CHIANG MAI – Police have arrested a 41-year-old high school teacher following serious allegations of sexual abuse. The arrest comes after the prominent Pavena Foundation for Children and Women stepped in to help. The suspect worked as a disciplinary and social studies teacher at a well-known local school. A 33-year-old mother brought her 12-year-old daughter […]

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CHIANG MAI – Thai border rangers recently clashed with an armed drug smuggling gang in northern Thailand. This intense shootout took place in the rugged Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai province on June 18, 2026. Fortunately, all military officers survived the dangerous fight without any injuries. The suspects, however, managed to escape into the […]

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CHIANG MAI – In a major blow to regional drug trafficking, local police intercepted a massive shipment of narcotics at the Chiang Mai Arcade Bus Terminal early Thursday morning. Police arrested three suspects from southern Thailand who were caught red-handed with nearly two million methamphetamine tablets as they prepared to board a bus bound for […]

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CHIANG MAI - In the early hours of May 3, Thai military forces engaged in a fierce gunfight with a gang of 15 to 20 armed drug smugglers at a natural border crossing in the Mae Ai District of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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CHIANG MAI - On April 30, residents, monks, and local officials in Chiang Mai gathered at the foothills of the city's most famous mountain to commemorate the 91st anniversary of the opening of the Doi Suthep road.

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