CHIANG RAI – On Friday, June 5, 2026, local environmental activists, community leaders, and villagers gathered at the Chiang Rai Provincial Hall in northern Thailand to demand immediate government intervention against severe heavy metal pollution in five major rivers. They had just completed an exhausting six-day protest march, hoping to present their case directly to the […]

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JUN

SIG and WWF Mark Second-Year Progress of Forest Conservation Partnership in Thailand

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PR News

BANGKOK – SIG, a leading packaging system solutions provider, and WWF marked the second-year progress of their Forests Forward partnership in Thailand, which supports conservation and improved forest management across 60,000 hectares of strategic forest landscapes spanning across three of Thailand’s most critical forest landscapes: the Mae Ping–Kaeng Krung forest corridor, the Lower Songkhram River […]

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MAY

Thousands March in Northern Thailand to Save Rivers from Toxic Mining Pollution

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Naree Srisuk

CHIANG RAI – On Sunday, May 31, 2026, more than a thousand monks, students, and residents gathered at the Tha Ton bridge in Chiang Mai province. They united for a single, urgent cause: saving their waterways. The event, called the “Dhammayatra” (a peaceful spiritual walk), was launched to protect cross-border rivers from severe pollution linked to […]

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MAY

Police Raid Shuts Down Illegal Chinese Run E-Waste Plant in Central Thailand

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Jeff Tomas

BANGKOK— Thai authorities have taken a decisive step forward in their ongoing war against toxic pollution. In a major joint operation, law enforcement and industrial watchdogs raided a massive, unlicensed e-waste factory hidden in Samut Sakhon. The facility, which was secretly sorting and melting down hazardous electronic scrap, was reportedly run by foreign operators who […]

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MAY

Citizens Networks Plan Protest Over River Pollution in Northern Thailand

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Jeff Tomas

CHIANG RAI – Local activists and civil society networks in northern Thailand are taking to the streets and waterways to protest a growing ecological crisis. For over a year, illegal mining activities in neighboring Myanmar have dumped heavy metals and toxic chemicals into shared rivers. This pollution directly affects the health, water supplies, and livelihoods […]

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MAY

Toxic Heavy Metals Threaten 60,000 Rai of Farmland in Chiang Rai

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Naree Srisuk

CHIANG RAI – Toxic heavy metals from mining activities in a neighboring country are contaminating local rivers, threatening more than 60,000 rai (around 24,000 acres) of crucial farmland in the Mae Sai district. Farmers in the area are sounding the alarm over dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, and cadmium seeping into their soil and crops. […]

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MAY

The Silent Killer: How Toxic Mine Runoff is Poisoning Chiang Rai’s Kok River

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Jeff Tomas

A cross-border environmental crisis from Myanmar is threatening millions in the Mekong Basin.

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MAY

The Urgent Fight to Stop Illegal Mining and Save Chiang Rai’s Rivers

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CTN News

Local activists and communities are coming together to demand action against heavy metal pollution pouring in from unregulated border mines in Myanmar.

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MAY

Poisoned Rivers: How China’s Demand for Rare Earths is Killing Thailand’s Waterways

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Anna Wong

CHIANG RAI – In late 2025, a series of disturbing photos and videos flooded social media. They showed fishermen in northern Thailand holding up their daily catch from the tributaries of the Mekong River. The fish were covered in deep, red lesions. Some had physical deformities, with twisted spines and missing scales. At first, local […]

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MAY

Thailand and Asia Have Become the New Engine of Global Content

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Naree Srisuk

BANGKOK – From India’s streaming boom to the unstoppable rise of the White Lotus in Thailand, Korean dramas and Japanese anime, the center of gravity in global entertainment is shifting East. Here is how Asia is writing the next chapter of pop culture. For decades, the global entertainment business had a single, undisputed capital: Hollywood. […]

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