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The Latest Breaking News from Chiang Rai

Couple arrested for B24m forex trading scam

A couple who provided online foreign currency exchange courses have been arrested in the northern province of Chiang Rai for allegedly duping people into investing about 24 million baht in a fraudulent Forex investment scheme.

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Envoy mourns rescue hero

US Ambassador to Thailand Robert F Godec on Friday offered his condolences following the passing of Pathum Thani governor Narongsak Osottanakorn, who was hailed for his role in coordinating the "Wild Boars" rescue operation in Chiang Rai over four years ago.

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‘Wild Boars’ governor Narongsak dies of cancer

Narongsak Osotthanakorn, the former Chiang Rai governor who won worldwide praise for his leadership of the mission to rescue the “Wild Boars” football team from the Tham Luang cave in 2018, has died of cancer at the age of 58.

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Missing Malaysian woman tracked to Myanmar border

CHIANG RAI: A missing 22-year-old Malaysian woman went to a river pier on the border with Myanmar in Mae Sai district before her worried family lost contact with her, according to official sources.

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Malaysian woman missing in Chiang Rai

A search has been launched for a young Malaysian woman whose mother says has been out of contact since sending photos taken during a visit to the border town of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai province.

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Family fears for Malaysian woman missing in Chiang Rai

CHIANG MAI: A search has been launched for a young Malaysian woman whose mother says has been out of contact since sending photos taken during a visit to the border town of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai province.

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One killed as storm hits Chiang Rai

CHIANG RAI: A landslide struck Mae Fah Luang district following heavy downpours on Saturday night, killing one person.

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A lingering problem

For several months, PM2.5 dust has exceeded 50 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m³) in many provinces in Thailand, which is considered unsafe. In some areas, such as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son, PM2.5 levels have reached over 500µg/m³. While some people are aware of the dangers of…

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Sudarat latest to take aim at ending 'rifts'

Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, leader of the Thai Sang Thai (TST) Party, on Sunday told voters in Chiang Rai that her party is a perfect fit to resolve long-standing political divisions.

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Thunder Castle on verge of retaining league crown

Thai League 1 champions Buriram United only need one point at Chiang Rai United today to retain the crown.

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Hospital ready for evacuation due to wildfire

CHIANG RAI: Officials at Maechan Hospital in the Mae Chan district of this northern border province were prepared to evacuate both staff and patients, although a nearby wildfire had been brought under control on Thursday, the Public Health Ministry reported.

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Three drug smugglers killed in Chiang Rai firefight

Three suspected drug smugglers were killed and 160,000 speed pills, 5.6kg of heroin and some raw opium were seized following an exchange of gunfire along the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai on Tuesday night.

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Thick smog continues in upper North

Red-coded hazardous smog levels again recorded in 13 areas in the upper North, with the worst pollution in Pai district of Mae Hong Son, the Pollution Control Department reported on Monday.

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Forest suffers 'worst wildfire in 20 years'

A wildfire has burned down more than 600 rai of forest in Doi Tung mountain in Chiang Rai, which locals have billed as the worst such disaster in two decades.

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Chiang Rai to host international art festival

Organised by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Chiang Rai province, Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai 2023 is set to be held from Dec 9 to April 30 next year.

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Toxic air still choking North

Hazardous levels of PM2.5 were limited to northern provinces on Wednesday morning, with with the worst air pollution still in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district, according to the Pollution Control Department.

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North still cloaked in thick haze

Parts of the upper North and Northeast remained cloaked in hazardous levels of smoke haze on Tuesday, with with the worst pollution still in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.

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Smog lingers across North

Hazardous levels of the ultra-fine PM2.5 dust were once again reported across the North and upper Northeast on Monday.

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Air pollution continues to plague northern region

Hazardous levels of PM2.5 dust were again recorded in the North and upper Northeast on Monday morning, peaking at 550 microgrammes per cubic metre of air over 24 hours in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.

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Toxic dust blankets North

Northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were blanketed by unsafe levels of the carcinogenic PM2.5 on Sunday, according to the Health Department.

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Toxic dust blankets North

Northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were blanketed by unsafe levels of the carcinogenic PM2.5 on Sunday, according to the Health Department.

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Life on the Mekong and Mississippi

To celebrate 190 years of US-Thai diplomatic relations, the art exhibition "Rivers Of Life" has been organised by the US embassy, ICONSIAM and the Chiang Khong community of Chiang Rai. On view at ICONSIAM, the exhibition features two videos -- I See That You Don't See created by Montika Kam-On,…

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Exhibition aims to protect rivers

The US embassy and the Chiang Khong community in Chiang Rai present "Rivers Of Life" at Iconlux pop-up space on the 1st floor of Iconsiam, Charoen Nakhon Road, until March 26.

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62m meth pills seized since October in North

Police in northern Thailand have seized 62 million methamphetamine pills in the last five months, according to statistics released this week by Provincial Police Region 5.

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Tunnel excavation begins on Den Chai-Chiang Rai tracks

The State Railway of Thailand has started excavating the 6.2-kilometre tunnel which will connect Den Chai in Phrae with Chiang Rai's Chiang Khong district, which lies on the banks of the Mekong River.

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