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17-year-old caught with B100m of drugs
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/06/2018
» A 17-year-old was arrested and methamphetamine pills, crystal meth, ecstasy and ketamine worth around 100 million baht in all seized at an apartment building in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district on Wednesday night.
Police officers bribed fake 'Big Joke' for promotions
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/05/2018
» Several police officers face investigation and possibly serious disciplinary action after paying about 5 million baht for promotions to a person they believed to be the high-profile deputy tourist police chief Surachate Hakparn, aka Big Joke.
AoT wants to replace old Don Mueang terminal
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/04/2018
» Airports of Thailand Plc wants the AoT board to agree to demolishing the old, disused terminal at Don Mueang and replacing it with a new, larger facility to cope with the ever-growing number of international passengers.
Protesters ready for Doi Suthep 'war'
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/04/2018
» CHIANG MAI: A civic network will this Sunday intensify its protest against the state housing project at the foot of Doi Suthep in an attempt to prompt Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to make the "right" decision and return the area to nature.
Doi Suthep housing construction stopped
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/04/2018
» New housing being built for the Region 5 office of the Appeal Court at the foot of Doi Suthep mountain in Chiang Mai province will be taken over for public use, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Thursday.
At least 41 dead in Korea hospital blaze
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/01/2018
» SEOUL: The death toll from a hospital blaze in the South Korean city of Miryang jumped to 41, Yonhap news said on Friday, in the country's worst fire disaster in more than a decade.
Dusit zoo to move
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/12/2017
» The Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO) board confirmed on Tuesday that Dusit Zoo will be relocated out of the city to a new site in Pathum Thani.
An anthology of fabled fare
Holiday Time, Gary Boyle, Published on 19/12/2016
» Action! A vintage Merc pulls off Sathorn Road, glides around a fountain and slows to a halt outside a grand mansion. A suited concierge opens the car door, allowing an immaculately dressed couple to exit the vehicle. The mansion doors swing open to reveal an immaculate time capsule of late 19th century luxury chic. The couple are led to a pair of deep leather armchair and sit at the precise moment a pair of welcome cocktails arrive. Cut!
Uptown is the new downtown
News, Gary Boyle, Published on 12/12/2014
» Sorry CBD dwellers, zone 1 citizens and heart of the city hipsters: downtown is over. Developers have ripped the soul out of your neighbourhood and hoodwinked you into paying astonishing rent for the privilege. Who wants to pay more for a macaroon in Ploen Chit than in Paris, or buy a New York Deli-style brunch for the price of a flight to Phuket?
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.