Power Buy Launches Major Mid-Year Sale with Discounts and Exclusive Rewards Power Buy is rolling out a major promotional campaign, offering shoppers additional discounts of up to 1,400 baht on a wide range of home appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines, and televisions. The campaign features a variety of special offers designed to deliver extra value for customers. Members of THE1 l … Continued
Duangtawan Hotel Chiang Mai organizes a special Birthday Promotion to give as a gift to everyone. Celebrate 22nd Anniversary. *Superior Room only THB 1,222 /room/night including breakfast for 2 persons stay between 1-30 June 2026 *Monthly Fitness Member & coupon 25 times Special price only THB 1,222 Available on 10-15 June 2026 *Varee Spa offers 60 mins Thai Massage only THB 600 plus 30 mins f … Continued
Police targeted four locations across approximately 174 households in the Chiang Mai Housing Estate, Nong Hoi, in a major raid this morning. The operation aimed to crack down on illegal activity, inspect migrant workers and monitor criminal behaviour within the community, with the goal of restoring public order and reinforcing confidence in law enforcement. Following checks on more than 200 peop … Continued
Scenes from Phayao’s iconic “Wian Tian Klang Kwan” (Candlelit Water Procession), a unique Buddhist tradition believed to be the only one of its kind in the world. Held annually on important Buddhist holy days, the ceremony sees devotees boarding boats across Kwan Phayao to perform the sacred candlelit procession around Wat Tilok Aram, a centuries-old temple submerged beneath the lake. The event be … Continued
Choreographer Ronnarong Khampha and three musicians bring a new interdisciplinary performance to Chiang Mai this July, reinterpreting traditional Lanna dance through movement, music and visual art. “Ink: Neo Lanna Dance” takes its central concept from a deceptively simple premise — that ink is not merely a mark on a surface but a living movement. Under this idea, the body becomes a brush, leaving … Continued
Large rocks broke away from a mountainside on Highway 108 this morning, blocking traffic on a stretch of road in Khun Yuam district, Mae Hong Son province. The Department of Highways says continuous rainfall and water erosion caused the collapse at kilometre markers 300+775 to 300+825 on the Nong Haeng–Mae Surin section, in the Ban Mae Surin area. The Khun Yuam Highway Unit deployed staff and heav … Continued
Pu Sae Ya Sae is an annual ceremony held in Mae Hia, just south of the city in the foothills of Doi Suthep-Pui, where a buffalo is sacrificed and eaten — raw — by a local who claims to be possessed by the spirit of a giant. The story behind this unusual tradition is that a long time ago, two giants by the name of Pu Sae and Ya Sae — grandfather Sae and grandmother Sae — roamed these hills and, bei … Continued
Chiang Mai airport customs officers, working in collaboration with airport authorities, arrested two Chinese nationals on 31st May as they attempted to smuggle cannabis buds out of the country concealed in snack bags inside their luggage, bound for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The first passenger was found carrying 12 vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis buds hidden among snack items … Continued
Chiang Mai Governor Rattaphon Naradit conducted site visits on 29th May to seven key temples and cultural heritage sites nominated as part of the city’s bid for UNESCO World Heritage status, ahead of an official assessment by experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) scheduled for 3rd–8th August. The sites visited included Wat Umong, Wat Suan Dok, Wat Chiang Man, Wat P … Continued
Tens of thousands of Buddhist faithful and tourists gathered on the evening of 30th May at the Khruba Srivichai Monument for the annual Tiao Khuen Doi tradition, walking in procession up to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep ahead of Visakha Bucha Day. Chiang Mai Governor Rattaphon Naradit presided over the ceremony, bearing royally bestowed bathing water and triple robes donated by His Majesty the King, wh … Continued
