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CHIANG RAI – On March 22, 2026, Chiang Rai Governor Chuchip Pongchai chaired a large public event for World Water Day at Wat Fang Min and the riverside municipal park along the Kok River in Mueang district. [1]
CHIANG RAI – Residents of the Ruammit Karen community have called on the Chiang Rai governor to take serious action over toxic contamination in the Kok River, saying the problem is harming both health and livelihoods. [2]
Ooi Kok Hin is Visiting Fellow at the Malaysia Studies Programme of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. CONTRIBUTORS Ooi Kok Hin  has decided to ask public prosecutors to seek a court order to confiscate assets worth about 13 billion baht belonging to Chinese scam boss Chen Zhi, Cambodian scam kingpins Yim Leak an... [5]
Phuket officials raid unlicensed late-night venue PHUKET — 28 February 2026, Officials in Phuket raided an entertainment venue in Muang district overnight after complaints that foreign nationals were hosting drug-fuelled... [6]
CHIANG RAI – A recent Rocket Media Lab report has highlighted the economic fallout from arsenic and heavy metal contamination in the Kok River, impacting Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces in Thailand. [7]
CHIANG RAI – On Thursday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suchart Chomklin, led a team to Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai to meet local teams to track complaints about pollutants in the Kok River. [8]
CHIANG RAI – On March 22, 2026, Chiang Rai Governor Chuchip Pongchai chaired a large public event for World Water Day at Wat Fang Min and the riverside municipal park along the Kok River in Mueang district.
CHIANG RAI – Residents of the Ruammit Karen community have called on the Chiang Rai governor to take serious action over toxic contamination in the Kok River, saying the problem is harming both health and livelihoods.
Ooi Kok Hin is Visiting Fellow at the Malaysia Studies Programme of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. CONTRIBUTORS Ooi Kok Hin  has decided to ask public prosecutors to seek a court order to confiscate assets worth about 13 billion baht belonging to Chinese scam boss Chen Zhi, Cambodian scam kingpins Yim Leak an
Phuket officials raid unlicensed late-night venue PHUKET — 28 February 2026, Officials in Phuket raided an entertainment venue in Muang district overnight after complaints that foreign nationals were hosting drug-fuelled...
CHIANG RAI – A recent Rocket Media Lab report has highlighted the economic fallout from arsenic and heavy metal contamination in the Kok River, impacting Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces in Thailand.
CHIANG RAI – On Thursday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Suchart Chomklin, led a team to Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai to meet local teams to track complaints about pollutants in the Kok River.
BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Deeply strained relations between Thailand and Cambodia deteriorated further on Tuesday when Thai police mounted coordinated raids on properties connected to Kok An, a tycoon and four-term Cambodian senator with royal honors clo
CHIANG RAI — Residents in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai have raised concerns over ongoing mining near the Kok and Sai Rivers, warning that the situation is worsening.