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Pawn shops offer more than money for old rope
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» City Hall last year saw profits from its pawn business jump by millions of baht although financial gain is not its primary goal.
A kitchen for those in need
News, Published on 05/07/2021
» The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit Bangkok hard with infections spreading in several crowded urban communities.
Fire-hit SCB building sealed off
Online Reporters, Published on 08/02/2015
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has declared a building in the Siam Commercial Bank complex in Ratchadaphisek Road off limits after a fatal blaze overnight which remains a mystery.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
Court upholds acquittals in missing lawyer Somchai case
Published on 29/12/2015
» The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the appellate court's acquittal of all five police officers charged with the robbery and coercion of "disappeared" human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit 11 years ago.