Vendors Balk at Khaosan Road’s Call to Ban Plastic, Styrofoam
BANGKOK — Can Khaosan Road kick its single-use plastic habit?
In an effort to reduce waste, vendors along Khaosan Road are being encouraged to phase...
As World’s Trash Floods Thailand, Activists Call for Waste Import Ban
BANGKOK — Thailand and its Southeast Asian neighbors are becoming major dumping grounds for the world's plastic garbage and electronic waste. Environmentalists now want to see a ban on waste imports imposed across ASEAN.
Lilly, Thailand’s Greta Thunberg, Is Fighting Single-use Plastic
BANGKOK — Through the power of petitioning, one 11-year-old girl is doing more to save Thailand’s environment than perhaps most of the country combined.
Since...
Dengue Outbreak Soars With Other Wet Season Diseases
BANGKOK — More than 20,000 people in Thailand have been infected with dengue fever since January, 25 of whom have died, disease control officials...
Journey’s End for Nancy Chandler’s Bangkok Maps
For almost half a century, a colorful map highlighting secret soi haunts has been a backpack staple of every dedicated visitor to Bangkok. But...
Netizens Groan At ‘Improved’ Sukhumvit Pavement
BANGKOK — Days after City Hall destroyed the pavement in front of a five-star hotel for not being standard issue, residents are pondering whether...
Hotel Mum on City Hall’s Destruction of Its Posh Pavement
BANGKOK — Netizens on Monday were floored to see a pavement privately built by JW Marriot Hotel torn apart by City Hall, who said the material was not up to standard.
Bangkok Hoods Get Major Makeover Ahead of Coronation (Photos)
BANGKOK — The capital is getting greener and cleaner as officials hurry in their mission to unclutter areas that will be grounds for next week's grand coronation ceremony.
First New Train for MRT Blue Line Extension Delivered
BANGKOK — A new train has been delivered in time for the much-awaited extension of the capital’s MRT rail network into Chinatown, which will open in five months.
Art Meets Life at Bangkok’s Japanese Design Week
BANGKOK — With pots, plates and cups scattered across tables, the room looks more like a yardsale than an exhibition.