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Bus driver arrested over yaba
Online Reporters, Published on 28/05/2015
» A Bangkok suburban bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after his vehicle with passengers on board broke down in Thon Buri.
Low-cost buses to fight budget airlines
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 15/01/2015
» Bus operators plan to fight the inroads being made into their business by low-cost airlines as more and more passengers forsake bus terminals for airport lounges.
There and back on a single, narrow line
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/01/2015
» Traffic congestion has long been a challenge for City Hall. Year-in, year-out, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) searches for new ways to ease congestion.
Bang Sue station to get expressway link
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/10/2014
» Transport officials want to link the Bang Sue terminal of the Red Line electric train project with the new Sri Rat Outer Ring Road Expressway, according to the Transport Ministry.
Army ends Songkhla-Bangkok energy-reform march, detains activists
Online Reporters, Published on 20/08/2014
» A 1,400km march for energy reform ended almost before it began when military authorities, citing martial law, halted the trek and detained its 12 core organisers.
One dies in Korat bus accident
Online Reporters, Published on 12/04/2014
» One passenger died and 15 were injured in a bus accident in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday.
Consumers ask court to halt rise in cooking gas price
Published on 29/08/2013
» Consumer groups have joined with a Bangkok senator in asking the Central Administrative Court to issue an injunction suspending the government’s plan to increase the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for household use, or cooking gas, from Sept 1.
Chadchart rides a rough and tumble bus
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 17/08/2013
» First-hand information is the logical way to go when someone wants to make a serious attempt to tackle a problem. And that is just what Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt decided upon in his efforts to improve Bangkok's oft-maligned public transport system.
2012 - When Asean felt Beijing's bite
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 30/12/2012
» Twenty-twelve should be remembered as the year in which China acted on its long-standing claims in the South China Sea, took off the gloves and arraigned its intimidating military and diplomatic arsenal against its neighbours to the south. Gone were the usual glib lines that China only gives foreign aid and soft loans to countries in need, with no strings attached. Cambodia _ for years a benefactor of Beijing's largesse _ was bullied onto China's political front lines, acting as a spoiler against fellow Asean countries attempting to forge a united front against Beijing's territorial and maritime ambitions.
Sukhumbhand's vision for Victory
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/11/2012
» Filthy, stinking toilets and unruly stalls on the pavements around Victory Monument will soon be a distant memory for commuters and tourists when a City Hall move to clean up the area is completed by February.