HISTORICAL FACTS: Chiang mai - The Untold Story

Cambodia and Laos in One Trip: Angkor, Mekong Boats and the Border Crossing

The two countries share a border only on paper; in practice, most travellers connect through Thailand, crossing into Laos at Huay Xai after flying into Bangkok or Chiang Mai, or looping back through Phnom Penh to catch a flight north. The smarter sequence is Cambodia first, Laos second, because the…

Times Life · 20h ago

Northern Thailand Slow Loop: Chiang Mai, Pai and Nan Without a Beach

Most people who land in Thailand are pointed south within forty-eight hours. The northern loop asks you to resist that pull entirely, and what you find when you do is a country that has almost nothing to do with the one on the postcards. Chiang Mai: The Walled City as…

Times Life · 21h ago

Ezy Airlines halts northern flights over high fees

Ezy Airlines has suspended a plan to fly in northern Thailand, reportedly due to high parking fees at Chiang Mai airport, prompting the governor of Mae Hong Son to seek a review of the fees to support tourism.

Bangkok Post · Aug 25

Chiang Mai screens Thai-Japanese film programme

Dude, Movie presents "Hearing The Voice Of Absence", a programme of eight Thai and Japanese films, at Suan Anya in Chiang Mai, from Friday to Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Aug 2

Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai highway partially flooded but passable

Motorists on the main highway between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai were being advised on Thursday to drive carefully as workers are draining floodwater from the surface in some locations.

Bangkok Post · Jul 30

Chinese shop owner skims 1,200 credit cards, steals B30m

A Chinese man and three Thais have been arrested for allegedly skimming the credit card data of 1,200 Chinese visitors to their shops in Bangkok and Chiang Mai and stealing 30-million-baht from them using forged credit cards.

Bangkok Post · Jul 28

HIV cases continue to rise in Chiang Mai

HIV remains a significant public health concern in Chiang Mai, with health authorities reporting approximately 23,900 cumulative infections and about 700 new cases each year - almost two new infections a day on average.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27

Chinese shop owner skimmed compatriots’ credit cards, stole B30m

A Chinese man and three Thais have been arrested for allegedly skimming the credit card data of 1,200 Chinese visitors to their shops in Bangkok and Chiang Mai and stealing 30-million-baht from them using forged credit cards.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27

Senators propose 3 sites for Unesco list

A campaign has been launched to nominate Kanchanaburi's Death Railway, ancient Chiang Saen and historic Chiang Mai for inclusion on Unesco's World Heritage List.

Bangkok Post · Jul 21

31 foreign-owned by proxy companies raided in Chiang Mai

Police and local officials in Chiang Mai raided 31 companies suspected of being nominee firms under actual foreign ownership and arrested five suspects on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Jul 21