(2000 est. pop. 170,000). Chiang Mai is Thailand's second biggest city, located approximately 700 kilometers (440 miles) northwest of the capital Bangkok. Chiang Mai is roughly twenty times smaller than Bangkok, but in many ways it rivals the...

Chiang Mai (in Thai เชียงใหม่ (help·info)), also sometimes written as "Chiengmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of Chiang Mai Province. It is located at...

A Swiss man accused of insulting this nation's monarchy by spray-painting over several portraits of the revered king pleaded guilty Monday and faces a maximum 75-year prison sentence.Oliver Rudolf Jufer, 57, was caught by surveillance cameras on Dec. 5 spray-painting black paint over several portraits...

The density of a thick haze in northern Thailand caused by forest fires has reached a level considered dangerous to health, medical authorities said Wednesday.The haze was the worst since it began March 1, with the level of tiny dust particles as high as 383...

After panda porn failed to spark amour, Thai zoo authorities turned Monday to artificial insemination in the hope of impregnating their lone female giant panda.Authorities at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand inseminated Lin Hui with semen from her cage-mate, Chuang Chuang, on Monday...

Thailand would distribute about 300,000 masks to residents in the north where medical authorities warned that a thick haze caused by forest fires had become a health hazard, officials said.The ministry has asked 100,000 volunteers in the region to help distribute the masks door-to-door in...