Singer ‘Q Flure’ Seriously Injured in Thonglor Hit-and-Run
BANGKOK — Suveera "Q" Boonrod, the lead singer of Flure, was hit by a motorbike early this morning. The rider fled the scene and is wanted by police.
View ArticleAll Aboard! Celebrate a Century of Hua Lamphong Saturday
BANGKOK — Some say it’s name today came from a bastardization of “field of carefree cows” in Thai or the lamphong plants which once grew there. Others point to its signature windowed arch and...
View ArticleHopes Snuffed For Single Transit Card Before 2017
BANGKOK — Every commuter’s dream of carrying only one card to ride all the rails will remain just that for now, as it won’t be ready by August as promised.
View ArticleFort Battle: City Sits Down With Pom Mahakan For First Time
BANGKOK — After 24 years of trying to kick out a small community dug in behind the walls of a historic fort, City Hall sat down with them for the first time yesterday to talk about solutions.
View ArticleBangkok’s Crowded Riverfront Could See Yet Another Big Mall
BANGKOK — In case you were concerned about Bangkok’s access to community shopping malls, worry not, for another has been floated for the rapidly transforming riverside.
View ArticleSidewalk Showdown: City Won’t Budge on Ultimatum to Liberate Siam Footpaths
BANGKOK — Owners of street stalls failed to win a reprieve from City Hall yesterday and have until the end of next month to end their occupation of Siam Square’s sidewalks.
View ArticleAvoid Ratchawithi Road While it Gets Ugly Cabling Makeover
BANGKOK — Starting Friday, Ratchawithi Road will be partially closed as authorities begin moving its infamous tangle of overhead cables underground. A few days after Bill Gates drew the ire of the...
View ArticleVendors Paralyze Traffic With Floral Blockade to Protest Eviction
BANGKOK — Traffic near the Pak Khlong Talad market was stopped for three hours Friday night by a blockade of roses, marigolds and garlands as vendors protested their eviction by City Hall.
View ArticleVanishing Bangkok: What is the Capital Being Remade Into, And For Whom?
BANGKOK — From the labyrinth of toys that was Saphan Lek to the once-blooming sidewalks of the Pak Khlong Talad flower market, – and on and on across the capital, some of the best examples of Bangkok’s...
View ArticleCity Answers Revolt by Flower Sellers by Occupation of Pak Khlong Talad
BANGKOK — Bangkok’s own War of the Roses wasn’t any closer to being settled six months after it began, with the city today sending heavy equipment into the streets where the vendors of Pak Khlong Talad...
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This is What Saphan Lek Looks Like Now (Video)
BANGKOK — It’s been over eight months since the labyrinth of cheap toys, games, and electronics that was Saphan Lek was hit by the wrecking ball.
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5-Day Holiday Starts Tonight! Prepare for Terrible Traffic, Booze Ban
BANGKOK — The five-day vacation that’s set to kick off tonight will come with the seasonal ban on alcohol and a traffic apocalypse as hundreds of thousands leave Bangkok for outlying destinations.
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Lute Hero: Thai Virtuoso Owns at International ‘Talent Olympics’
LOS ANGELES — A Thai musician with a flare for the dramatic and commanding pompadour cleaned up at an international performing arts competition held Sunday in Southern California.
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Erawan Shrine Reopens After Car Plows Through, Injuring 6
BANGKOK — Tourists were gathered as usual at the Erawan Shrine on Saturday morning after a car drove into the sacred venue Friday night, injuring six people.
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Junta Takes Another Go at Clearing Vans From Victory Monument
BANGKOK — A renewed bid to untangle the Victory Monument by removing the interprovincial vans will go to trial in September, an officer in charge of the junta effort said Monday.
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Drop Pins on This Map to Help Make Bangkok Great Again
BANGKOK — Broken manhole cover traps, fallen wires, phoneless phone booths, missing bus maps and smelly bins. Walking in Bangkok can be a challenging and unpleasant experience.
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Plane Crash in East Bangkok Kills 1, Injures 4
BANGKOK — A private airplane crashed on Monday afternoon near a temple in Nong Chok district, killing its captain.
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Bangkok Gov Sues Auditor for Going Public With Corruption Allegations
BANGKOK — Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra sued a top government auditor Tuesday for publicly implicating him in collusion over a lavish city event.
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Two-Week Reprieve for 4 Busy Street Markets
BANGKOK — The bark of City Hall’s ultimatums have proven worse than their bite, with downtown street vendors in four locations granted extensions.
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Desperate Man Threatens to Leap From Bridge With Toddler Son
BANGKOK — A distraught man threatened to leap into traffic with his 3-year-old son from a footbridge Friday afternoon in western metro Bangkok.
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