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How to get around Bangkok without using the trains
Published on 06/08/2025
» While Bangkok's three electric rail systems -- BTS, MRT and the Airport Rail Link - are often the most convenient way to travel, they come with drawbacks: relatively high fares and crowded conditions during rush hours. Here are alternative transport options that may suit different needs:
Agents upbeat on Chinese market
Business, Boonsong Lipimas, Published on 31/07/2025
» Chinese tourist arrivals have already passed their low point, and tour agents are showing renewed confidence in Thailand despite safety concerns fuelled by border conflicts and a recent market shooting, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Flooding, persistent rain in North
Published on 23/07/2025
» Nan and Phayao have taken a battering from tropical depression Wipha, even after it was downgraded to a low-pressure system on Wednesday, while flash flood and landslide warnings remain in place for 40 provinces.
Tourism revival goes into reverse
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 21/07/2025
» Over the past three years, Thai tourism has been struggling to regain the peak it once reached prior to the pandemic, while neighbouring countries Malaysia and Vietnam have already surpassed their performance in 2019, recording 37 million and 17 million tourist arrivals, respectively.
Rescuers save schoolgirl clinging to tree branch in Kok River
News, Online Reporters, Published on 14/07/2025
» A young girl was brought to safety after being found fighting for her life, clinging to a tree branch in the middle of the Kok River in Chiang Rai province on Monday morning.
Bird row turns deadly; spirited drugs chase; sex toy romp
News, Mae Moo, Published on 06/07/2025
» Up hill and down dale
4 dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks on way to Bali
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» DENPASAR, Indionesia - At least four people were dead and dozens unaccounted for on Thursday after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, according to local authorities who said 23 survivors had been plucked from the water so far.
Grand Prix flagged
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/06/2025
» Re: "Cabinet gives nod to F1 race bid", (PostBag, June 18).
Rescuing a foodie paradise
News, Published on 17/06/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is pressing ahead with plans to redevelop Banthat Thong Road into a creative district and premier street food destination.
Siam Society offers whale-watching trip
Life, Published on 09/06/2025
» Siam Society is holding a one-day boat trip to the upper Gulf of Thailand on July 5 to observe Bryde's whales in their natural habitat.