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Vendors get ready for Loy Krathong
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/11/2016
» The Loy Krathong festival is a night away and vendors have already begun reserving the best places in public areas to sell the decorated baskets (krathong).
Vegetarian festival in full swing
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/10/2016
» The nine-day vegetarian festival kicked off last Saturday (Oct 1) and lasts until Sunday. Adherents abstain from all kinds of animal meat and animal products, including fish sauce, oyster sauce, shrimp paste and pla ra.
Back to black
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/10/2016
» Black clothes are the story of the week – the colour is now an essential. A Life section survey finds some shops are struggling to meet the demand.
Big job cuts coming at BMTA
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/05/2016
» Money-losing Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) plans to cut nearly a third of its workforce by 2018 as part of a rehabilitation plan focused on boosting revenue and improving profit margins.
Hua Lamphong turns 100 on Saturday
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/06/2016
» Hua Lamphong station will celebrate its 100th anniversary this Saturday. One of the country's busiest and best-known landmarks, it will soon be turned into a museum.
Woman, 80, abandoned to street
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/04/2016
» An 80-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease has been left on her own for years at a market in Samut Prakan province, a Facebook user has revealed.
City Hall warns tessakit officers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/04/2016
» City Hall has warned its inspectors to strictly enforce municipal laws or face punishment after some had told street vendors that the footpath clean-up campaign would ease when the current governor's term ends.
The old and new from Bangkok Post's Thai food expert
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/01/2016
» Few people have the experience and expertise to write a Thai food column like veteran Bangkok Post writer Suthon Sukphisit. Here is an example.
Saphan Lek clearout continues as vendors plead for more time (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/10/2015
» Street vendors at Saphan Lek and Saphan Han markets are asking to continue trading for three more months, as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) continues tearing down their illegally-built structures.
Prayut bans street races, alcohol near schools
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/07/2015
» Businesses operators, parents, students, etc. are busy trying to figure out how Prime Minister Prayut's Section 44 order affects them. It bans alcohol sales near schools and universities, illegal nightspot operations and street racing.