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  • THAILAND

    Renewed push to make a success of pedal power

    News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/02/2020

    » The popularity of cycling is on the wane in Bangkok. Bicycle shops and related businesses which were thriving only a few years ago are struggling to stay afloat as the number of riders on city streets has dwindled, leaving only the die-hard enthusiasts brave enough to tackle the traffic and filthy air.

  • LIFE

    A sculpture to celebrate Thai-Italian relations

    Life, Published on 03/05/2018

    » The two boats are perched atop the 3m-high vertical pillars, carved to resemble a group of slender buildings. The boats are indigenous to Italy and Thailand -- the Venetian gondola and the traditional Thai e-pong -- and the pillars recall the architectural style of each country.

  • LIFE

    Our Farewell Flowers

    Life, Published on 21/06/2017

    » 'Flower-making is all about imagination," Aporn Kulkusol said as her fingers nimbly arranged the petal of a paper daffodil. Scattered on the table in front of her were petal-shaped paper, scissors, thread spools, candles and incense sticks. "Use your heart," was the middle-aged woman's advice as she completed the daffodils -- dararat -- the flower that the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej often gave to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit when they lived in Switzerland.

  • OPINION

    Bangkok -- what a waste of space

    Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 06/10/2015

    » This "Urban October" should have us all rethinking the future of Bangkok.

  • THAILAND

    Photojournalist in the eye of the storm no more

    News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/10/2016

    » The horrible traffic jams, the disgusting air and the "sh*tty" place at Khao San Road were the reasons that German photojournalist Nick Nostitz hated Bangkok when he first arrived in 1989. Arriving as a backpacker carrying a surfboard, the 21-year-old wrote in his diary that "I will never come back to this awful place".

  • LIFE

    Creating an urban oasis

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/10/2014

    » Andrew Grant is right — Bangkok, he said, seems to lack a strong public idea about landscape. The renowned landscape architect's work have trailblazed and inspired environmental sustainability, incorporating the fundamentals of ecological planting, biodiversity and water use. Grant was recently in town as a guest lecturer at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Architecture.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    What's new in business news: February 11, 2014

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/02/2014

    » Missing rice in govt warehouses & fire at Lop Buri warehouse, Central Business District land surges in value & airports continue expansion.

  • EASY NEWS

    Bangkok speed champion

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/03/2011

    » If speed is what you want in getting around Bangkok, it's hard to beat a bicycle.

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