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1932 Revolt Plaque Removal Greeted With Mixed Reactions
BANGKOK — Social media users on Friday reacted differently as they learned that one of the kingdom’s few historical relics of the 1932 Revolution – which marked the end of the country’s absolute...
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Report a Moto on Sidewalk and Get Paid Half the Fine
BANGKOK — Those who report motorbikes parking or riding on the sidewalk will get half of the fine if it is paid, City Hall said Sunday.
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See Bangkok Before and After Street Food (Interactive)
Compare for yourself how Bangkok's streets look before and after the street food vendor ban with these interactive images. (Slide left and right).
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Heavy Regulation – Not Total Ban – for Street Food of Chinatown, Khaosan
BANGKOK — The man behind Bangkok’s epic makeover campaign – whose comments this week spawned alarmed headlines worldwide about a complete ban on its street food – said vendors in the iconic areas of...
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Happy 420, Thailand! You Get a Weed Fest This Saturday.
Cannabis remains a Class 5 narcotic in Thailand, where the plant remains frowned upon by much of Thai society - but not everyone.
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Celebrate Bangkok’s 235th by Getting to Know All 50 Districts (Interactive)
Bangkok turns 235 years old today, April 21. It was this day in 1782 royal astrologers selected to lay the pillar establishing the city. Today, Bangkok is divided into 50 khet, or districts. They were...
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We Asked Thonglor Peeps About Life After Street Food
We wondered how the folks on Thonglor to work – not play – are holding up, or more precisely: What are they eating? We went out and asked some Tuesday night. Here are their answers.
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Holiday Set to Observe Royal Cremation of King Bhumibol
BANGKOK — His Majesty the Late King’s cremation on Oct. 26 will be marked with a national public holiday, the interim cabinet announced Tuesday.
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Pride in Produce Puts Bangkok’s Or Tor Kor Market Among World’s Best
BANGKOK — Merchants at the Or Tor Kor Market say premium quality produce, long experience and wealthy customers means they were not surprised to learn it was recently ranked among the world’s best...
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FCCT Cancels Event About Missing 1932 Plaque on Junta ‘Orders’
BANGKOK — A discussion set for Wednesday evening about the disappearance of a plaque commemorating Thailand’s transition to democracy 85 years ago was ordered canceled on the authority of the military...
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Take a Sneak Peek Inside the New TCDC (Photos)
BANGKOK — After years spent turning an old post office into its new home, the nation’s renowned government-funded design hub opened for an exclusive sneak peek Thursday.
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Take a VR Tour of TCDC’s New Riverside Home (360 Video)
BANGKOK — The capital has a new citadel for design think with the riverfront reopening of the Thailand Creative and Design Center, or TCDC, this past weekend.
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China Lawyer’s Family Says US Helped Them Flee Bangkok
BEIJING — Stuck in a Bangkok jail with a deportation order against her, Chen Guiqiu waited with dread over what seemed certain to come next. A Thai immigration official showed her surveillance video...
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Explosion at Sanam Luang Wounds 2
BANGKOK — An explosion reportedly injured two people Monday night in Bangkok's historic quarter, though police say it is not a bomb attack.
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Police Set Up Barriers at Ratchaprasong on 7th Anniversary of Crackdown
BANGKOK — Police cordoned off public spaces at Ratchaprasong Intersection on Friday, the seventh anniversary of a crackdown which ended two months of street unrest that left nearly 100 head, mostly...
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Unified Transit Card Usable Between Few Stations at Launch
BANGKOK — A single card usable for different public transportation has been promised and delayed for so long due to discord between system operators that regular announcements of new launch dates are...
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Bangkok on Alert for Suspicious-Looking Object and Person After Hospital Bomb
BANGKOK — City Hall has instructed officials in all districts to be on the lookout following Monday’s bomb blast at a military hospital which injured 25 people. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority...
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Flooded Areas Across Bangkok After Last Night’s Big Storm (Photos)
BANGKOK — A night of pounding rain left portions of the capital flooded Thursday morning, leading to a torrent of complaints from commuters.
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Sex Traffickers Took Hundreds From Thailand to US
MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the U.S. and forced to be "modern day sex slaves," according to an indictment unsealed Thursday that charges high-level members of what...
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Furniture, Tonnes of Waste Blocking Bangkok Drainage (Photos)
BANGKOK — A backhoe was needed to pull a recliner and mattress from a drainage tunnel Friday along with tonnes of debris and waste blocking the waterway one day after the city suffered yet another...
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