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School gang fight near MBK causes panic
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/01/2024
» Two Bangkok colleges have suspended classes following a brawl between their students near the MBK shopping mall that caused panic among shoppers.
AI catching Bangkok traffic offenders
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/06/2023
» Bangkok is using artificial intelligence software (AI) to catch traffic offenders and will also use it to improve traffic flow at intersections.
Steve Jobs arrives in Bangkok for 3-month stay
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/03/2013
» Steve Jobs is in town for a 3-month stay, but will have nothing to say and will not even get a change of clothes. That, of course, is because the real Steve Jobs is dead and Bangkok’s visitor is made of wax.
High-speed railways coming soon, Govt says
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/03/2013
» If all goes according to plan, land and water travel should be considerably quicker throughout much of the country by the year 2020, with the first Bangkok-Pattaya high-speed rail line completed by 2018.
Free wi-fi: improvements needed
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/10/2012
» The ICT Minister announces that his ministry has joined hands with telecom giants to provide free wi-fi access at thousands of locations across country. But can it overcome the shortcomings of the current system?
Rain, not run-off, finally breaks Lat Krabang’s defences
Published on 01/10/2012
» Lat Krabang industrial estate remained dry during the great flood of 2011, but water from this year’s rainfall finally found a weakness in its defences. The breached earthen dyke has been repaired but a new one is clearly needed.
GT200: Not quite dead yet
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/07/2012
» It was praised by the military as a top-quality explosives detector until tests proved it was completely ineffective. That does not seem to have stopped its use, however.
Tablets are fine, ICT minister says
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/06/2012
» The first batch of 2,000 tablets delivered earlier this month are not substandard, ICT minister Minister Anudith Nakornthap said yesterday. KOSOL NAKACHOL
Tablets still a distant dream
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/05/2012
» The new school term is about to start and one thing primary students will not have is their promised tablet computers. The education minister still says they will get them, but, at best, they will be two months late.
Parliamentary “excitement”
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/04/2012
» Sleepy lawmakers started to pay attention to the charter amendment debate yesterday, when a photo of a half-naked Asian woman appeared repeatedly on a large-screen TV monitor in the chamber.