The Latest Breaking News from Chiang Mai

Back on the campaign trail just days after giving birth, Paetongtarn Shinawatra is confident of a landslide victory

CHIANG MAI: A used car saleswoman was lured by a suspected repeat rapist who pretended to be a potential customer but then proceeded to rape and brutally murder her at a motel.

Hybridity, exoticism and folklore are key to understanding whimsical creatures in "Nobody Loves No One", which is running at Noname Gallery in Chiang Mai, until May 30.

You don’t have to be having a mid-life crisis to drink a cocktail, not at this place. Popular Chiang Mai hotspot, Midlife Crisis’ founders Kitibordee “Gov” Chortubtime, Watcharapong “Bank” Suriyaphan, Jiranat Pinnoek and Wanthicha Claykongna want their bar to be a place where people can chill, drink and process their…

The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) on Monday urged voters in Chiang Mai to vote for change in the general election, saying a national reconciliation plan touted by its leader would lead to prosperity and sustainability.

Air pollution in Chiang Mai is improving following summer storms with levels of ultra-fine particulate matter (PM) 2.5 dropping after months of hazardous haze pollution.

Severe haze pollution has not only posed a health hazard to residents in Chiang Mai, but also dealt a blow to its tourism.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the United Thai Nation (UTN) Party's No.1 prime ministerial candidate, headed to Chiang Mai on Friday hoping to win over voters known to be loyal to the Pheu Thai Party.

Chiang Mai had the world’s worst air pollution again on Tuesday morning, with an air quality index (AQI) of 180, according to the air-pollution monitoring website IQAir.

Unhealthy levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometres or less in diameter (PM2.5) were recorded in 23 areas, mostly in the North, with the worst levels found in Chiang Mai, the Pollution Control Department reported on Thursday.

Hazardous pollution levels in northern Thailand have left Chiang Mai choking under thick smog, with local residents worried about the impact on tourism — and their health.