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Bangkok to open new street food hub
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/08/2025
» Bangkok is set to open a new street food hub, Hawker Centre, beside Lumphini Park in early 2026.
Crackdown to curb ‘job-stealing’ foreigners
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/03/2024
» Chinese and Indians are among the foreigners taking jobs reserved for Thais, according to the Department of Employment.
Weed shops to provide smoke spots
R May, Published on 29/11/2022
» The government will require cannabis sellers on Khao San Road to operate their own smoking areas to help keep the local environment free of the smell of marijuana.
City Hall begins 'street cleaning'
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/08/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to relocate street vendors in a project modelled on Singapore.
Chadchart plans new walking streets in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/06/2022
» Bangkok will get new walking streets to help stimulate the economy and improve people's livelihoods, says city governor Chadchart Sittipunt.
First Covid restriction easing, alcohol ban extended
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/04/2020
» The government has allowed the reopening on Sunday of six types of businesses, such as markets and small eateries but not malls, in the first stage of relaxation of disease-control restrictions.
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.
Video: US soldier attacked in Pattaya
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/02/2018
» Chon Buri: An American soldier who attended the multinational Cobra Gold Military exercise earlier this month was beaten by a group of street hawkers allegedly selling counterfeit watches in Pattaya in an incident captured on video on Saturday.