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B150bn motorway projects head for bidding this year
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/02/2026
» The Department of Highways (DoH) has announced plans to open bidding this year for several major motorway projects, with a combined investment value exceeding 150 billion baht.
Highways Dept to push Don Muang tollway extension plan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/11/2025
» The Department of Highways (DOH) is pressing ahead with plans to extend the elevated Uttraphimuk Tollway (Don Muang tollway) from Rangsit to Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya, valued at a cost of more than 47 billion baht.
Expressway projects in pipeline
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/09/2025
» The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) plans 11 new expressway projects covering 170 kilometres, with a total investment exceeding 273 billion baht to expand nationwide connectivity.
SRT depot plan rekindled despite delays
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/05/2025
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) board has approved the results of a new study conducted on planned further investment in the SRT's Inland Container Depot in Bangkok's Lat Krabang district, which has been delayed for several years.
Govt eyes one-price electric train rides
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/05/2025
» The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has proposed a 20-baht fare cap for all-electric train lines to the Transport Ministry, with cabinet approval expected later this month.
South Korea's charter needs fixing
News, Yoon Young-kwan, Published on 30/12/2024
» The events that have unfolded in South Korea this month, beginning with President Yoon Suk-yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec 3, have underscored both the remarkable resilience and underlying fragility of the country's democracy. The system survived this time, but no democracy is safe if it constantly faces severe stress tests.
State railway 'ready' to take over high-speed rail
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/12/2024
» State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is ready to take over the high-speed rail (HSR) project that would connect Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-Tapao airports, if the contractor hired to carry out the project -- which has been delayed for five years -- is unable to finish the job, its chief said on Thursday.
High-speed rail projects face setbacks
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 24/12/2024
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) Board has approved extending three contracts under the Thai Chinese high-speed rail project by up to two years, citing difficulties from land expropriation and the relocation of oil pipelines.
Inside rightist YouTube world embraced by Yoon
News, Ju-min Park and Tom Bateman, Published on 17/12/2024
» When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as justification for imposing a short-lived martial law, right-wing YouTuber Ko Sung-kook had heard it before.
Ministry to speed up Pluak Daeng 2 Hospital work
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health has vowed to speed up construction of Pluak Daeng 2 Hospital, which has been delayed for two years, to serve people living in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).