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Exotic Comfort Food

Chefs and restaurateurs are pleasing our palates by bringing us more exotic and interesting cuisines and dining experiences, and we can’t get enough of it.

Millennial Chic

Spanking new venues which are sure to be getting the millennial word-of-mouth approval for being super Instagrammable and trés cool.

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Keeping Eyes Out I appreciate if my photo and comments on Chiang Mai environmental issues could be exposed through your fine magazine. Travelling frequently in and around Chiang Mai for several years, it seems like many local communities do not take pollution seriously enough and may be major contributors of smoke pollution (setting forests and rice fields on fire in March and April) as well as th … Continued

Citytalk October 2019

Have you ever been bullied? If so, how did you overcome the situation and what advice would you like to give to victims of bullying?

7 Muay Thai Gyms in Chiang Mai

If you want to get fit and fierce then Chiang Mai has a plethora of great muay Thai gyms to check out. Here are some well-known gyms in Chiang Mai that you should go and experience.

Editorial: October 2019 – Your Views Counted

There has been a lot of talk about leaving. By those who can, that is. The rest of us – those with commitments and constraints like jobs, families, finance, or locals who simply have nowhere else to go to – feel almost left out.

Injecting City Sois with Spice & Life

“The Old City needs to be activated,” Dr Stanley Quek told Citylife from his office down a tiny soi woven into the labyrinth of Old City sois.”

A Fresher, Bolder and Tastier Favola: meet new Chef de Cuรisine, Chef Enrico Pantorno

As Chiang Mai’s food lovers’ palates become more sophisticated and discerning, the mark of a successful restaurant is in its refusal to rest on its laurels. And Le Meridien’s award-winning Favola Italian Restaurant continues to evolve and position itself to engage and draw Chiang Mai’s resident as well as visiting diners.

Creating an Ecosystem of Learning: Meet Prem Tinsulanonda International School’s new head, Rachel Keys

“The world we live in today is incredibly interconnected and through all manner of media, students have access to and engage with all kinds of complex world issues,” said Rachel Keys, Prem Tinsulanonda International School’s new Head of School.

Caring for the Whole Body with Integrative Medicine

Modern medicine has saved countless lives, yet more and more medical professionals world-wide are beginning to turn towards integrative medicine as a way to preempt patients from becoming, well, patients, and with an eye to finding longer term solutions to mitigate ailments and illnesses, and prolonging good health.

City Art Beats Knitting Moments Together

A woman lies prostrate at the centre of a deep, red, rectangular recess carved into the Gallery Seescape floor. Surrounding her are a ring of posts that blend into the painted walls and floors.

Light will be the Night’s Storyteller Wat Rong Khun Light Fest: Episode Begins

With over three million visitors per year, Wat Rong Khun, or The White Temple, is one of the North’s most acclaimed attractions. Conceptualised and crafted by national artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, this extraordinary piece of art will be turned, for one month only, into a kaleidoscopic fiesta of light.

Capturing Chiang Mai’s Many Memories

It’s easy to scoff at all the nonsense found on Facebook, but then you would miss out on the absolute gem that is Chiang Mai Memories.

Thailand’s Budding Cannabis Future

After living in Thailand for two and a half years, I’ve experienced first-hand the hush-hush surrounding what the locals call ganja. And why shouldn’t they be whispering about this oddly popular plant? Historically speaking, users, producers and distributors of cannabis have been subjected to severe punishments. Coming from the United States, a nation in which the majority of states have legalised … Continued

Blockchain for a Better World

In May this year I sat down with Michael Shafer, a humanitarian, academic and someone known for his ethos of getting on with the job. Since 2008 Michael has run Warm Heart Foundation with his wife Everlind.

The Lanna Drama: Cutural revival following hit TV soap

A young woman with long black hair lies supine on the ground. The body of a man is sprawled in the background. The camera zooms in on her tear-stained face, drained of colour, as she tries to open her eyes, her bloodied lips whispering in a clear Kam Muang accent,

How Food turned a Bad Boy Good

Sun Suebsaeng has eaten his way to success, which sounds odd seeing as he has recently been on a fitness regime leading to a 20 kilos weight loss; his shirt hanging so loosely over his frame we had to clip it at the back for the photo shoot. He is feeling good though. He hasn’t been this fit in decades and following a tumultuous career which has seen dizzying heights and the darkest of days, he has finally reached a point in his personal life and career which he says, he always dreamed of. There are no further goals he aspires to.

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Flash flood sweeps elephant away in Mae Win, rescuers pull it out safely

Sun 20th Sep

An elephant went missing in the floodwaters on the mountains of Mae Win subdistrict, Mae Wang district, Chiang Mai, after heavy overnight rain sent a wall of runoff down from the hills this morning. The elephant was swept away around 10:50am, and for a while nobody knew where it had ended up. Its mahout and villagers in the area started searching immediately, wading along the rising water without … Continued

Doi Inthanon closes Pha Dok Sieo trail and Mae Ya waterfall after flash flooding

Sat 19th Sep

Doi Inthanon National Park has temporarily closed the Pha Dok Sieo nature trail and Mae Ya waterfall, after days of continuous rain triggered flash flooding and left the trails potentially unsafe for visitors. Park officials say the closures will stay in effect until conditions return to normal and the routes are safe to reopen. They’ve apologized for the inconvenience and are asking tourists to f … Continued

Deputy interior minister raids two major gambling dens in Chiang Mai, over 100 gamblers arrested, THB 2 million seized

Sat 19th Sep

Deputy Interior Minister Phonphir Suwannachawee led a special operations team from the Department of Provincial Administration into two large-scale gambling dens in Mueang Chiang Mai on the evening of September 18, after residents complained about the trouble the operations were causing in their neighbourhoods. The first raid hit “Phatarawan,” tucked into the ground floor of Phatarawan Place on So … Continued

Police raid Chang Phueak house, find unlicensed lion cub and an illegal hotel operation on the side

Fri 18th Sep

Officers from the Wildlife Conservation Division of Protected Area Regional Office 16 (Chiang Mai), led by division director Pornarin Khumthong, searched a house on Charoensuk Road in Chang Phueak subdistrict on the afternoon of September 18. They didn’t go alone. Police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, a Region 5 special operations unit, the Northern Specia … Continued

Grandmother in love with AI travels to Chiang Mai airport hoping to meet her “pilot boyfriend”

Thu 17th Sep

Tourist police and airport security staff spent Tuesday evening trying to sort out one of the stranger cases they’ve had in a while: a 66-year-old woman from Lampang who’d travelled alone to Chiang Mai International Airport to meet a man she believed was a pilot named “Chai.” He doesn’t exist. Or rather, he exists only as an AI character she’d been chatting with on Facebook. The call came in aroun … Continued

Doi Inthanon files police complaint after tourists trample rare moss for photos

Thu 17th Sep

Doi Inthanon National Park has filed a police complaint against a group of around ten tourists who wandered off the Ang Ka nature trail to get their photos with “khao tok reusi,” sphagnum moss known locally as “hermit’s popped rice” for its texture, and in the process trampled it flat. Park staff said another visitor tipped them off on September 13, describing tourists who’d walked past the marked … Continued

There’s some good conservation news…for once. 

Wed 16th Sep

According to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) — an international conservation organisation founded in 1895 and dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places through science and conservation — the number of wild tigers in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) increased by 250% between 2007 and 2023. That means the estimated population rose from around 40 tigers to more than 140 in 15 … Continued

Off-road bikes banned from Mon Hin Khao forest as Nam Phrae sets up checkpoints, drone patrols

Tue 15th Sep

Nam Phrae Subdistrict Municipality in Hang Dong has teamed up with Hang Dong Police, Forest Protection Unit Chiang Mai 13 (San Pa Tong), Ob Khan National Park, and the subdistrict’s administrative office to set up checkpoints blocking off-road motorbikes from the forest at Mon Hin Khao, in Village No. 7, Ban Tha Mai Lung. The joint operation follows complaints about groups of riders carving new tr … Continued

Sansai Hospital starts clearing backlogged medicine as drug shortage eases

Tue 15th Sep

The drug shortage at Sansai Hospital in Chiang Mai is finally starting to loosen its grip, with the hospital handing out its first batch of backlogged medication today after weeks of patients showing up short on what their doctors had actually prescribed. Patients and relatives lined up for queue tickets this morning (September 15) as the hospital began distributing the medicine it owed people, th … Continued

Vintage photography exhibition marks golden age of Asian hospitality at 137 Pillars House

Tue 15th Sep

137 Pillars House Chiang Mai is hosting a curated photography exhibition at its museum, showcasing rare vintage images from the two-volume book Heritage Hotels of Asia, published by World Scientific Publishing Singapore. The property is the only one in Chiang Mai included in the book, giving the exhibition a fittingly historic setting: the teak homestead was built in the late 19th century as the n … Continued

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