Bangkok

BANGKOK — The sidewalk bazaars of the On Nut area were living on borrowed time Friday under a city-imposed deadline to clear out, just as the vendors kicked out of Sukhumvit Road’s Nana area have quietly returned.

BANGKOK — Police detained two student activists for leading a mock protest in which they ate instant noodles Monday evening near MBK Center shopping mall, according to one of the organizers.

NONTHABURI — A former deputy police chief with a checkered past and enthusiasm for “rough justice” committed suicide Sunday by leaping from the seventh floor of a mall in northern metro Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Students will be dismissed from all public schools at noon and classes canceled through Friday as air pollution continues unabated, the governor said Wednesday.

BANGKOK — The world's least developed countries need access to electricity if they are to break out of poverty, according to a U.N. report that urges wealthy nations to do more to honor their aid commitments to help bridge the energy gap.

BANGKOK — Thailand featured two of the world’s most-polluted cities Wednesday morning, according to independent – not government – monitoring. Chiang Mai and Bangkok ranked...

BANGKOK — From the Grand Palace to the Giant Swing and the Golden Mountain Temple, a few landmarks in the capital city will go dark for one hour tomorrow.

BANGKOK — Thailand may be known as the “Land of Smiles” but an estimated 1 million teenagers suffer clinical depression, many of whom are going untreated, said the nation’s chief mental health official Boonruang Trairuangworawat on Friday.

BANGKOK — Imagine riverside areas friendly to pedestrians and cyclists, or sidewalks wide enough to actually walk on in some favorite neighborhoods. As Bangkok moves...

BANGKOK — More than half of the residents living along the Chao Phraya River banks the government would like to pave for concrete walkways are ready to move out, an official said today.