MAE HONG SON province has suffered wave after wave of forest fires with the total number of hotspots so far this year exceeding what was registered the entire last year while arson continues, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (April 12). The Provincial Wildfire, Haze, and Dust Pollution Prevention and Mitigation Operations Centre said there were
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Villagers set fire to forest to later collect mushrooms
FIREFIGHTERS have been battling to put out a blaze spreading through a forest at Phabong dam area of Mae Hong Son province which local villagers had started in order to later collect mushrooms that would grow there, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 20). At 9 a.m. yesterday Mr. Chittiphan Phayam, head of the Forest
Read moreCivil servant sets self on fire over loan shark debts
A STRESSED-OUT community developer in Mae Hong Son set herself on fire in front of Mae Sariang district office this afternoon (Apr. 19) after loan sharks evicted her from her house and land to clear debts, Naewna newspaper said. The civil servant, Ms. Kanya (surname withheld), 58, had asked a reporter to meet her
Read moreAnutin joins hands with Israeli ambassador in solving problem at Pai
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Israeli Ambassador Orna Sagiv visited the Chabad House at Pai district, northern Mae Hong Son province, today (Feb. 26) to resolve misunderstanding after news spread that Israelis have settled there and are causing chaos and were reassured by the provincial governor that situation is back to normal,
Read moreNot true Israeli tourists are occupying Pai: PM
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today (Feb. 18) that there is no truth to rumours spreading in the country that Israeli tourists have occupied Pai district, northern Mae Hong Son province, with an investigation having confirmed this, TV Channel 7 said. Paetongtarn issued the denial after dissatisfaction spread among Thai people that Israelis built
Read moreAntisemitism spreads in Pai after hospital ruckus
A WAVE of antisemitism is spreading in popular tourist destination Pai in northern Mae Hong Son province with a restaurant putting up a sign saying tourists from Israel are not welcome after four Israeli men caused trouble at a hospital there upon not being allowed into the emergency room where another Israeli tourist was
Read moreWa rebels not pulling out from high terrains in Thai territory
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WA REBELS HAVE YET shown no signs of withdrawing from high terrains in Thai territory of Mae Hong Son sharing the northern border with Myanmar’s Shan State despite a stern warning from Thailand, said a noted observer today (Dec. 19). An estimated 2,000 United Wa State Army rebels have been
Read moreArmy tackling border encroachment by Wa rebels: Rangsiman
WA REBELS have encroached on Thai territory in the high terrains of Mae Hong Son’s Pai district and set up a base there with the military working hard to resolve the problem, House Committee on National Security, Border Affairs, National Strategies & Reforms Chair Rangsiman Rome said today (Dec. 13), according to Naewna newspaper.
Read moreNo Thai army operations to repel Wa rebels: Phumtham
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO COMBAT OPERATIONS will be launched for the time being by the Thai army to repel Wa rebels from a Thai-Myanmar border area in northern Thailand, according to Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai. Phumtham categorically denied today (Nov. 27) that the Thai army would probably be poised to conduct
Read moreMissing Belgian female tourist found drowned in a stream
A YOUNG Belgian female tourist who went missing in northern Mae Hong Son’s Pai district yesterday (Sep. 6) was found drowned in a stream near Mae Hi weir after a major search for her was undertaken, Naewna newspaper said. At around noon a woman’s clothes were found near Mae Hi weir, with the search
Read moreMae Hong Son village cut off by landslides
RESIDENTS of a village in northern Mae Hong Son province urgently need help after landslides triggered by two days of torrential rain demolished their homes and blocked the road, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 13). Mr. Phachat Chomchodee, a resident of Mae Gopi village, in Khun Yuam district, said around 400 villagers urgently need
Read moreOne tourist drowns in stormy seas another falls off a cliff
A CHINESE tourist drowned while swimming in the choppy seas off Koh Samet, Rayong, this afternoon (Dec. 31) while another holidaymaker also died after falling off a cliff at Pam Bok waterfall in Mae Hong Son’s Pai district, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said this evening. The Chinese tourist who drowned, Mr. Lee Yuefeng,
Read more1,200 more refugees flee to border amid heavy fighting in Myanmar
OVER 1,200 more Karenni and Karen-Padaung (Long-Necked) refugees have fled continuing heavy fighting between Karenni Army (KA) plus their allies and Myanmar junta forces and are camped at the border right across from Mae Hong Son province, Naewna newspaper said today (July 5). In addition around 400 Shan residents who are close to Mae
Read moreMinor quake rocks Mae Hong Son’s Pai district
By Naewna and Thai Newsroom POPULAR tourist destination Pai in northern Mae Hong Son province was hit by a 3.4 magnitude earthquake at 3.44 p.m. today (July 4) but fortunately there were no reports of any damage. The Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation Division said the temblor, which was at 1 kilometre depth, occurred at
Read moreMyanmar soldiers pull back after heavy Karenni attacks
MYANMAR’S 135th Infantry Battalion troops battling Karenni fighters near Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province have retreated from their base near border to a stronghold about five kilometres further inland but junta forces had launched three airstrikes on a Karenni position yesterday (June 27), Naewna newspaper said today. A senior leader of the Karenni Army
Read moreMyanmar junta launches airstrikes near Thai border as clashes escalate
FIGHTING between Myanmar junta forces and Karenni armed groups just across the border from Mae Hong Son intensified yesterday (June 17) with the former launching 13 airstrikes against the latter, Naewna newspaper said today (June 18). Thai security forces said that Myanmar junta’s 430th Rapid Mobility Battalion continued to clash heavily with Karenni Army
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