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Are you being overcharged by Thai motorcycle taxis?
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/07/2025
» A motorcycle taxi is a fast, direct and sometimes exciting form of transport when navigating Bangkok’s heavy traffic. However, unlike the BTS or MRT with their fixed pricing, or metered taxis, motorcycle taxi fares can sometimes be unclear, leading to overcharging.
Are you being overcharged by Thai motorcycle taxis?
Online Reporters, Published on 08/07/2025
» A motorcycle taxi is a fast, direct and sometimes thrilling means of transport when navigating Bangkok’s heavy traffic. However, unlike the BTS or MRT with their fixed pricing, or metered taxis, motorcycle taxi fares can sometimes be unclear, leading to overcharging.
Locals bear the brunt of Thailand's economic woes
News, Published on 06/07/2025
» Heat and heavy traffic in Bangkok have forced commuters to rely on motorcycle taxis as a means of transport, as they are fast and cheap.
Battling the big apps
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 01/07/2025
» In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an application called Tam Sang Tam Song (On Demand Delivery) was launched by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation in collaboration with the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. The app was developed to assist motorbike taxi drivers and local restaurants through economic difficulties caused by lockdowns. As a pilot app, it was tested in Ladprao Soi 101 in Bangkok, Betong and Yala and received positive feedback.
Woman offers sex to taxi rider instead of 40 baht fare
Online Reporters, Published on 27/06/2025
» UDON THANI: A 23-year-old woman offered to have sex with a motorcycle taxi rider instead of paying a 40-baht fare, prompting the driver to call police for help.
Remembering a journo like no other
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 04/04/2025
» Gwen Robinson was a quintessential journalist who probed for the best scoop and pried for the juiciest gossip, an old-style old hand the likes of which we are unlikely to see again. In the new contentious era of geopolitical conflict and geoeconomic tension underpinned by American economic nationalism, Robinson's journalist craft over more than four decades explaining and linking Asia and the West will be sorely missed.
Censure theatrics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2025
» Re: "Political experts split on censure outcome", (BP, March 26).
Bolt Highlights Ride-Hailing’s Key Role in Thailand’s Economic Growth
Published on 14/02/2025
» Ride-hailing services have transformed urban mobility, offering a fast, convenient, and accessible alternative to private cars. With just a few taps on a smartphone, users can hail a ride anytime, anywhere—connecting passengers and drivers seamlessly.
Regulator picks premiums to hit B1tn this year
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/02/2025
» Life and non-life insurance businesses should expand this year, driving the industry's overall premiums to 1 trillion baht if economic growth continues, says the Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC).
Fear stalks DR Congo city Goma as artillery fire shakes ground
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - Explosions rocked the ground in the main city in DR Congo's east on Friday as intensifying clashes between the country's army and M23 fighters gripped the region.