Starved of Funding, BACC Unable to Pay its Bills
BANGKOK — The director of a popular downtown public arts venue said City Hall has made good on its vow to defund the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, or BACC, by refusing to pay its utilities.
Southwestern Monsoons to Thunder Across Thailand All Week
BANGKOK — Get ready for a week of thunderstorm sound and fury as heavy storms soak the kingdom.
Heavy rain Monday morning was exacerbating the...
No Charges Filed Over Crane Collapse, Victims Told to Settle
BANGKOK — Police on Thursday said the construction company responsible for a crane that collapsed and injured three will seek to avoid criminal liability by privately settling with the victims tomorrow.
JJ Green Vendors Given Ultimatum to Leave Market
BANGKOK — Vendors who failed to remove their goods from the former JJ Green Market property have been given a new deadline of midnight...
Nope, JJ Green Market is Done Already
BANGKOK — A woman in her 50s sat Friday in front the restaurant where she’s sold khao tom for seven years in a popular Bangkok night market. Not so far were piled boxes and bags of ingredients she didn’t know what to do with.
Bangkok Cop Blames Traffic on Too Many Buses
To reduce Bangkok’s misery-inducing traffic, take some buses off the road?
JJ Green Market to Stay Open Until Oct. 12: Legal Rep
BANGKOK — Despite a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration order calling on all vendors to vacate JJ Green Market property by Wednesday, the market representative said its last day will be postponed by a month.
Unswayed by Protest, City Hall Vows to Evict More Street Sellers
BANGKOK — Top city officials said they will continue to clear vendors from the capital’s sidewalks despite a groundswell of opposition from Bangkok vendors.
Street Wars: Bangkok Vendors Strike Back
BANGKOK — Hundreds of vendors from throughout Bangkok marched Tuesday on the Government House to demand City Hall roll back years of regulations responsible for shutting down their street markets.
Hia Headcount: Public to Help Count Lumphini Park Lizards
BANGKOK — To settle a dispute over whether Lumphini Park is overrun with monitor lizards, two agencies will recruit the public to conduct the...