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Green light for AI traffic signals
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/09/2025
» For years, Bangkok's drivers have endured hours stuck in traffic. But a quiet revolution has been underway since February this year, when the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) partnered with Google on Project Green Light.
AoT readies for Songkran tourist influx
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/04/2023
» Airports of Thailand (AoT) is expecting to welcome 2.37 million passengers at six international airports during the Songkran holiday next week, up 137% from the same period last year.
B1.3bn fund for army, air force 'will be scrutinised'
News, Wassana Nanuam and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/09/2022
» A 1.3-billion-baht fund, which was approved in a closed-door cabinet meeting this week, is accountable as it comes under the scrutiny of the state auditor, according to army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewthae.
MRTA hires Purple Line consultants
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/06/2022
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) on Wednesday signed contracts hiring consultants to advise it on the management and construction of the 2.61 billion-baht southern extension of Bangkok's Purple Line, expected to be finished in the next five years.
Covid strikes military spending
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/01/2022
» Military spending has faced intense scrutiny in recent years, and due to budgetary pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic several weapon purchase programmes have been shelved or scrapped to pool money into addressing the crisis and its economic fallout.
Private schools refund B561m in fees
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/02/2021
» Privately-run schools have refunded parents for services that were not delivered during school closures stemming from the second Covid-10 outbreak, according to the Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec).
Cricket in Mexico, next stop the US and Canada
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2021
» Mexico is to import crickets from Thailand, after farmers and officials there struck a deal to generate revenue and elevate local dishes to global standards.
Wagglers, winkers and grasshoppers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/09/2020
» A half-hearted spring-cleaning session at home during the week came to a welcome halt when I unearthed a long-lost copy of Have Fun With Thai Proverbs collecting dust under a pile of disintegrating paperbacks. Written by Dr Duangtip Somnapan Surintatip, the book is a reminder that there is a common thread to proverbs around the world. As the title suggests, it can be fun putting long-standing expressions into a Thai context.
Thammasat rector honoured in Europe
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 17/08/2020
» The rector of Thammasat University (TU), Assoc Prof Gasinee Witoonchart, was recently selected as a fellow and honorary and life-long member of the European Foundation for Management Education (EFMD).
Inbound flight ban continues
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 27/04/2020
» The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is planning to extend its inbound flight ban for another 15 days to prevent a possible rapid increase of Covid-19 infections as over 1,000 Thais are scheduled to return to the country this week.