Bangkok

BANGKOK — Vendors in the famed Khaosan Road area will have to follow new regulations next month meant to return sidewalks to pedestrians, City Hall said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — When the latest distress call came into Phinyo Pukphinyo's fire station in Bangkok, it was not about a burning home or office building. Instead, the caller needed urgent help with a far more common problem facing Thailand's capital: snakes.

BANGKOK — Mo Chit will no longer be the end of the BTS world later this year, with about a third of a new northern extension open for service by August 2020, City Hall said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Hop on, hop off, grasshopper. By BTS Skytrain, river ferry or tuk-tuk, go exploring at 45 galleries and art spaces next month at the fourth annual Galleries Night.

BANGKOK — An ambitious and costly redevelopment project of the capital city’s greatest natural feature has been delayed after only one company was left in the running to get it started.

BANGKOK — We're live from Thammasat University where protesters have gathered on the eve before the fourth anniversary of the military coup. A rally is planned to depart Tuesday toward Government House. Staff Reporters Teeranai Charuvastra, Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Jintamas Saksornchai and Editor Todd Ruiz are at the site.

BANGKOK — A few thousand mourners gathered Friday at Siriraj Hospital, to mourn the first anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol.

BANGKOK — The Education Ministry said Wednesday it would sue the men who raided a school near a Bangkok temple for more than 700,000 baht compensation in rescheduling university admission tests.

BANGKOK — Weather conditions and vehicle emissions are being blamed for the return of smoggy skies over the capital.

BANGKOK — Tangled masses of power cables above one of Bangkok’s major thoroughfares will be moved underground over the next several years, the state electricity authority announced Monday.