Police in San Sai district received a report on Thursday evening of a buffalo on the loose in Ban Rong Bon village — the animal having been brought from Mae Taeng district specifically to be slaughtered for a funeral feast. Before the slaughter could proceed, the owner had struck the buffalo three times on the head with a sledgehammer. The animal broke free of its rope and fled across the fields, … Continued
Chiang Mai Deputy Governor Siwakorn Buapong chaired a progress meeting on the city’s Major Urban Power System Development Project Phase 1, covering the old city moat area, with the underground cabling work now at 90% complete. National Telecom Public Company Limited is leading the communications cable side of the project, currently removing redundant legacy lines — a task 32% done — with traffic m … Continued
With the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) inspectors due to assess Chiang Mai’s UNESCO World Heritage candidacy, the city is scrambling to put its best face forward — and the to-do list is specific. Deputy Governor Siva Tamikanon met with Chiang Mai Municipality and relevant agencies on Wednesday to coordinate landscaping improvements across eight designated cultural heritage … Continued
Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital has issued a statement after the body of a one-month-old infant who died there in November 2025 was discovered missing from the hospital mortuary in March 2026 — more than three months after his death. The premature boy, born at 30 weeks and weighing just over a kilogram, was transferred from Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai on 7th November 2025 following a partial in … Continued
On Sunday, March 8, 2026, Satapana Yata, Executive Director of Evolution Skin Co., Ltd., organized a birthday celebration through a meaningful community activity at Wat Don Chan under the theme “The 2nd Playground of Happiness for Kids.” The event aimed to bring joy and inspiration to local children through creative and educational activities in a warm atmosphere filled with smiles. The “Playgroun … Continued
The Backyard Mahidol on Mahidol Road opens its Kids Zone to a morning of small-scale commerce and general mayhem, as children aged — well, small — set up stalls selling second-hand toys, handmade crafts and outgrown clothing to whoever wanders past. Beyond the buying and selling, there’s a kids’ stage for singing, dancing and showing off, a clown doing clown things and a face-painting station to k … Continued
Maxim Thailand has released new user data from Chiang Mai, and the findings offer a fairly unsurprising portrait of who’s keeping the city’s ride-hailing economy moving: working professionals. According to the company’s app data, users aged 26–40 account for 49% of rides in the city — the largest segment by some margin. Usage peaks during after-work and evening hours, suggesting the platform funct … Continued
Authorities in Doi Tao, together with officials from Mae Ping National Park, the Hod–Doi Tao Wildlife Non-Hunting Area, and Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division police, arrested a 39-year-old man suspected of illegally burning forest land near Doi Tao Lake. The suspect, identified as Pitak, from Khon Kaen province, was apprehended after a concerned citizen reported seeing … Continued
Chiang Mai’s Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) handed over 10.99 million baht to the Chiang Mai Wildfire and Haze Prevention and Mitigation Foundation on 9th March, in a ceremony presided over by PAO president Phichai Lertpongadisorn. The funds were received by provincial governor Ratthapol Naradisorn, who also chairs the foundation. The money — supplementing a separate budget from th … Continued
A delivery rider was left unconscious on a roadside after being kicked repeatedly by two men following an apparent road-rage dispute at the Mae Hia traffic light intersection at around 10am yesterday, 7th March. The attack was filmed by a passing good Samaritan whose decision to post the footage online sparked public outrage and ultimately led to the suspects turning themselves in to police the sa … Continued
