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Covid cases surge to 33k in Thailand, with 6k in Bangkok
Post Reporters, Published on 19/05/2025
» Covid-19 cases reported in Thailand spiked to 33,030 last week, with at least 6,000 cases in Bangkok, according to the Department of Disease Control.
Thailand at the forefront of Asean's energy transition
Post Reporters, Published on 09/05/2024
» As the host of the upcoming Future Energy Asia Exhibition and Summit from May 15 to 17, 2024, at Bankok's Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC), Thailand will underscore its firm commitment and pivotal role in advancing an inclusive and sustainable regional energy transition.
BMA pushes to rid city of amphetamine abuse
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/10/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is pushing to rid Bangkok of amphetamines following the child centre massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu.
Diesel price capped at B32 for another week
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 23/05/2022
» The Oil Fuel Fund board on Monday decided to continue capping the retail price of standard diesel at 32 baht per litre for another week.
Medical fund gives love, aid to elderly
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/04/2017
» Five years ago, Oranuj Lertkuldilok, 58, launched a project with the aim of giving elderly people living on low incomes access to home medical equipment.
Fake bomb news fools thousands
Published on 28/12/2016
» "News" of a bomb explosion in Bangkok spread like wildfire on Facebook and Line Tuesday evening, but the story was false.
Police hunt car theft kingpins
News, Published on 14/07/2014
» City police are targeting 334 criminal suspects in an ambitious crackdown aimed at stamping out car theft. The operation, to be carried out at the end of this month, follows a three-year effort by police to reduce vehicle crime. Many of those targeted are thought to be kingpins in the car theft trade, which stretches across the border and is linked to international crime syndicates.
Suthep: Protesters to block EC registration
Online Reporters, Published on 22/12/2013
» A group of anti-government protesters marched to the Thai-Japanese sports stadium on Sunday night in a move to derail the general election.
A touch of Michelin magic
Life, Gary Boyle, Published on 19/12/2013
» Who are the heavyweights of cooking right now: Heston Blumenthal and his avant-garde creations? Bellowing TV bully Gordon Ramsey? The woman who wrote 'Cooking with Poo'? Yes and no. Yes, they get plenty of column inches and television moments, but the real powerhouses of cooking are Michelin magnets like Ferran Adria, Alain Ducasse and, for Thai cuisine, David Thompson.
Ring in the new
Life, Gary Boyle, Published on 16/12/2013
» Bangkok was different in February 1970, back when Dusit Thani first opened her doors onto the junction of Silom and Rama IV. Beer was ten baht, gas one baht a litre, a good hotel room eight dollars. Siam Centre was a copse of trees by a dusty roundabout. An original print ad for the hotel boasted of 'a wide choice of sophisticated supper clubs, Continental and Siamese restaurants, coffee shops and cocktail lounges.' The photo shows the building looking much as it does today, minus the towering downtown skyscrapers, which is precisely the appeal of this grand dame of Bangkok hospitality.