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A Night at Healing House: A Safe Space, in a Hidden Place

“We literally live in the house,” he explained to me. I was immediately intrigued. I had been planning to stop by for a while and was excited to finally have a Friday free to check out the place.

Editorial: June 2019

Earlier this year I wrote an editorial promising you change. While I highly doubt you spend much time concerning yourself over Citylife’s imminent changes, some of you have commented to me that you have yet to see any.

Chang Moi Cafés

Chang Moi was an old city street renowned for its rattan. Today, generations-old rattan shops have been replaced by trendy cafes and we decided to check them out.

‘150% People’: Thai, English, and Expanding Selves

In 2001, Ukrainian American linguist Aneta Pavlenko put out a survey asking one simple question: “Do you feel like a different person sometimes when you speak different languages?” She received responses from over one thousand multilingual speakers from around the world — nearly two-thirds of whom responded in the affirmative.

From Haze to Climate Change: A talk with a CMU Scientist

Citylife sat down with Asst. Prof. Dr. Somporn Chatara, Head of Environmental Science Research Centre (ESRC), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, to learn all about their projects which include working with a team of NASA scientists and Taiwanese academics on matters of air pollution.

A Modern Approach to Hospitality Education at ICWW

With humanity’s exponential growth on so many fronts, from science to technology, multiculturalism to progressive social leaps, it is imperative that we prepare our youth, equipping them with the right tools and pathways for learning, so that they can walk into that future with confidence and skills.

A Closer Look at Performing Arts in Chiang Mai: The Budding Dramaturgs of Chiang Mai University

As a first step in my investigation into ‘Thai Theatre’, I decided to turn to a familiar setting to collect information: a university. Chiang Mai University proved to be the perfect place to start, with a thriving Fine Arts department and a brand new Music and Performing Arts programme. I was eager to see what Thai theatre students were learning while preparing for the professional world, and what exactly that professional world entailed.

7 Best Golf Courses in Chiang Mai

To the avid and even casual golfer nothing can be more enjoyable and relaxing than spending a few hours playing a beautifully designed and well maintained 18 or nine-hole course. These seven golf courses are among the finest in the province.

H Innovation for the Future: Hillkoff focus on sustainability

Having succeeded in being the go-to place for all players along the supply chain, Hillkoff has recently taken a step back to reexamining itself and has come to the conclusion that it must change its core business. The change is to become a responsible and sustainable business.

Tigers Strive to Growl not Purr

The scorching summer heat and humidity enveloped 700th Anniversary Stadium like a sticky wet sponge as kickoff time approached for Chiang Mai F.C.’s May 12th home game against Bangkok United.

Casual and Chilled

If you are in the mood to just go somewhere and hang out, then here are a few venues you may want to check out.

New Watering Holes

For many of us, bars are part of our lives: where we meet friends, where we hangout, where we call our second home. Here are a few places where everybody can – if you wish, and not worried about stalkers – know your name.

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This World Environment Day, support sustainable design and environmentally conscious ideas at Jing Jai Market

Fri 29th May

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Chiang Mai issues urgent flood alert as heavy rain forecast through 1st June 

Fri 29th May

Chiang Mai’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office has issued an urgent alert to all 25 districts, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast from 28th May to 1st June, with risks of flash floods, forest runoff and waterlogging across multiple vulnerable areas. Deputy Governor Siwakorn Buapong has ordered round-the-clock monitoring of high-risk zones, with immediate closure of natural at … Continued

Rubbish truck driver rescued after falling ten metres into waste pit in Doi Saket

Fri 29th May

Rescue teams were called to the Chiang Mai Provincial Administrative Organisation’s integrated waste management centre in Pa Pong subdistrict, Doi Saket, at around 10am yesterday after a garbage truck overturned and fell into a waste disposal pit more than ten metres deep. Four rescue vehicles from the Katanyutham Kusol Chiang Mai Rescue Association responded to the scene, where they found a six-w … Continued

Chiang Mai man arrested in international crackdown on MYIPTV4K piracy network

Fri 29th May

Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), through its Economic Crime Suppression Division, has arrested a 33 year old man in Chiang Mai as part of a coordinated cross-border operation targeting the MYIPTV4K illegal streaming network. Searches were carried out simultaneously at a residential property in Mae Hia and a company in Suthep, where the suspect, identified as Akkarawat, was found and … Continued

Highway 121 elevated road plan scrapped — but new traffic proposals raise fresh concerns

Fri 29th May

The Department of Highways has reversed course on its proposed elevated highway along Route 121, the canal road, dropping both the flyover and underpass options that had drawn widespread public criticism since last year. At the fourth round of public hearings on 21st May, the department’s consultants presented a revised approach focused on lane expansion and traffic flow adjustments within the den … Continued

Chiang Mai’s homegrown solution to the eternal bin hunt

Thu 28th May

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Chiang Mai named one of the world’s top 8 cities for digital nomads and creators by Forbes

Wed 27th May

Forbes has ranked Chiang Mai among the eight best cities in the world for digital nomads and creators in 2026, placing it alongside Medellín, Cape Town, Lisbon, Bali, Mexico City, Tokyo and Berlin.   According to the Forbes report, the digital nomad profile has shifted in 2026 toward what it describes as the “digital entrepreneur” — a remote worker who prioritises not just affordability and climat … Continued

Chiang Mai vendors sign up for Thai Chuay Thai Plus, hoping the scheme will bring shoppers back

Tue 26th May

Market traders at Sirivattana Market were among the first to check their Thung Ngoen app readiness and register their businesses on the opening day of the Thai Chuay Thai Plus programme on Sunday the 25th. Most vendors spoken to had already been through the process with the earlier Khon La Khrueng Plus scheme, leaving them confident about registration this time around — phones in hand, ready to ta … Continued

Deputy minister visits Chiang Mai to check progress on underground cable project

Tue 26th May

Deputy Minister of Digital Economy and Society Nan Buntida Somchai visited Chiang Mai on Saturday the 24th to inspect progress on the Single Last Mile project — an initiative to bury telecommunications cables underground, clear the tangle of wires from utility poles and develop the digital infrastructure needed to support the city’s smart city ambitions. She was joined by Chiang Mai Governor Ratth … Continued

Lanna Polytechnic turns live-streaming into a classroom — and a pay cheque

Tue 26th May

Marketing students at Lanna Polytechnic College in Chiang Mai are doing their coursework in front of a camera, live-selling electronics and IT products online as part of a formal curriculum partnership with Niyom Panich, one of northern Thailand’s largest distributors of electrical appliances, motorcycles and computer equipment. The programme has been running for five years and currently has more … Continued

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