Avoiding Bangkok’s Dystopian Future Lies in its Watery Past
BANGKOK — Walking in Bangkok is awful. Driving isn’t much better, but at least it avoids sidewalks that are dirty, broken, obstacle courses. Driving also means less direct exposure to air that is getting more polluted – partly because of all that driving.
Peek Into the New Ikea Bang Yai (Photos)
BANGKOK — Grab a yellow shopping bag and get lost among Songesand, Kramig and Duktig later this month.
Inaction on Bangkok Pollution Risks Toxic Future For All
BANGKOK — Avoiding the capital’s toxic smog has become a primary concern for Thitinan Maitree.
Retired ‘Toughest Cop’ Leaps to Death at Bangkok Mall
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.
Cleaner Cars, Aggressive Steps Needed to Clear Bangkok’s Air
BANGKOK — Cleaner petrol and stricter vehicle controls are some of the measures needed to handle the capital’s growing problem with fine particulate air pollution.
Thai Modernism Gets Second Life in ‘Foto_MoMo’ (Photos)
BANGKOK — Dusit Thani Hotel. Scala Theatre. Structures that mark not just Bangkok's explosive development but leap onto the global stage.
Send in the Queens: Thai Queer Culture Gets Drag Makeover
A skinny man with a stylish high fade walks in holding two tall Long Islands. He hands one off and sips the other. He is M.
Bangkok Declares War on Fried Banana Vendors (Again)
BANGKOK — Fried banana vendors and their customers in the old quarter are in trouble if the city makes good on threats to fine them.
Fewer Water Bottle Cap Seals Starting in April
BANGKOK — Starting in April, bottles of drinking water will no longer come with plastic seals over them.
Why Bangkok’s Fun is Ending at Midnight Again
BANGKOK — It’s Friday night. A group of friends finishes up at Havana Social in the Nana area at 1am and shares a cab to a Thonglor bar that doesn’t get going until the wee hours. Instead of finding a bumping DJ and press of bodies, they get a “Sorry, we’re closed.”
