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TikTok signal helps cabbie escape armed passenger
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/05/2022
» A taxi driver used an SOS hand gesture he learned from TikTok to signal police for help after seeing his passenger was armed and on drugs.
Staff urged to WFH for 2 weeks
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/01/2022
» The government has asked state agencies and private companies to allow staff to work from home for at least 14 days as Omicron infections soared to more than 1,500 cases nationwide as of Jan 1.
More Covid cases from Tachilek, some in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/12/2020
» Six more Thai women who sneaked back from Myanmar's Tachilek town to Chiang Rai province late last month had Covid-19 and some of them travelled to Bangkok and other provinces.
Four more BTS stations opened
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/06/2020
» The new BTS Green Line extension, running between Mor Chit station and Khu Khot station in Rangsit, was opened for public travel on Friday.
New Skytrain station opens Friday
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/08/2019
» Travel will be free for a limited period when the new Skytrain station at the northern extension of the Sukhumvit line opens on Friday.
Fake police chief arrested with guns, cash, drugs
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/07/2019
» A man claiming to be the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) chief has been arrested by real CSD police -- who were shocked by what they found in his car.
Bangkok taxi cheat charges 1,800 baht for trip
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/03/2019
» A taxi driver who charged two young first-time visitors to Bangkok 1,800 baht for a trip from the Mor Chit bus terminal to Rangsit in Pathum Thani said his passengers paid willingly but he feels guilty about it now.
'Overworked' driver abandons bus, strands passengers for hours
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/12/2016
» Unlucky passengers on a Bangkok-Chiang Mai bus got an unexpectedly long stay in Kamphaeng Phet province when their exhausted driver abandoned their bus in mid-journey.
Late to work? Blame the BTS
Published on 26/08/2015
» A train breakdown at the BTS Mor Chit station delayed skytrain services for about an hour this morning.
Your bus to Phnom Penh is now boarding
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/02/2013
» Travellers to destinations in Cambodia now have some cheaper, more convenient options. The first buses directly connecting Thailand and Cambodia left Bangkok on Thursday, headed for Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.