The Latest Breaking News from Chiang Mai

The Thai Chamber of Commerce has proposed PM2.5 ultra-fine dust pollution be elevated to an urgent national agenda item, noting it affects the health of residents and dents confidence in tourism, particularly among long-term visitors and groups visiting the country to mix work and leisure.

Worries about Covid-19 may be gone, but PM2.5 is back, plunging Thailand into yet another crisis.

The Chiang Mai property market is set for a major upswing, driven by the tourism resurgence and an influx of Chinese buyers after their country reopened its borders.

Chiang Mai tourism operators are hoping the province's unsafe levels of PM2.5 air pollution lessen later this month as the Songkran holiday draws near.

Chiang Mai tourism operators are anxious, hoping the province's unsafe levels of PM2.5 air particle pollution subsides later this month as the Songkran holiday draws near.

Two fleeing drug suspects were arrested in Chiang Dao district of Chiang Mai early on Monday following the seizure of 281 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine from the pickup truck they abandoned during a police chase in Fang district on Sunday night.

Chiang Mai had the world's worst air pollution with 180 microgrammes of PM2.5 per cubic metre of air over the 24 hours ending at 4am on Sunday, according to a leading pollution website.

This past week, two of Thailand's largest cities, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, earned the ignominious privilege of being among the 10 cities of the world with the worst air quality during that period. The Ministry of Public Health has blamed air pollution for causing 200,000 hospital admissions in the past…

Responding to the growing demand for fun and safe activities, the KTM Riders Academy recently staged an advanced enduro and adventure course in Chiang Mai featuring the latest models for the Thai market.