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Blankets needed for poor Chiang Mai hill-tribe villagers

November 27, 2018

A tambon in Chiang Mai province seeks 2,000 blankets for poor hill tribe villagers.

Men arrested for torture, murder of Lisu man over debt to Wa traffickers

October 11, 2018

Police on Thursday arrested two men for allegedly impersonating narcotics officers before torturing and killing a Lisu hill-tribe man in Chiang Mai last month.

Hill-tribe man burns to death in Chiang Rai house fire

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017

A hill-tribe man was burned to death in a fire that engulfed his bamboo hut in Chiang Rai’s Mueang district late on Thursday night, police said.

Hill-tribe houses destroyed by flash floods

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2017

Mae Hong Song governor Suebsak Iamwichan led Red Cross Society officials to visit flood-affected hill-tribe people and survey damages in Bang Huai Sua Thao in Tambon Pha Bong of Muang district on Sunday.

Boy arrested with 16kg heroin stash

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017

A 15-year-old Chiang Rai hill-tribe boy was arrested on Wednesday while allegedly transporting 16 kilograms of heroin in Phrae’s Muang district.

Guardians of the culture

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2017

Akha hill-tribe women in traditional costumes perform a dance during the Swing Festival, which opened on Monday at the Ban Saen Suk Community Cultural Plaza in Chiang Rai's Mae Chan district.