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Harnessing data to boost road safety
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/02/2026
» Inspired by Japan's long-term success in reducing road fatalities, Thailand is entering a critical period of learning and reform in road safety, a message underscored at the 3rd Thailand Road Traffic Safety Forum.
Make Thai Airways fully private, former director urges
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/09/2025
» Former Thai Airways International board member Banyong Pongpanich has called on the government to sell all its shares in the airline, arguing that full privatisation is essential to prevent a return to bureaucratic inefficiency and political meddling.
Crews advance in grim search at SAO collapse site
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/05/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has reported continued progress in search and recovery efforts for the last 13 missing people following the collapse of the recently erected State Audit Office (SAO).
5 more bodies pulled from rubble
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/05/2025
» Five more bodies have been retrieved from the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building, according to a senior City Hall official.
Prison labour hired to clean Bangkok's drains
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/06/2022
» City Hall has approved a Department of Corrections proposal to use prison labour to clean the sewers throughout Bangkok and improve flood drainage, starting on July 1.
Bangkok records increase in mask waste
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/04/2021
» The average amount of discarded single-use face masks in the capital has reached almost 13 tonnes per day, prompting the governor to urge the public to dispose of them properly.
New lease on life for taxi service
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/10/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has vowed to keep its famous free taxi service for disabled people despite budget constraints amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pier-ing into the future of the Chao Phraya River
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/06/2018
» Property development is transforming land near the Chao Phraya River but one thing remains unchanged: A series of decrepit piers that lie along it.
A delicious slice of history
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/04/2018
» Khanom Farang Kudi Chin, the Portuguese cake made by the Kudi Chin community in Thon Buri district, has been selected by City Hall as one of the six "local wisdoms" of Bangkok considered worth preserving.
The passion of Phra Phayom Kalayano
Spectrum, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/01/2018
» The name of Phra Phayom Kalayano -- the famous abbot of Wat Suan Kaeo in Nonthaburi -- has various connotations. For religion, he is a prolific sermon giver whose lively oratory style lures the younger generation to listen to the Lord Buddha's teachings. For social development, the 68-year-old monk is a living example of a Phra Nak Pattana -- or a developing monk who works to improve the lives of poor people.