CHIANGRAI – In October last year 13 bodies—blindfolded, hands tied, showing bullet wounds—were found floating in the Mekong river in northern Thailand. They were identified...
CHIANGRAI– Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia’s main poppy-growing countries has more than doubled over the past six years driven largely by rising heroin demand in...
CHIANGRAI The Anantara Golden Triangle resort in Thailand as the first hotels in the world to offer one of the most unique coffee experiences on...
Chiangrai Times – Myanmar authorities have seized large quantities of heroin and speed pills and arrested four suspects during raids on areas under the control...
Chiangrai Times – Any visitor to Chiangrai cannot fail to recognize the richness and obvious affluence that abound in this northern most province. Its proximity...
Chiangrai Times – Three people have been shot and killed on-board a long-tailed boat in an outbreak of violence on the Mekong River. The victims,...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – A Chinese company plans to turn huge tracts of jungle and farmland once associated with the opium trade into a tourism magnet....
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Golden Triangle is one of those regions that has captured popular imagination: think warlords, secret armies, opium mule trains chugging through...
Chiangrai Times – Perched on a hill ridge overlooking the landscapes of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong Rivers,...
“Let’s face it: Elephants are boring,” I emailed a friend from my BlackBerry during a sluggish, scorching day at the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament...
ChiangRai city’s best and most important is the Oub Kham, between the Den Ha fresh produce market and the military hospital (Khai Mengrai Maharat). It’s...
The study “Cashing In across the Golden Triangle” began in 2005 as an idea to understand Thailand’s economy in the North and is a comprehensive...
Supported by Chiang Kai-shek and the CIA, the Kuomintang dominated the world’s heroin trade for years. The Secret Army. Among the wealth of gripping stories...
In early 2002, when the Chinese authorities were breaking huge boulders to improve the navigational route between China and northern Laos and Thailand on the...
Beijing has suspended Chinese ships from the Golden Triangle area of the Mekong River following the brutal murder of at least 12 Chinese crewmen on...
Perched high up on the hills on Thailand’s border overlooking Myanmar and Lao, Anantara Golden Triangle Resort&Spa has implemented and integrated sustainable practices into the...
Anantara Resorts is on quite a tear this year, opening and acquiring several properties, including its first urban hotel in its hometown of Bangkok. The...
If you’ve never sat on an elephant, here is your chance: The Anantara Golden Triangle Resort and Spa features elephants as its main attraction. So pack...
. . CHIANG RAI – Every morning in Mae Chan, a convoy of orange-robed Buddhist monks and novices riding on horseback leave their mountain-top temple in...
An unidentified rebel group fired grenades targeting Myanmar soldiers on the Mekong river near the border with Thailand, but missed their target, Thai police said...