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Police probe tourist rape complaint
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2018
» Police in Surat Thani are investigating a case reported by the foreign press in which a British woman was allegedly raped on Koh Tao in June and that local police refused to take up her complaint.
Vendors ignore ban on road stalls on Khao San
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/08/2018
» Hundreds of street vendors in the capital's bustling backpacker district of Khao San Road ignored an announced ban and orders to leave, carrying on business as usual on Wednesday.
Vendors ignore ban on road stalls on Khao San
Reuters, Published on 01/08/2018
» Hundreds of street vendors in the capital's bustling backpacker district of Khao San Road ignored an announced ban and orders to leave, carrying on business as usual on Wednesday.
Established in 1946 … that's some time ago
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/07/2018
» It was with slightly mixed feelings that I read the Bangkok Post will celebrate its 72nd anniversary on Wednesday - Aug 1. Any newspaper that has lasted that long and in the process survived approximately 15 coups or attempted coups and assorted other upheavals, deserves a pat on the back.
Bali airport closed as volcano gushes column of ash
Associated Press, Published on 29/06/2018
» DENPASAR, Indonesia: The Indonesian tourist island of Bali closed its international airport Friday, stranding thousands of travellers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed a 2,500-metre column of ash and smoke.
Cops know it all
News, Postbag, Published on 28/06/2018
» Re: "Body chopper not mentally ill, say cops", (BP, June 26).
Targeted billionaires
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 08/06/2018
» When a rich man meets his maker, I pause for few moments, not to mourn his life but to wonder what becomes of his wealth. Of no use to him now, is it buried with him? Like the pharaohs, he intends for it to accompany him in his next life? Is it inherited by his son? To do what with?
Nun the wiser
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 27/05/2018
» How wonderful to be back in the Land of Smiles after my week-long sojourn to Italy, as documented in this column last week.
Philippines closes Boracay to tourists under high security
AFP, Published on 26/04/2018
» BORACAY, Philippines: The Philippines shuttered its most famous holiday island Boracay to tourists on Thursday for a six-month clean-up, which the government has imposed with a muscular show of its security forces.
Where to find Bangkok's best street food ...
Life, Published on 20/04/2018
» It was a few minutes after 6pm, and Lim Lao Sa, a fishball noodle stand tucked into an alleyway near the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, had just opened. Rain was falling, hard. A series of deftly arranged tarps sheltered patrons sitting on red plastic stools at a handful of tables. Water drizzled off the tarp edges, down the concrete walls and past exposed wiring. Fluorescent bulbs cast harsh shadows. Lim Lao Sa's owners -- a brother and sister who had inherited the 60-year-old business from their father -- bickered vigorously.