Northern Thailand
Northern Thailand news, including political developments, economic updates, and public safety reports.
- Northern Thailand News
Police seize nearly 1.4 billion baht assets from alleged drug network in Chiang Rai
The Department of Special Investigations seized nearly 1.4 billion baht…
- Thailand News
Hill tribes in Chiang Mai resist construction of coal mine
Villagers from Omkoi, a district 150 kilometres south west of…
- Thailand News
Endangered tiger tracked by Thai wildlife officials dies aged 9
An endangered tiger known as ‘Thanakorn’ who lived in a…
- Thailand News
Thailand’s elephant crisis: 22 elephants die during pandemic at Chiang Mai camp
Another elephant from Maesa elephant camp in Chiang Mai died…
- Thailand News
Convenient Covid-19 testing – say hello to ATK vending machines
In Thailand, you can find a range of items in…
- Crime News
Police arrest alleged kingpin of drug network in Northern Thailand
Police arrested an alleged kingpin of a drug network in…
- Thailand News
French expat who went missing in forest turns up safe in Chiang Mai
A French man who went missing in a Chiang Mai…
- Thailand News
Robbers shoot and kill customer in Northern Thailand gold shop
Three robbers fired bullets through a glass door of a…
- Northern Thailand News
Soldiers in Chiang Mai seize drugs after gunfire exchange, suspects still at large
Three armed men in Chiang Mai near the Myanmar border…
- Thailand News
More than 100 migrants caught in Kanchanaburi for alleged illegal entry
Thai border patrols arrested 107 Burmese migrants for allegedly illegally…
- Thailand Weather Updates
Storms in Northern Phayao province create a snowlike sight
“When it snows in Thailand” sounds like an alternative version…
- Crime News
Methamphetamine seized from truck in Northern Thailand
A man in Northern Thailand was arrested for allegedly transporting…
- Northern Thailand News
Soldier dies, another seriously injured, after plunging off cliff in northern Thailand
A soldier has died after falling from a cliff in…
- Northern Thailand News
Man arrested for allegedly stealing 50,000 baht in railway property
A 51 year old man in northern Thailand’s Phrae province…
- Northern Thailand News
Packages of methamphetamine pills found floating in Chiang Rai rivers
Packages containing around 1.2 million methamphetamine pills were found floating…
- Northern Thailand News
Rush to build extra field hospitals in Tak as over 600 new infections reported
A cluster of over 600 Covid-19 infections has officials in…
- Chiang Mai News
Chiang Mai launches website for expats to register for Covid-19 vaccination
The northern province of Chiang Mai has launched a website…
- Northern Thailand News
Chiang Rai introduces strict requirements for travellers from “dark red” provinces
From today, if you’re travelling to Chiang Rai from any…
- Crime News
American man arrested in Chiang Mai for allegedly killing pregnant Thai wife
An American man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his…
- Crime News
Police crackdown on 3 drug networks in Northern Thailand, local politician on the run
In an effort to suppress drug trafficking during the Covid-19…
- Crime News
New Yaba pill laced with crystal meth to increase potency
A new type of yaba (methamphetamine) pill in Thailand is…
- Covid-19 News
Northern Thai provinces starting Covid restrictions as 3rd wave spreads
Thailand’s northern provinces are starting to impose more self-quarantines or…
- Chiang Mai News
Chiang Mai records 6 new infections after nearly 3 months virus-free
After nearly 3 months without any Covid-19 infections, the northern…
- Thailand Weather Updates
Northern Thailand summer storms damage almost 3,000 homes
Almost 3,000 homes are damaged after northern Thailand summer storms…
- Thailand News
Report attributes 32,000 premature deaths in Thailand to air pollution
According to the State of Global Air 2020 Report, around…
- World News
2,000 Burmese refugees sheltering in Mae Hong Son, northern Thailand
The governor of the northern province of Mae Hong Son…
- Environment News
Northern Thailand sees dangerous levels of pollution
Northern Thailand is seeing dangerous levels of pollution with PM2.5…
- Crime News
Monk kicks Thai teenager in face after he refuses to buy him food
A monk in northern Thailand’s Lampang Province has allegedly taken…
- World News
Bangkok fiddles whilst Chiang Mai burns – who’s behind the annual smoke season?
OPINION In the December 2020 outbreak of Covid in the…
- Northern Thailand News
Officials tracking down foreigners with fake IDs opening up illegal businesses in Chiang Rai
Thai news site TNA is reporting that the Department of…
- Environment News
Brush fires rage on in Chiang Mai while air pollution soars
Brush fires are raging on in Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai…
- Environment News
Over 250,000 receive eye and nose medical treatment due to pollution in northern provinces
Over 250,000 people are feeling the burn after receiving treatment…
