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  • LIVE stream from Bangkok for today’s ceremonies

    LIVE stream from Bangkok for today’s ceremonies

    There is an English language stream. Select at the bottom right of the screen.

  • THURSDAY: Watch the Royal Cremation processions and ceremonies here. Live from Bangkok….

    THURSDAY: Watch the Royal Cremation processions and ceremonies here. Live from Bangkok….

    To watch in English, click the button at the bottom the screen and select ‘EN’.

  • Bangkok says farewell to the “Father of the Land”

    Bangkok says farewell to the “Father of the Land”

    All roads lead to Bangkok from today for the start of the Royal Cremation Ceremony of the much-revered HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. People have travelled by buses, private cars, trains and planes during the past days in the hope of getting as close as possible to the “Father of the Land” one last time. The late monarch reigned…

  • Flooding hits Bangkok and Central Thailand

    Flooding hits Bangkok and Central Thailand

    Heavy rains lashed the capital past midnight on Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday, leading to flooding on many Bangkok roads. At around 7.30am on Saturday, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Drainage Department issued a plea on its Facebook page, urging Bangkokians who have no urgent business to stay home as many roads are still inundated. At 8am,…

  • More Phuket – Bangkok flights on offer during Royal Funeral week

    More Phuket – Bangkok flights on offer during Royal Funeral week

    Thai Airways and Thai Smile Airways will increase their roundtrip daily flights during the Royal Cremation of His Majesty the Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The additional domestic flights will be operated from October 23 to 31 to meet the transport needs of passengers attending the ceremony. Thai Airways will add 11 flights between Bangkok and Phuket and five flights between…

  • Things you need to know if you’re travelling to Thailand and Bangkok in October

    Things you need to know if you’re travelling to Thailand and Bangkok in October

    During this month there will be a lot of small and larger changes as Thailand gets ready to bid a sad, final farewell to the much-loved and revered HM King Bhumibol who passed on October 13 last year. Most of the changes will be around Bangkok, especially the Sanam Luang Park area around the Grand Palace. But there will also…

  • Phang Nga family pleas for Bangkok bombing suspect to be sent back for trial

    Phang Nga family pleas for Bangkok bombing suspect to be sent back for trial

    The family of Wanna Suansan, from Phang Nga, (Wanna is a suspect in the Ratchaprasong/Erawan Shrine bomb case), is calling for her return to Thailand after she has given birth and raised 2 children in Turkey’s immigration prison over the past 2 years. Right before the bomb, which happened in the middle of Bangkok at Ratchaprasong intersection on August 17,…