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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. [1]
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. [2]
CHIANG RAI, Thailand—Transboundary river pollution from unregulated mining, including rare earth extraction in Myanmar, has affected the lives of millions of people in downstream areas across the Mekong, Kok, Sai, Ruak and Salween river basins. [3]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Deputy Prime Minister and Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin has ordered the Pollution Control Depart [4]
CHIANG RAI – The government has approved more than 188 million baht to address pollution in Chiang Rai’s Kok River and Sai River, after concerns over heavy metal contamination linked to mining activities in Myanmar. [5]
People rest along the banks of the Irrawaddy river in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina on October 2, 2015. [6]
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. [7]
CHIANG RAI – Central Investigation Bureau officers arrested a husband and wife wanted on fraud charges in Chiang Rai Province. During the search, police found a Thai-made homemade .38 handgun on the husband. [8]
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.
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, Thailand—Transboundary river pollution from unregulated mining, including rare earth extraction in Myanmar, has affected the lives of millions of people in downstream areas across the Mekong, Kok, Sai, Ruak and Salween river basins.
BANGKOK, Thailand – Deputy Prime Minister and Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin has ordered the Pollution Control Depart
CHIANG RAI – The government has approved more than 188 million baht to address pollution in Chiang Rai’s Kok River and Sai River, after concerns over heavy metal contamination linked to mining activities in Myanmar.
People rest along the banks of the Irrawaddy river in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina on October 2, 2015.
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.
CHIANG RAI – Central Investigation Bureau officers arrested a husband and wife wanted on fraud charges in Chiang Rai Province. During the search, police found a Thai-made homemade .38 handgun on the husband.
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.
People living along the Kok River in Thailand’s Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces have been advised not to use water from the river for consumption due to the excessive amounts of arsenic it contains.