Thailand's Stock Market Plunges After Election Results – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesThe SET main index shed 20.38 points or 1.24% to 1,625.91, in turnover worth 47 billion baht as the country awaits the final results of the first election since the ...

Northern Thailand Continues to Choke in Hazardous Haze – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesCHIANG RAI – Northern Thailand has been blanked by hazardous dust recently leading to the hospitalization of many seniors and children suffering from ...

27 Year-old Russian Man Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Drugged Orangutan – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesBALI – Authorities from the Natural Resources Conservation Agency say they have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged ...

Thailand's Gen. Prawit Dismisses Post-Election Coup Concerns – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesSuthep claimed these parties -- Pheu Thai and its offshoots Pheu Chat and Pheu Tham, as well as Prachachat and Future Forward -- were trying to bring former ...

Northern Thailand's Air Quality Index Reaches Extremely Hazardous Levels – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesThe worst air quality was in Chiang Rai where the air quality index (AQI) in tambon Wiang Phang Kham in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai stands at 316. Share on ...

Is Everything is Already Decided in Thailand's Elections – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesEnthusiasm for the election remains high, is Thailand's army going to cement its power with an election? Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to ...

France's Prime Minister Implements Ban on Yellow Vest Protests – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesPARIS – France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Monday a ban on yellow vest protests along the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris and in two ...

Residents Warned to Stay Inside as Toxic Smog Blankets Northern Thailand – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesThick smog blanketed Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district Friday morning when PM2.5 rose to 203 micrograms per cubic meter, inducing poor visibility. Share on ...

The Top 10 Festivals to Visit in Thailand – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesFrom the awe-inspiring to the plain bizarre, there's a festival for everyone in Thailand, from pretty lanterns floating in the sky, to all-night full-moon parties, and ...

Does Thailand's New Cybersecurity Law Go Too Far? – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesConcerns about the new Thailand cybersecurity law extend beyond political and freedom of speech issues. Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to ...

Dangerous Levels of Haze Particles Return to Northern Thailand – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesCHIANG RAI -Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Monday that Northern provinces were suffering from dangerous levels of ...

ASEAN Officials Visit Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesCHIANG RAI – Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) visited the Tham Luang Cave in Khun Nam Nang Non forest park in ...

Thailand's Vape Users Urge Solution to Insane Law Banning E-Cigarettes – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesBANGKOK – End Cigarette Smoke Thailand has called on the authorities to quickly come up with appropriate solutions to regulate e-cigarettes in order to protect ...

Thailand's Pandin Dharma Party Says Buddhism is Under Threat – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesBANGKOK – A former model and a former monk are campaigning together for Thailand's election at a market outside Bangkok. The message: Buddhism is ...

Russian Fugitive Accused of Cyber Crimes Arreted in Phuket – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesPHUKET – A Russian fugitive has been arrested in Phuket after fleeing charges related to illegal financial transactions in his home country to Thailand four years ...

6 Occasions That Call For New Footwear – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesWhile there are people who don't need a reason to buy a new pair of shoes or boots, others feel there must be a specific purpose in mind. If you happen to fall ...

Should Teachers Have To Retire At 60? – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesSolving the teaching shortage in Thailand is not going to be easy. This will certainly be a challenge for the Education Minister of the next government. Share on ...

Malaysian Polygamist Eloping to Thailand to Get Married – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesNARATHIWAT – Many Malaysian couples who get married in Thailand are normally those whose intention to marry were opposed by their families, or men ...

Deadly Shelling Erupts in Kashmir Between India and Pakistan – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesA peacemaking plea urging both sides to quit fighting was published as a letter in one of India's leading newspapers and signed by more than 600 scholars, ...

Law Unemployment Crisis Hits the United States – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesIf you think that getting into a regular four-year college is hard, be prepared to be shocked and awed when you take a closer look at the process for being ...

For Some Expats Thailand is No Longer a Paradise – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesChanges to immigration laws and the rising Baht over the past several years is persuading many expats it's time to move on. Share on Facebook Follow on ...

Registration for Medical Marijuana Use in Thailand Begins – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesFood and Drug Administration secretary-general Tares Krassanairawiwong said patients with any illness could register for marijuana possession if they had the ...

Struggling to Become Prime Minister in Thailand's Male Dominated World – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesBANGKOK – In Thailand Men hugely dominate the list of candidates for prime minister in Thailand's first general election since a military coup in 2014, even ...

Will Thailand's Elections Be Determined by Millennial's? – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesFor the first time since the last general election five years ago, Thailand is witnessing the fast-growing power of social media platforms, especially among young ...

24 Year-Old Portuguese Woman Falls to Her Death in Bangkok – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesA medical examiner from Police General Hospital briefly examined her body and found a deep wound on her left leg caused by the barbed wire. Share on ...

Thailand's Junta Prime Minister Justifies His Junta Senator Selection – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesAsked how the NCPO could prevent criticism about cronyism, Gen Prayut said he was simply performing his duties. Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook ...

Thailand's March 2019 Election: What Should We Know – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesThailand will go through the motions of free elections in March, but the likely result will be entrenched authoritarian rule and further instability. Share on ...

Foreign Investors Fleeing Thai Markets Prior to March Election – CTN News  Chiang Rai TimesBANGKOK – Foreign investors have dumped 10.5 billion baht in Thai equities in seven straight sessions, the longest losing streak in more than two months, ...

Foreign Investors Fleeing Thai Markets Prior to March Election  Chiang Rai TimesBANGKOK – Foreign investors have dumped 10.5 billion baht in Thai equities in seven straight sessions, the longest losing streak in more than two months, ...

The Importance and Necessity of Industrial Auctions  Chiang Rai TimesIndustrial auctions are an indispensable element for industries. Industry is a branch of activity in bulk production by changing the nature or form of a substance or ...

Voter Support for Thailand's Pheu Thai Party Growing Exponentially  Chiang Rai TimesSupporters in the northeastern stronghold of the Pheu Thai party are well aware of the complexities of the first general election since a 2014 coup - and are ...

China Seizes $1.5 Billion From Fraudulent Overseas P2P Lenders, 62 Arrested  Chiang Rai TimesThe ministry said their teams “successfully brought back 62 criminal suspects from 16 countries and regions, including Thailand and Cambodia.” Share on ...

Patients Can Buy Medicines Outside of Private Hospitals in Thailand  Chiang Rai TimesThe Government has no plans to force private hospitals to inform their patients of this right through announcements in their facilities. Share on Facebook Follow ...

24 Year-Old Portuguese Woman Falls to Her Death in Bangkok  Chiang Rai TimesA medical examiner from Police General Hospital briefly examined her body and found a deep wound on her left leg caused by the barbed wire. Share on ...

Spirit Houses in Thailand Protecting and Watching Over Inhabitants  Chiang Rai TimesBeyond whatever role they might play in gentrification and affordable housing for unseen deities, spirit houses also answer earthbound social animals' ...