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Songkran Chiang Mai 2026: Top Water Spots and 50% Off Hotel Deals

CHIANG MAI - Songkran celebrates renewal with blessed water poured on Buddha statues and elders in the morning. By afternoon, it explodes into Thailand's wildest water festival.

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Songkran 2026 in Thailand: 9 Best Places to Celebrate the Water Festival

Songkran 2026 is set to draw huge crowds across Thailand as cities, islands, and historic towns prepare for the country's biggest April festival.

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Police Announce 5 Major Drug Busts in Northern Thailand

CHIANG RAI - Police have announced the results of a major narcotics crackdown covering five key cases in northern Thailand. Officers arrested 10 suspects and seized 21 million methamphetamine pills, along with 320 kilograms of crystal meth.

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Best Wellness Retreats in Northern Thailand for 2026

If you're craving a trip that helps you slow down, sleep better, and come home feeling like yourself again, Northern Thailand wellness retreats stand out in 2026.

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Thailand’s Death Fest Helps Visitors Face Their Own Mortality

BANGKOK - In Nonthaburi, just outside Bangkok in the Kingdom of Thailand, a three-day public fair in March 2026 asks visitors to look straight at a topic most people avoid: their own mortality .

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Ambulances in Chiang Mai Warn 500-Baht Fuel Cap May Cost Lives

CHIANG MAI - A rescue foundation leader is asking gas stations to ease a rule that limits fuel purchases to 500 baht per vehicle per day.

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Father in Chiang Mai Arrested After Striking Baby With a Plastic Pipe

CHIANG MAI - A mother said she's reached her limit and has filed a police report after her husband, whom she described as a heavy drinker with a violent temper, allegedly struck their 8-month-old son with a plastic plumbing pipe.

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Police in Chiang Mai Rescue Buffalo Destined for Funeral Feast

CHIANG MAI - A buffalo drew social media attention after it was dramatically rescued in San Sai. Police rushed to help catch the buffalo that broke free during a funeral event, then later worked together to save its life and place it in a temple.

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Activists Rally Outside US Consulate in Chiang Mai, Call for an End to War With Iran

CHIANG MAI - Dr. Rangsarit Kanchanavanich, widely known as "Mor Maung", joined a small group of Chiang Mai residents outside the United States Consulate in Chiang Mai to voice opposition to recent US attacks on Iran.

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Police Arrest Suspect for Murdering of 21-Year-Old Hostess

CHIANG MAI -Police report the have arrested a 31-year-old suspect in the killing of a 21-year-old woman found strangled to death inside her home at a longan orchard in Nam Phrae subdistrict, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai.

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