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Airlines will cancel 108 Chiang Mai flights, retime 80 and add 105 between 21 and 28 November to keep sky lanterns clear of aircraft.

The airport director said on 2 November that the airport expects more than 200,000 lanterns inside its flight safety zone during Yi Peng. It is cutting daily operating hours from about 20 to about 12. Airlines have been asked not to fly from 10am to noon on 24 November, or between 7pm and 1am on 24 and 25 November.

Lantern releases are banned in the red zone under the take-off and landing paths. Last year the province banned them in parts of six districts, including all of Mueang Chiang Mai and Hang Dong, with penalties of up to five years in prison, a fine of up to 200,000 baht, or both.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the Interior Ministry to tighten checks on how foundations register, raise money and spend donations.

The order followed the 3 November Cabinet meeting. The government says it wants to stop foundations being used for personal gain or to defraud the public. Money and goods donated for disaster victims and people in need must go to the stated purpose.

Each foundation will have to report its annual results to the Department of Provincial Administration, which registers them. The Interior Ministry’s permanent secretary will set out the details. Officials have not said whether those reports will be public.

Two delivery platforms have sued Thailand’s Trade Competition Commission over draft rules on the commissions they charge merchants, Thaiger reported.

The draft covers ride-hailing and on-demand delivery platforms. They would have to show how their gross-profit commissions are calculated, and give reasons and evidence whenever they raise them. The platforms argue the draft exceeds the commission’s legal powers; the commission says it is not trying to control prices.

The suits were reported on 2 November. A competition-law lecturer at NIDA said higher commissions do not automatically break the law and that any intervention should rest on preliminary evidence and be proportionate.

Khon Kaen Geopark has passed UNESCO’s evaluation and is recommended for Global Geopark status, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin said.

The decision now rests with the UNESCO Executive Board, which is scheduled to consider the proposal in April 2027.