Chiang Mai, Thailand News

A conference called the Mekong Media Forum will be held in Chiang Mai for journalists and media groups in the Mekong region on Dec.

Thailand's cool Thailand's cool season runs from November until the end of February.

The northern city celebrates the winter season with the colourful Flower Festival 2009 from December 26 to January 4. This year's annual petal party takes place at Suan Mai Ngam Rim Namkok park and promises "Beautiful flora on the banks of the Kok River". Locals and visitors can expect spectacular floral processions, coldclimate flowers , rare ...

Attraction / Chiang Mai / Wat Phra That Doi Suthep> Posted By tcnt 3 hours, 56 minutes ago in Style Locals would say, You havent really gone to Chiang Mai unless youve been to Wat Phratat Doi Suthep .

Thailand tourists are welcome and encouraged to attend the Ratchaphruek Festival being held from November 30 - December 10 at the Ratchaphruek Garden in Chiang Mai, expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors.

As a long-time resident of Thailand, I get emails all the time from tourists who want to know should they spend the bulk of their time in Bangkok or Chiang Mai, Thailand's two top tourist destinations.

Here's a rather great example of a Kansas City politico giving back. Jackson County Legislator Scott Burnett and his wife Rhonda were recently in Chiang Mai, Thailand helping Habitat for Humanity .

David Unkovich, 56, born in Australia of Croatian extraction, has been in Chiang Mai so long it's perhaps possible he doesn't know who the Culture Club is; he missed out on microwave dinners, crimped hairstyles and Max Headroom.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has decided not to go to Chiang Mai on Nov 29 as advised by the Thai Chambers of Commerce.

In the wake of a meeting attended by the all-powerful military elite, Burma's military regime is due to come under close scrutiny for concrete signs of change leading up to a promised general elections in 2010.

The red shirts staged an anti-government rally in Chiang Mai yesterday, even though Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva cancelled his trip there to avoid violence as suggested by the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

The prime minister did the right thing to cancel his trip to Chiang Mai, not because he was afraid but because he had the good sense to realise the red shirts had called off their Bangkok rally, and so he reciprocated with a likewise gesture to avoid confrontation.

Tourism business in Chiang Mai is expected to drop following travel warnings for this weekend when an official economic meeting is scheduled to take place on Saturday.

If Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva cancels his trip to the annual meeting of the Thai Chambers of Commerce in Chiang Mai on Sunday he would not lose face because the decision would prevent the possibility of violence, Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Thursday.

US Consulate in Chiang Mai has alerted its citizens travelling or residing in Chiang Mai about possible demonstration against PM Abhisit Vejjajiva who is expected to visit the province on December 29.

Yesterday, Thaksin called on his supporters to reconsider the protest, saying it was "not the right time", said a Puea Thai party member, Surapong Tovichakchaikul, adding that the former leader had telephoned in to the opposition party meeting.

Chiang Mai is a really relaxing place, it's an old city, buddist, and hot during the day; which, when all added up means that everyone is all about relaxing.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday he may have to reluctantly forego his scheduled visit to the northern province of Chiang Mai this Sunday in the wake of threats to his life.

Security authorities are being pressured to enforce the Internal Security Act in Chiang Mai amid concerns about death threats allegedly made by red shirts against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, a source says.

Whether it is real or just intimidation, the death threat made against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and broadcast over a community radio station in Chiang Mai only a week ahead of his planned visit to the northern capital this coming Sunday should be condemned in the harshest terms.