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Battling the big apps
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 01/07/2025
» In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an application called Tam Sang Tam Song (On Demand Delivery) was launched by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation in collaboration with the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. The app was developed to assist motorbike taxi drivers and local restaurants through economic difficulties caused by lockdowns. As a pilot app, it was tested in Ladprao Soi 101 in Bangkok, Betong and Yala and received positive feedback.
Impact Arena presents ultimate Thai street food experience
Life, Published on 27/03/2025
» Myriad street food restaurants will be serving their delicious dishes on the same ground at "Impact x Shell Chuan Chim 3", which will kick off tomorrow and run daily from 3pm to midnight until April 6, at the front yard of Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani.
Challenging road race
Life, Published on 17/02/2022
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand invites running enthusiasts to put their stamina to the test in the Sankala Road Trail, which will take place on March 20.
Street food favourites make lofty return
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 26/11/2021
» Lofter, this week's subject of review, takes over Central Chidlom's 7th floor space that for the past 18 years had housed FoodLoft.
Betong airport set to open next month
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/08/2021
» Betong International Airport in Yala is likely to open next month, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).
State offers airlines discounts
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/03/2021
» The Department of Airports (DoA) has launched incentives encouraging airlines to offer direct flights to and from the new Betong International Airport.
King Rama VI's palace to reopen
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 01/10/2020
» Mrigadayavan Palace will temporarily reopen this month.
Born to Run
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 29/05/2019
» To music fans, Artiwara "Toon" Kongmalai has long been known as one of Thailand's leading rock stars fronting the rock band Bodyslam. In recent years he has become recognised as a heroic figure, a man who ran across Thailand -- from the southernmost to the northernmost points -- raising money for hospitals that care for the poor.
A plea for peace
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/03/2019
» The travel advisory has been issued for years to warn visitors to avoid travelling to the Deep South where periodic violence occurs in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and sometimes Hat Yai in Songkhla province.
On the run with Toon again
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 31/08/2018
» On Dec 25 last year, the entire nation cheered on Artiwara "Toon" Kongmalai as he crossed the finish line in Mae Sai, the northernmost district of the country. It was the completion of his much-celebrated, and much-debated, 55-day charity run to raise funds for 11 public hospitals. The "Kao Kon La Kao" project covered a distance of 2,215km, starting from the country's southern tip in Betong, Yala, and arriving up north in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai. Over 1 billion baht was raised from the run.