Bangkok
Breaking news and major events from Bangkok, covering politics, business, transport, and social issues.
- Property
MS Siam Tower opens on Rama III
The first premium office building at the corner of Rama…
- Crime News
Big drug seizures across the country continue
PHOTO: The Nation Over 10 million methamphetamine pills and more…
- Bangkok News
Motorbike riders on Bangkok sidewalk told where to go
Internet users in Thailand are cheering a Japanese student, currently…
- Crime News
Scrap metal merchant arrested over stolen rail track pins causing train derailment
PHOTOS: Twitter@pr.railway A scrap metal shop owner has been arrested…
- Tourism News
‘One Night In Bangkok’. The song, 35 years later
PHOTO: Doi Kuro, Bangkok 1980 When ‘One Night In Bangkok’…
- Expats
Thai Immigration bristles about TM30 revolt as it copes with PR disaster
The TM30 form, as well as the associated TM28 form,…
- Events
Rehearsals continue for the grand Royal Barge Procession in Bangkok
The next rehearsals for the Royal Barge Procession, the final…
- Bangkok News
Police look at cash rewards for information about illegal motorcycle racing
A representative of the Royal Thai Police Office says they’re…
- Bangkok News
Fire destroys six timber houses in Bangkok
PHOTO: The Nation Six timber houses have burned down in…
- World News
US-China trade war accelerates formation of RCEP trade bloc
The escalation of the trade war between China and the US…
- Transport News
New transport minister backtracks on previous government’s van upgrade policy
The previous government was hellbent on upgrading many of the…
- Thailand News
Chewathai launches seven new property projects in Bangkok despite slowdown
Listed property firm Chewathai says they are revising down their…
- South Thailand News
Thai Police Chief admits difficulties in solving last Friday’s bombings
“Suspects had provided some useful information but are still reluctant…
- Thailand Weather Updates
Flood warnings for six southern provinces, and provinces east of Bangkok
Forecasts for Phuket and Bangkok below… People living in six…
- Transport News
Thai transport minister agrees to taxi fare hikes in Bangkok
The Ministry of Transport has given approval for taxi fares…
- Road deaths
17 year old killed after school bus careers off road in Chumpon, 18 injured
PHOTO: Facebook/Tongsiasiangtueng Rescue A bus crew has been killed after…
- Property
Lower demand but Thailand is still China’s favourite international property market
The Yuan has dropped in value against the Thai baht…
- Transport News
Bangkok authorities roll out voice-guides for vision-impaired at zebra crossings
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says they will install voice-guide…
- Bangkok News
Representative of HM King and Queen visits Bangkok bomb blast patients
King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida instructed His Majesty’s assistant…
- Tourism News
New Airbus A220 drops into Bangkok during Asia Pacific tour
Perfectly timed with Boeing’s woes and uncertainty over its 737…
- Crime News
Thai PM condemns the people behind Bangkok’s bomb explosions – UPDATE
PHOTO: Thai Rath Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has condemned those…
- Crime News
Four bombs go off around Bangkok this morning, two injured
PHOTO: Fourth explosion was near the entrance to a BTS…
- Property
Bangkok’s expat rental trends changing
The number of Japanese expats in Thailand dropped to lower…
- Bangkok News
Grand Palace motorbike racers being sought by police
SCREENSHOT: Nation TV If there’s one location in Bangkok you…
- Crime News
11 Bangkok students arrested over fatal knife attack
11 students have been arrested after Saturday’s fatal stabbing of…
- Environment News
Bangkok – that sinking feeling
The mighty Chao Phraya runs through the central plains and…
- Bangkok News
Bangkok council to raise fines for motorbike footpath riders
Bangkok’s deputy governor says he has received approval from the…
- Thailand Weather Updates
Bangkok gets a peak hour battering
PHOTO: FM91 Trafficpro Bangkok and its suburbs were battered by…
- Transport News
15 baht flat fares for BTS Skytrain – Transport Minister
The government’s new Transport Minister, Saksayam Chidchob, has reiterated its…
- Transport News
BTS Skytrain stations get maintenance checks after falling concrete
It wasn’t the sky falling. It was the Skytrain Station…
- Events
Black crabs, tuk tuks and plates of Pad Thai – Miss Grand Thailand costume competition
From Wild Boars, black crabs, tuk tuks, plates of Pad…
- Transport News
BTS asked to pay 100 billion construction costs in exchange for 30 year concession extension
Manit Techa-apichoke, president of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration-owned Krungthep Thanakhom, says…
