10,000 Illegal Signs Removed: Bangkok Governor
BANGKOK — From every roadside they beckon, green and white signs directing people to destinations large and small. Near every recent condo, sign spinners ply their attention-grabbing craft.
City Hall Won’t Take Over BACC – Won’t Fund it Either
BANGKOK — Hours after prominent artists lent their voices to demands City Hall drop plans to seize control of a downtown arts venue, the governor who wanted to turn it into a coworking space caved in Tuesday afternoon.
Drain Fall: 42 Stitches Later, Pregnant Woman Wants Answers
BANGKOK — A pregnant woman Tuesday lodged a protest Tuesday with the government after she fell into a poorly covered storm drain, badly injuring her leg.
Famed Artists Say No to City Hall Takeover of BACC
BANGKOK — About two dozen artists and enthusiasts of a downtown public cultural venue submitted a formal complaint to the junta leader Tuesday demanding the provincial governor abandon plans to take it over.
Disgraced Cop’s Market ‘Plaza’ Meets Wrecking Ball
BANGKOK — A commercial building owned by a disgraced police official that hovered over a canal in northern Bangkok was being demolished Monday for trespassing on public property.
City Hall Signals Retreat on BACC Takeover Plan
BANGKOK — Bangkok’s governor may be retreating from a plan to take over Bangkok’s largest central arts venue after all.
The City Actually Wants to Turn BACC Into a ‘Coworking Space’
BANGKOK — The director of the city’s largest downtown cultural center said that the city’s desire to take it over and turn it into a co-working space is ill-considered.
Rapid Response: Medevac ‘Sky Doctors’ Eyed For Bangkok
BANGKOK — A top aviation official pledged Friday to amend current regulations to increase medical evacuations by air, which experts say could save many lives.
‘We Needed to Survive,’ Syrians Escape War Unending to Bangkok
BANGKOK — Somewhere in the capital city is a tiny, 30sqm room shared by seven people. Four of them fled their home four years ago after it was flattened by a bomb.
Bangkok Budgets 69M to Renew Pom Mahakan
BANGKOK — The city administration is to spend at least 69 million baht to redevelop the area behind the Mahakan fort wall, the deputy governor said Sunday.
