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    Everything old is new again

    Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 11/10/2019

    » Bangkok is a city that constantly sees new constructions reaching up to the sky. But if you look close enough, a great number of ancient homes are being brought back to life, reborn with renewed purpose. They demonstrate that embracing historical beauty along with modern innovation produces fascinating and profitable results, with the reassurance that architecturally significant homes are being kept alive. Over the recent years, such places have been popping up more and we hope they continue to. Guru has scoped out some of Bangkok's most admirable, century-old homes to discover the stories behind them.

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    Democratic justice

    News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2019

    » I wish to thank the 12 diplomats and their respective democratic countries for finally supporting the Thai people. Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai's comment, "It's an intervention in our justice system" is a joke. Without a truly democratically elected government there is no justice.

  • News & article

    From humble beginnings

    Life, Published on 27/03/2018

    » What first catches the eye of visitors to Don Kai Dee Benjarong village in Samut Sakhon is the street art along a small alley. Those wall paintings tell stories of the community, which has made a name from producing high-quality, five-coloured porcelain known as benjarong for more than three decades.

  • News & article

    The dangers of daily life in the capital

    News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 15/07/2016

    » The front-page picture in our paper yesterday showing how much damage a 20-minute fire, that started randomly at On Nut BTS station, could cause took many of us by surprise and I for one am not buying the statement that the construction quality of the station's elevator was "standard".

  • News & article

    A place among the dead

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/07/2016

    » Cemeteries are a sanctuary for the dead and the mourners. But the Bangkok Protestant Cemetery on Charoen Krung 72/5, known as Soi Susan Farang, has been known as a tourist attraction, due to the beautiful architecture of the memorial sites and splendidly carved gravestones. The cemetery, besides being one of the oldest burial grounds that remain unaffected by the urban development of the city, has a cultural value as a testament of foreign cultures present in Thailand from the mid-19th century until the present day.

  • News & article

    PDRC campaigns in Silom area

    Online Reporters, Published on 07/05/2014

    » Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), led a street campaign in Silom, Sathupradit and Chan areas in Bangkok Wednesday morning to woo support for the anti-government movement's planned "final battle".

  • News & article

    Journalist clears King's Guard

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/03/2013

    » A French journalist insisted Monday that the King's Guard unit which he followed during the army's crackdown on red-shirt protesters in 2010 was not responsible for the deaths of six people at Wat Pathumwanaram.

  • News & article

    Helping patients with medical errors

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/09/2011

    » A proposed law that makes it easier for patients who suffer from medical errors (malpractice) may just disappear, if not acted on soon by parliament.

  • News & article

    (Updated) Topless no more

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/04/2011

    » Two of the three teenage girls who danced topless during Songkran festivities have publicly apologised for their conduct.

  • Forum

    Street cuisine is disappearing

    By Jorgen, Created on: 03/09/2016, Last updated on: 03/09/2016

    » Saw this well written albeit sad story about Bangkok’s disappearing street food from local Bangkok 101 magazine’s Managing Editor, Craig Sauers. It appears on the BBC Travel site. For decades, Soi 38, Bangkok’s famed foodie haunt on Sukhumvit Road, was a carnival of colours, smells and sounds....

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