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New Year’s Resolutions: Bangkok Style
Holiday Time, Published on 28/12/2024
» As the last som tam is served and the final midnight shopping spree at Siam Paragon winds down, Bangkokians prepare to embrace that peculiar annual tradition: New Year’s resolutions. It’s that magical time when we convince ourselves that somehow, the stroke of midnight will transform us into morning joggers at Lumphini Park, despite our long-standing relationship with hitting the snooze button.
Surviving the Season of Excess
Holiday Time, Published on 28/12/2024
» Ah, the festive season in Bangkok – that magical time when every shopping mall transforms into a winter wonderland (despite the 32-degree heat), and your perfectly planned diet faces more temptations than a monk at a mango sticky rice buffet. From office parties at Korean BBQ joints to family gatherings where your aunt insists you haven’t eaten enough until you’re literally rolling home, the challenges to our health are endless.
City planning for all
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/07/2024
» City Hall's attempts to pass a new city planning blueprint to replace one used for a decade have hit repeated snags over the past four years. Such delays have upset commercial developers, who will likely benefit from the proposed changes.
Width restrictions stymie three capital condo builds
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/09/2023
» The Thailand Consumer Council (TCC) has inspected three small roads, or sois, in two districts and found that soon-to-be-built condominium projects in each might breach the law.
There are solutions for Ashton Asoke
Oped, Published on 19/08/2023
» The Ashton Asoke Condo saga illustrates how things can go wrong in real estate development projects. For the consumer, it was a nightmare that the Supreme Administrative Court decided earlier this month that the condo which had been built a few years back and sold to them in the end lacked a proper entrance which meant its permit was revoked. For investors, it was a reversal in fortune, not to mention a PR disaster.
12 secondhand marketplaces and shops for Y2K vibe
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 26/02/2023
» If you've been keeping up with trends, you'll know that Y2K fashion is taking fashionistas by storm. From baggy jeans to crop tops, platform shoes to mini denim skirts, and colourful hair clips to over-ear headphones, they are making a comeback while showing a knack of nostalgia for some millennials who thought these trends were shelved for good. In response to the return of Y2K fashion, Guru By Bangkok Post has gathered a list of thrift shops and secondhand markets that offer unique fashion pieces to pull off a style statement. Who's ready to pop some tags?
A passion for luxury
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 24/12/2022
» Suriyon Poolvoralaks, a founder and former major shareholder of SET-listed developer Major Development (MJD), has started a new property company, SPJ Land Co, to focus solely on luxury residential development.
Don't clutter pavements
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2022
» A video clip showing an individual in a wheelchair and his helper awkwardly manoeuvring around campaign signs of Bangkok governor candidates promising a "better life" for city dwellers is ironic.
Porn on the streets
News, Postbag, Published on 26/03/2022
» Along Sukhumvit Road from Nana junction towards Asoke are many roadside shops selling sex toys, pornographic movies and related items.
Police remove containers, change policy
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2021
» Clashes between young people and riot police continued near Din Daeng on Saturday even after police moved walls of containers blocking inbound Vibhavadi Road and changed their tactics for dealing with protesters there.