Build a Better Bangkok – With a Billion Lego Bricks
BANGKOK — The monsoon season will flood the capital – with plastic bricks.
Somyot ‘No Longer Human’ After 7 Years of Prison For Lese Majeste
BANGKOK — In a suburb in northern Bangkok, a man lives alone. It’s a large house, and he has suddenly found himself in it after seven years in a prison teeming with criminals.
City Hall Approves 256M Baht For BTS Elevators
BANGKOK — A disabled activist Thursday welcomed City Hall’s budget approval to add more elevators to BTS Skytrain stations.
Pilot Crashed in ‘Old But Usable’ Plane: Air Force
UBOL RATCHATHANI — The head of the air force said Wednesday that a plane which crashed and killed a squadron leader was was old but operational.
Tense 22 Hours of Tuesday’s Thammasat Rally in 22 Photos
BANGKOK — Twenty-two hours and 30 minutes passed from the moment pro-election activists converged on Thammasat University and its leaders surrendered to police.
Many Hurdles for Thailand’s Tortured Turtles
BANGKOK — It’s a normal day at one of the only animal hospitals in the capital that can operate on turtles as medics hurry to operate on a snail-eating turtle speared in the gut.
Be the Dictator in ‘Coconut Empire’
The General ponders his next move – should he take over the Investor’s gold mines and enforce his disappearance? Or would it be more profitable to rally forces with the Devil and attack the Government House?
Thammasat Won’t Charge Protesters Over ‘Minor’ Damage
BANGKOK — Thammasat University said Wednesday it would reject a police request to press charges against protesters for “minor” property damage.
Air Force Trainer Goes Down at Bhumibol Dam, 1 Dead
TAK — An air force officer died after ejecting from his plane Tuesday while his co-pilot survived the impact.
Prayuth Spends Coupversary With Stars of Military-Themed Soap
BANGKOK — The junta leader met with actors from a little-watched military-sponsored soap about soldiers on the anniversary of his 2014 coup d’etat.
