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Kaset intersection rally ends peacefully
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/10/2020
» A large crowd of mostly young people gathered at Kasetsart intersection in Bangkok, one of the three locations where rallies were held in the capital on Monday, before dispersing peacefully at 7.15pm.
Protesters rally as BTS, MRT shut down
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/10/2020
» Anti-government protesters converged on three sites in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon, in defiance of an emergency decree and despite a government-ordered shutdown of nearly all mass rail transit in the capital.
Protesters rally at Pathumwan intersection
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/10/2020
» A large crowd was building at the Pathumwan intersection in central Bangkok on Friday evening as anti-government protesters rallied for a third consecutive day.
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.
Skytrain must improve 'weak' distancing
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/05/2020
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Tuesday urged the BTS Skytrain operator to do better by improving its "weak" social-distancing measures to avoid causing a second wave of Covid-19 in the capital.
357 checkpoints monitoring travellers nationwide
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/03/2020
» The Royal Thai Armed Forces command has set up seven checkpoints in Bangkok and 350 more in other provinces to check inter-provincial travellers and help contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Thanathorn rally draws thousands
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/12/2019
» Thousands of people rallied on Saturday in central Bangkok for the biggest protest since before the 2014 coup, as Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit declared it was “just the beginning” of a movement against anti-democratic forces.
VIDEO: City inspectors sacked for extortion
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/11/2019
» Three city inspectors, known as thetsakit, have been fired for extorting money from a fruit vendor on the footpath below the BTS Asoke train station.
Air filters for schools as city haze worsens
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/10/2019
» The Ministry of Education will deliver the first batch of air purifiers to 37 state schools in Bangkok within the next two weeks to combat the rising levels of PM2.5.
Loud bangs at BTS station, other areas in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/08/2019
» Loud bangs were heard near a skytrain station and at least three other areas in Bangkok on Friday morning, with two people confirmed injured on Rama 9 Road.