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Life in the bike lane
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/07/2014
» When Supannee Homsuwan saw a white bicycle logo painted on the ground of a small soi off Charoen Krung Road, she knew the narrow lane would lead her back to somewhere she could recognise.
Angry lotto vendors refuse to go quietly
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/07/2014
» Authorities began removing lottery stalls along Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue yesterday, ignoring pleas from protesting vendors who are barred from selling tickets there.
BMA’s security camera drive is out of focus
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/07/2014
» One afternoon, Nuntawat Luangaroon, 34, rode his bicycle to do an errand at a Phaholyothin Road shopping mall.
Up above the milling crowd
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/07/2014
» In a city where the roads are uneven and the footpaths dominated by vendors, life in a wheelchair can be pretty tough. Many disabled feel they’re being told to either stay home or only get about in a private car.
Bangkok toppled from best tourist city spot
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/07/2014
» After four years as the world's top tourist destination, Bangkok has plummeted out of the top 10, in a vote by Travel + Leisure magazine readers.
One injured as hotel wall collapses
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/07/2014
» A tuk-tuk driver has been injured and property damaged after the wall of a hotel in Ratchathewi district collapsed.
A disaster waiting to happen, and what to do when it does
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/07/2014
» When the tsunami swept the south of Thailand on Boxing Day 2004, many people had no idea what had hit them. Few realised that the sea receding in such a dramatic fashion was going to produce an incoming wall of water that eventually claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
BMA declares New World department store off-limits
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/07/2014
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has declared the derelict New World department store, including its ground floor fishpond, off-limits.
A New World fish pond
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/06/2014
» The waterlogged ground of an ageing Bang Lamphu shopping mall - ordered shut and demolished for ignoring building codes - has turned into a large fish pond.
BMA reports rampant canal intrusion
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/06/2014
» About 5,000 households are encroaching on Bangkok's remaining canals according to a city survey, and the figure is expected to double by the time officials complete their study of the capital's waterways.