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Forest fires very close to a revered shrine in Mae Hong Son

Fires continue to rage in the northwestern province of Mae Hong Son over the weekend. One of them got very close to a revered Guan Yin...
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Mae Hong Son continues to be plagued with fires

Mae Hong Son province continues to be plagued by forest fires despite the ban and the raging haze and smoke problems. In recent months, Mae Hong...
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Developer pulls the plug on 500 million baht retirement project in Chiang Mai

PHOTO: Sunshine International Retirement Residence & Serviced Apartment, Hua Hin Sunshine International, Thailand’s leading brand of retirement residences says that their project which was due to...
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New fires in the North likely to be arson – Army

by Nathawat Laping Some 1,000 combined professional and volunteer firefighters are battling a major forest fire in the mountainous area overlapping Chiang Mai’s Muang and Mae...
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Thailand still in the world’s Top 14 for TB cases

Thailand is struggling with tuberculosis, and remains in the list of the world’s 14 worst hit countries. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called...
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Forest fires destroy 2.7 million rai of land whilst Chiang Mai is back on top

by Tossapol Boonpat Bush fires have devastated nearly 2.7 million rai (there are 2.5 Rai in an Acre) of forests in nine northern provinces. The Mae...
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Northern smoke haze easing slowly

Either by hard work, serendipity or pure luck, the smog and haze in the North has eased considerably within the seven-day timeframe set last Tuesday by...
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Ministry works towards ending sugarcane burning in three years

The Ministry of Industry is proposing to the Thai Cabinet a plan to end sugarcane farmers’ annual burn-off of their plantations before harvesting. The practice is...
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Hunters injured in Chiang Mai national park shoot-out

Two ethnic Lahu hunters have been injured in a clash with Sri Lanna National Park officials in Chiang Mai over the weekend. The Lahu are one...
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Costs rise for northerners as they struggle with smoke haze – Nida Poll

People in the North are being hit by additional costs as they struggle with the ongoing haze crisis even as more forest fires erupted in some...
Air Pollution2 months ago

“Toxic air pollution shortens children’s lives by 20 months”

In the wake of the PM’s visit to Chiang Mai this week, and more than two months of high levels of hazardous air pollution, a report...
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Counting down PM’s 7 day deadline in Chiang Mai – so far no change

by Piyaporn Wongruang, Tim Newton Last week PM Prayut Chan-o-cha issued an order to end the haze crisis in the North within seven days and declared...
Air Pollution2 months ago

Smoke haze hits northern Songkran hotel bookings

By Sakaorat Sirima, Nattawat Laping The Northern smog crisis is taking its toll on the popular tourist region, with officials admitting a significant drop seen in...
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Fix the smoke haze problem in 7 days – PM

“Go and hit the fires with this spade!” The Thai PM in Chiang Mai today by Saksit Muttafa, Krissana Porjit PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says the government...
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Alarmingly high PM2.5 levels found in Chiang Mai, INSIDE a safety zone building

A Chiang Mai air-pollution safe zone proved to be not that ‘safe’ according to a medical lecturer. The level of PM2.5 very fine particles was found...
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Big farm companies causing the smoke problems in the north

by Chularat Saengpassa, Sakaorat Sirima Experts see little changing, even after Prayut’s visit to Chiang Mai today, and blame the government’s policy to push corn cultivation....
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Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai suffer haze and smoke until at least May

Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is flying to Chiang Mai tomorrow (Tuesday) to meet with with the northern provincial governors. Most of the northern provinces, including Chiang...

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