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 – The Drug Suppression Forces have seized some 980,000 illegal methamphetamine pills worth almost six million dollars stashed in a truck thought to...
CHIANG RAI – On World Elephant Day (August 12), WWF and TRAFFIC urge Thailand’s Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, to ensure legal reform, including steps outlined...
BANGKOK – The Royal Thai police on Thursday arrested four men – a Thai and three Taiwanese – for possession of more than 230...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Public health Ministry reports dengue fever is a major health threat in border provinces in North Thailand, particularly Chiang Mai, Chiang...
MYANMAR – Lo Hsing Han a former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the U.S. government has died in...
BEIJING – Drugs worth more than $400 million have been seized in a two-month multinational operation targeting crime along the Mekong River, China’s drug enforcement...
CHIANG RAI – Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas has announced the highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament in the royal seaside town of Hua...
CHIANG RAI – A total of 812 drug crime suspects have been arrested as part of a joint anti-drug campaign by China, Laos, Myanmar and...
CHIANG RAI – Elephants are endangered throughout their range countries. Asian elephants in Thailand are of particular concern, with approximately 1,500 left in captivity, and...
Think Elephants International, a not-for-profit organization that strives to promote elephant conservation through scientific research, education programming and international collaborations, today announced its latest study,...
DIEN BIEN – Border guards in Vietnam’s northwestern Dien Bien province and a security unit of Laos’ Phongsaly province have raided several houses in a...
CHIANG RAI -Thailand, China and the four other Mekong Region nations vowed on Thursday to boost cooperation in the fight against illegal drugs, which they...
CHIANG RAI – The lack of advertising for condominiums in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand is a pleasant surprise for someone who is used to...
FANG – It was about 7 pm when the sun set and darkness descended on northern Thailand. A group of teenagers, aged 13 to 17,...
TOKYO – Japanese brewery Sankt Gallen introduced a new brew that incorporates coffee beans that have been digested by an elephant in the newest addition to...
THON MIN YAR – Deep in the lawless mountains of the Golden Triangle, sloping fields of illegal poppies have just been scraped dry for opium....
CHIANGRAI -For many years Chiang Rai has lived in the shadow of it’s older sister city, the big and bustling Chiangmai. Many felt that it had...
CHIANGRAI -Living in the neighborhood of Mae Lao in Chiang Rai province where a number of girls and boys have been trafficked from, Nat* has...