popular beach resorts...
Chiangrai Times – Thai farmers urged to grow rice earlier than usual to avoid damage by flooding. An agriculture expert has urged Rice farmers in...
Chiangrai Times –The Health Ministry has revealed that more Thais have committed suicide during the past 5 years, while expressing worries about the rising trend...
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...
The death earlier this year in Thailand of two sisters from Quebec was caused by drinking a cocktail that contained the insect repellent DEET, an...