Bangkok
Breaking news and major events from Bangkok, covering politics, business, transport, and social issues.
- Visa Information
Thai Airways offers special international flights this month
Need to leave the country? Just as that visa amnesty…
- Tourism News
Holiday weekend boosts tourism, brings in 8.8 billion baht
The extended 4 day holiday weekend circulated 8.8 billion baht…
- Covid-19 News
Trials and tribulations of returning to Thailand in the Covid era – a personal view
A series of articles by David Jackson Sunday morning and…
- Opinion
Splitting atoms in the Big Bang – a day in the Big Mango
OPINION by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com Despite the global pandemic,…
- Covid-19 News
Mobile Covid-19 testing unit at condo after resident tests positive
A mobile coronavirus testing unit was parked in front of…
- Northern Thailand News
Man arrested for allegedly trafficking 112 million baht worth of drugs
Police arrested a 50 year old man for allegedly carrying…
- Crime News
2 foreigners arrested for allegedly selling illegal guns, grenades
Police arrested a Singaporean and an Indonesian man for allegedly…
- Covid-19 News
Thai health authorities track and trace 600+ people linked to 37 year old DJ
More than 600 people are now being traced as a…
- Bangkok News
Amnesty International says drop the charges pressed on protesters
“This recent slew of arrests of peaceful demonstrators illustrates the…
- Covid-19 News
Covid-19 case: 600 people facing quarantine
Hundreds may need to go into quarantine after they came…
- Covid-19 News
Covid-19 case: Negative results for 150 officials
Tests results are negative for all 150 officials who came…
- Covid-19 News
Covid-19 case: Restaurant closed, employees in quarantine
A Nonthaburi restaurant is temporarily closed after a former employee…
- Crime News
Bangkok cop under fire after releasing inmate
A Bangkok police officer is looking at potential criminal charges…
- Food
Missing airline food? Thai Airways has a solution
What’s the deal with airline food? Some people think it’s…
- Crime News
Woman’s body found floating down Bangkok river
A woman’s body was found floating in the Chao Phraya…
- Bangkok News
Police ordered to keep traffic moving after heavy flooding during Bangkok’s peak
Traffic police in Bangkok are being instructed to keep the…
- Politics News
MP proposes opening casinos in Thailand, legalising online gambling
A Thai politician is pushing for the legalisation of gambling…
- Crime News
PM says probe on Boss case released tomorrow
“It is clearly written, nothing hidden, all the names, their…
- Covid-19 News
British woman in Bangkok quarantine facility tests positive for Covid-19
A British woman, recently returned from the United Kingdom, has…
- Property
4 new luxury hotels set for Bangkok and Pattaya
The future of Thailand tourism looks expensive. 4 luxury hotels…
- Bangkok News
Protesters push through barricades at Bangkok police station
Paint was splattered on a police officers and police barricades…
- Bangkok News
Find an abandoned car in Bangkok, get half the fine
Want to make a couple thousand baht? Find a car…
- Bangkok News
65 year old Bangkok man in apparent suicide at Chao Phraya bridge
A man reportedly jumped to his death from Bangkok’s Krung…
- Bangkok News
Collision results in fire in front of Bangkok’s Anti-Corruption Museum
A collision yesterday between a taxi and a BMW on…
- Covid-19 News
CCSA considers another 2 groups of foreigners for return to Thailand
The next batch of returnee categories is now being considered…
- Tourism News
Expats to be offered travel deals at Bangkok event
Ready to go on a holiday? Expats are being offered…
- Crime News
Bangkok officer under investigation for gambling after video emerges
A Metropolitan Police officer is under investigation for gambling in…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok visa agent arrested for fake extensions
If you’re looking into getting a visa, be careful what…
- Thailand News
2 more student protest leaders arrested
A pair of student activists, 2 of 5 facing warrants,…
- Crime News
Bangkok man arrested for selling e-cigarettes, vaping fluid
A Bangkok man is facing 3 years in prison and/or…
- Bangkok News
Truck driver blames GPS for ending up in klong
A young truck driver in Pathum Thani province, just north…
- Road deaths
Bangkok teacher and student killed in road accident
A teacher and his student were killed in a road…
