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Pineapples served in plastic cups and durian wrapped in styrofoam trays in Khaosan on July 2.

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...
E-waste at the JW Metal Recovery Intergroup Co. Ltd. facility June 13, 2018 in Pathum Thani, accused of illegally importing foreign waste.

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 with her friends hold up signs March 15 at the Prime Minister's Office.

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...
Varisara Bejrakashem, Roengsak Chankasem, and Nima Chandler of Nancy Chandler Graphics. Nima is holding an early version of the Nancy Chandler Map of Bangkok.

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...
Photos: Footpath Thailand / Facebook

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.
A photo taken on Friday shows the Democracy Monument after the renovation. Photo: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

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.
A carriage of the new MRT train arrives Wednesday at Chonburi’s Laem Chabang Port. Photo: The Mass Rapid Transit Authority

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.

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