CHIANG RAI – Authorities in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, are urgently investigating elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals detected in the Mae Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers.

CHIANG RAI — The Kok and Sai Rivers, once thriving waterways in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, now carry a dangerous load. These rivers, which flow from Myanmar into Thailand, are now filled ...

Phu Chi Fa (also spelt Phu Chee Fah), meaning “mountain that points to the sky,” is a renowned mountain and national forest park in Thoeng District, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand. Located on ...

BANGKOK: Rare armed clashes in Laos believed to be linked to drug smuggling have forced Thailand to close a ... on the border with Laos in northern Chiang Rai province, has been closed until ...

Night - Clear with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 74 °F (23.3 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 95 °F (35 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

Rare armed clashes in Laos believed to be linked to drug smuggling have forced Thailand to close a popular mountain viewing ... on the border with Laos in northern Chiang Rai province, has been closed ...

CHIANG RAI– Police in Chiang Rai stopped a six-wheeled truck at a drug checkpoint on Highway 118 and found more than 1.5 million methamphetamine pills hidden in eight blue sacks. The truck, driven by ...

The violence took place opposite Phu Chi Fa and Phu Thap Boek, with gunfire heard as far as Wiang Kaen in Chiang Rai, Thailand. At least two Lao soldiers have died, and three suspects have been ...

CHIANG RAI – Reports from Bokeo province in Laos confirm a recent armed clash at the border area near Doi Pha Tang and Phu Chi Fa. Fighting erupted between Lao soldiers and an unidentified group at ...

CHIANG RAI – On Sunday ... of the border opposite Wiang Kaen in Chiang Rai. The incident occurred near the village of Phu Pha Mon, Pak Tha district, Bokeo province, right along the Mekong River ...