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Growing city eyesore
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/01/2026
» Inside Soi Ruam Rudi in Pathumwan district, two luxury high-rise buildings now stand sealed and silent, encircled by metal fencing and waiting for demolition.
Highways Dept to push Don Muang tollway extension plan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/11/2025
» The Department of Highways (DOH) is pressing ahead with plans to extend the elevated Uttraphimuk Tollway (Don Muang tollway) from Rangsit to Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya, valued at a cost of more than 47 billion baht.
Faster flood drainage touted in Bangkok
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/09/2025
» Flood-prone areas across the city are now able to drain much faster than they did in 2022, following the completion of key infrastructure projects, says the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Thai Airways concludes rehabilitation, to relist in August
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/06/2025
» Thai Airways International (THAI) announced plans to relist on the Thai stock exchange in early August after the Central Bankruptcy Court ended its rehabilitation process on Monday.
Opponents of SEC bill threaten protest
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/04/2025
» Opponents of the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) and the Land Bridge megaproject linking the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea have vowed to launch a protest on July 1 if the government proceeds with the plan.
Collapse deaths on Rama II Road prompt lawsuit
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/03/2025
» The Ministry of Transport and the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) have filed civil and criminal charges against a contractor after a beam on the Rama III-Dao Khanong Expressway collapsed during construction last Saturday on Rama II Road, killing six and injuring 24 others.
City Hall expands project to renovate walkways
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/03/2025
» Bangkok has renovated 700 kilometres of its walkways, with another 1,000km to be upgraded by next year, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said.
Bangkok slow to enforce new speed limit
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/02/2025
» A new speed limit has been in effect in Thailand's capital for more than a month but traffic police are still waiting for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to install artificial intelligence security cameras to help them enforce it.
Commute to be simplified to single pass
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/02/2025
» Bangkok commuters will be able to use a single ticket for all-electric railways, public buses, and Chao Phraya express boat services starting by the middle of this year, the Transport Ministry announced.
Thai Airways aims for stock market return by next year
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/10/2024
» Thai Airways International (THAI) expects to exit rehabilitation and be relisted on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) by the second quarter of next year, according to Piyasvasti Amranand, chairman of the airline's debt rehabilitation administrator.