. . TOFINO – Five people have died after a whale watching vessel sank in the icy cold waters off the coast of Tofino, B.C. Canada,...
. . For years I’ve been an advocate of allowing Thai farmers to grow hemp. Hemp is the same plant family as pot. Pot can get...
. BANGKOK – Thailand’s Tourist Police are constantly improving their service and offering convenience for tourists. Leading the new trend, provide modern innovative technology virtual application...
. . NAKHON PATHOM – On a rural road just after daybreak, villagers young and old kneel reverently before a single file of ochre-robed women, filling...
. . Metaphors and What They Mean Everyone has used metaphors in some form or other, whether they realized it or not. You might have described...
NEW YORK – Canadian boiler-room operator Sandy Winick, 57, who was arrested in Bangkok in 2013 is facing up to 20 years in jail after...
BEIJING – Dozens of Chinese lawyers including some of the country’s more prominent “rights defenders” have been detained or questioned over the past few days in...
NAPLES – Pope Francis urged members of organized crime to turn away from violence and exploitation and stop the “tears of the mothers of Naples”...
CHIANG RAI – Thi Bhawangkanantha, head of the Child Protection Center at the Office of the Basic Education Commission has alerted authorities to a new, harmful...
BANGKOK – Thai exports fell for the fourth month running in April, down 1.7% year-on-year and 3.99% for the first four months of 2015,...
AYUTTHAYA – Nestled among hundreds of identical white and brown two-storey homes crammed in this neighbourhood for factory workers is a house with a trick...
BANGKOK – The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) a London based rights group has reported that Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly’s efforts to combat human trafficking in...
Map: Boat sinks in Indonesia JAKARTA – Ten foreign tourists were missing on Sunday (Aug 17) after a boat traveling between islands in eastern...
CHON BURI – Parents in Thailand have a new ally in their quest to keep track of what their children are watching, as the government plans...
It’s a terrifying thought that even in a world rattled by 9/11, planes can still vanish without a trace. Though the search effort for MH370...
RANONG – Thai police have busted a transnational drug ring and confiscated more than 147 kilograms of heroin,with a street value of more than Bt3...
TRAT – A five year old girl has been killed and 30 people injured at a night market in the Khao Saming district of Trat...
SOCHI RUSSIA – Until now the only Thai to ski at the Winter Olympics was academic Prawat Nagvajara, who competed in Salt Lake City in...
PRIVACY POLICY At The Chiang Rai Times we collect information about our readers and supporters for two main reasons: 1.To help us to monitor and improve...
BANGKOK – Thai Webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn lost her appeal Friday against a conviction for failing to remove a comment deemed critical of the monarchy from...