Bangkok
Breaking news and major events from Bangkok, covering politics, business, transport, and social issues.
- Songkran News
Top 10 dos and don’ts for the 2020 Songkran festival
Heading to Thailand for the 2020 Songkran festival? Want to…
- Bangkok News
Schoolboy survives 3rd floor fall from escalator in Bangkok mall
A 12 year old student was seriously injured when he…
- Crime News
Gunman allegedly shoots and kills ex-wife at mall in Bangkok, another injured
Bangkok police report that a woman was shot and killed…
- Crime News
1 dead, 1 injured in Bangkok mall shooting, gunman escapes
One woman is dead and a bystander injured after a…
- Covid-19 News
Thai Airways starts to trim back schedules due to loss of demand
Thai Airways is cutting back services to South Korea and…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok shooter granted bail despite drugs
A Bangkok shop owner who set off a panic by…
- Bangkok News
UPDATE: Shooter arrested. Shots fired around Chulalongkorn University this morning
UPDATE Police say that a 40 year old man has…
- Bangkok News
Slurpees, phonecard top-ups, snacks and now you can do your washing
…well, in one store anyway. Maybe more to come. You…
- Business News
Bangkok food delivery riders demand legal protections
If you’ve got a smartphone, a motorbike and a bit…
- Events
Thailand Inventors Day 2020 celebrates outstanding Thai inventions
Yesterday marked Thailand Inventors’ Day, when the National Research Council…
- World News
Regional news source publishes smuggled photos from Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Centre
A regional news source, linked to the Catholic Church, has…
- Phuket News
Phuket, Bangkok and Chiang Mai hard hit over ‘palpable’ tourism drop
The 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the official name for the Wuhan or…
- Central Thailand News
Giraffe on the run after escaping from truck
If you spot a giraffe, don’t panic. Two giraffes escaped…
- Environment News
Police announce nationwide crackdown on air pollution
The Royal Thai Police are preparing measures to counter the…
- Bangkok News
Hungarian overstayer dies in Suvarnabhumi detention cell
A 60 year old Hungarian man has died in detention…
- Bangkok News
A watchful ghost is photographed at a train crash scene west of Bangkok
A picture from a train crash in Nakhon Pathom, west…
- Crime News
More human remains found submerged in metal casket in suspect’s pond
In a story that grows grislier with each new discovery……
- Environment News
SCAM – Thailand’s PM2.5 micron smoke screen
It’s cars, it’s the polluting buses, it’s people burning too…
- Environment News
Thailand’s PM2.5 micron elephant in the room – OPINION
It’s cars, it’s the polluting buses, it’s people burning too…
- Environment News
Celebrities take to social media and point out Government incompetence over air pollution problem
“Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said it’s hard to enforce laws to…
- Business News
Bangkok’s vacant land owners growing fruit and vegetables to evade vacant-land tax
A loophole in land tax around Bangkok (actually everywhere in…
- Crime News
Police track down “the great Bangkok pantie snatcher”
One man’s been busy moving around Bangkok condos and apartments…
- Environment News
10 ways Thailand is moving to a greener future
“Green” is not usually the word that comes to mind…
- Bangkok News
British tourist punches and shoves Thai traveller on Bangkok public transport – VIDEO
An angry British tourist has punched a young Thai MRT…
- Bangkok News
First case of New Coronavirus Pneumonia detected arriving in Bangkok
A first case of ‘New Coronavirus Pneumonia’ has been identified…
- Politics News
Thousands join the pro and anti government protests in Bangkok
Protesters, from both sides of the political camp turned up…
- Environment News
Bangkok haze and smog continues over the weekend
There is unlikely to be much respite of the air…
- Bangkok News
Seawater v Freshwater in Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River. The seawater is winning.
The Office of National Water Resources is holding an urgent…
- Bangkok News
And they’re off! Hundreds of thousands leave Bangkok for New Year break
PHOTO: Eleven Media Group Hundreds of thousands of Bangkok residents…
- Hot News
Solar eclipse today across Thailand. Here’s how to watch it.
CAUTION: Looking at the sun directly and without proper equipment…
