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Street food at a crossroads
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 13/10/2025
» Street vendors and food stalls have long defined Bangkok's urban rhythm -- sizzling woks, plastic stools and the hum of late-night chatter form an inseparable part of the city's identity. To locals, they are the pulse of everyday life; to visitors, a culinary adventure.
Local managers can meet elderly needs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/05/2025
» Academics are urging the government to better respond to the growing needs of the elderly population by investing in the training of community-based managers.
BRT set to see upgrades
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/04/2024
» Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will receive a few upgrades this year, with electric buses set to start joining its fleet in July, and a planned expansion of the route in the works.
NACC supports Green Line claim
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2023
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to allegations of graft against former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumband Paribatra and 11 others -- most of whom were top City Hall executives under his administration -- relating to the extension of the Green Line's concession contract.
PM seeks clarity on BTS Skytrain deals
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has asked the Transport Ministry to compile information and clarify issues involving controversial contracts involving the BTS Skytrain system.
Purple Line plans worry art chiefs
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/04/2023
» The Fine Arts Department has raised concerns over the need to avoid as many historic sites as possible along a new extension of the Purple Line which will run through Bangkok's Rattanakosin Island old town area.
Pheu Thai ups stakes in race
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/03/2023
» The Pheu Thai Party has recently revised its MP target, aiming to capture 310 House seats in the next polls — an ambitious scale-up from the 250 seats — and form a solid single-party government. The move is seen by academics as a major task and tactic to intensify the campaign and to get rid of the pro-Prayut camp.
Sukhumbhand facing Green Line graft charges
Post Reporters, Published on 11/03/2023
» Former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has been implicated by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over alleged irregularities in contract extensions to operate the Green Line mass-transit routes a decade ago.
Researchers discover new orchid species
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/02/2023
» Researchers from the Prince of Songkla University have discovered a new species of orchid, Aphyllorchis periactinantha, found at the Paribatra waterfall in the southern province of Songkhla.
Politicians make hay while the sun shines
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/12/2022
» It was a year of tumult on the political front, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's selection as sole prime ministerial candidate of the United Thai Nation Party, the Constitutional Court's ruling that Prime Minister Prayut's term still had time to run, and the landslide victory of independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt in the Bangkok governor election.