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Safety tests delaying filling-in of Bangkok’s giant sinkhole
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» Essential soil safety tests at the Samsen Road sinkhole site in Dusit district are delaying its filling-in, as the demolition of adjacent Samsen police station continues, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said at the site on Monday morning.
The amazing paddy fields of England
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/10/2025
» Important news from Blighty. Rice has been grown for the first time in Britain in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. Apparently this is a result of an unusually hot summer. For a project that had once been dismissed as a joke it's quite an achievement. Let's hope the notoriously fickle English weather doesn't spoil it all. It will probably start snowing tomorrow.
China's 'super golden week' forecast to spark travel boom at home and abroad
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/10/2025
» HONG KONG — Visa-free travel abroad and free toll roads at home are expected to fuel a surge in travel by Chinese citizens during an extra-long holiday starting this week, in what analysts call a boon for the service economy.
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» MUMBAI - Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.
Regular metro fares to resume as 20-baht cap ends
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2025
» Operators of Bangkok's suburban Red and Purple metro lines are preparing to revert fares to standard rates from Oct 1, as the previous government's 20-baht fare cap policy winds down.
China bets big on Thai industrial cluster with $8.4 billion investment
South China Morning Post, Published on 13/09/2025
» China has become the leading source of foreign investment in a growing, state-fostered Thai industrial cluster, backed by commitments to help build a light-rail line, design an "aerotropolis" and possibly develop property in the area, an official from the Southeast Asian country said.
Push grows to keep B20 rail ride alive
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/09/2025
» The Thailand Consumer Council (TCC) has urged the new government to press ahead with the 20-baht flat-fare policy for electric trains, citing its affordability and the benefits it would bring to the economy and the environment.
Tunnel Transformed into Community Art Space
Published on 25/08/2025
» BANGKOK, AUGUST 25, 2025 — Frasers Property (Thailand) Public Company Limited or “FPT”, in collaboration with the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA), the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), and artist Tent Katchakul, is inviting the public to transform the Samyan Mitrtown pedestrian tunnel into a vibrant, living art space. The ‘MasterPeace Pain-ting’ event runs from now until September 20, 2025.
Sign-up for flat rail fare starts Monday
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/08/2025
» The Transport Ministry is urging Thais to sign up for the government's flat-rate electric train fare in Bangkok, the registration for which is scheduled to open on Monday.
Stay on track
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/08/2025
» Last month, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment released Jurassic World Rebirth, with the star-studded cast including Jonathan Bailey as palaeontologist Dr Henry Loomis.