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BMA to offer Muay Thai as an elective in schools
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/06/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is introducing Muay Thai as an elective course in 437 schools it runs to preserve the culture and teach young people about discipline, says city council president Surajit Pongsingwitthaya.
Songkran 'to make biggest splash yet'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/02/2024
» Bangkok is gearing up for this year's celebrations of Songkran, expected to be more extravagant than ever before as the water festival will be organised as part of the government's promotion of Thailand's soft power.
AOT braces for surge in tourists
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/02/2024
» The government says it will work with Airports of Thailand (AOT) to enhance services and security for passengers, especially Chinese, during the Lunar New Year.
Govt rejigs plans for Songkran
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/12/2023
» The National Soft Power Development Committee has clarified its idea of staging the Songkran festival for the whole month of April, saying the water-splashing festivities will still be held on April 13-15 as per tradition, while other cultural events will be organised nationwide during the entire month.
Winter fetes to be held nationwide
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/10/2023
» The government plans to expand the annual winter festival from the capital to the entire nation under the name Thailand Winter Festivals, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
BMA to set up film-makers coordination centre
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/09/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will set up a centre to coordinate with foreign and local film-makers, in line with the government's policy to promote Thailand through "soft power", Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said.
Jakkaphong's pageant dream comes true
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/11/2022
» Dubbed by Forbes Thailand the most powerful trans woman in the world, Jakkaphong "Anne" Jakrajutatip, CEO of JKN Global Group Plc, has just made her dream come true as the first Thai woman to own the global beauty pageant Miss Universe Organization (MUO) in its 70-year history.
Pageant winner seen as 'pride of city'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/08/2022
» Bangkok governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, has hailed the new Miss Universe Thailand 2022 as a proud child of Bangkok, inspiring people in the capital with her soft power.
BMA finds environmental utility in uprooted poles
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/12/2017
» Having removed 800 electricity poles from Bangkok's roads, City Hall has hit on the idea of turning these no longer needed concrete columns into an ideal solution to one of its major problems -- coastal erosion.
One dead, 2 hurt as tree falls, hits poles
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/05/2017
» A woman was killed and two people were injured when power poles toppled by a fallen tree crashed onto three motorcycles on Bangkok's Chidlom Road yesterday morning.