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Avoid Ratchawithi Road While it Gets Ugly Cabling Makeover

BANGKOK — Starting Friday, Ratchawithi Road will be partially closed as authorities begin moving its infamous tangle of overhead cables underground. A few days after...

Sidewalk Showdown: City Won’t Budge on Ultimatum to Liberate Siam Footpaths

BANGKOK — Owners of street stalls failed to win a reprieve from City Hall yesterday and have until the end of next month to end their occupation of Siam Square’s sidewalks.

Bangkok’s Crowded Riverfront Could See Yet Another Big Mall

BANGKOK — In case you were concerned about Bangkok’s access to community shopping malls, worry not, for another has been floated for the rapidly transforming riverside.

Fort Battle: City Sits Down With Pom Mahakan For First Time

BANGKOK — After 24 years of trying to kick out a small community dug in behind the walls of a historic fort, City Hall sat down with them for the first time yesterday to talk about solutions.

Hopes Snuffed For Single Transit Card Before 2017

BANGKOK — Every commuter’s dream of carrying only one card to ride all the rails will remain just that for now, as it won’t be ready by August as promised.

All Aboard! Celebrate a Century of Hua Lamphong Saturday

BANGKOK — Some say it’s name today came from a bastardization of “field of carefree cows” in Thai or the lamphong plants which once grew there. Others point to its signature windowed arch and resemblance to Frankfurt’s rail station, insisting it’s a sound-alike for Hauptbahnhof, or central train station in German.

Singer ‘Q Flure’ Seriously Injured in Thonglor Hit-and-Run

BANGKOK — Suveera "Q" Boonrod, the lead singer of Flure, was hit by a motorbike early this morning. The rider fled the scene and is wanted by police.

HBDBKK: Capital Makeover Planned For 250th

BANGKOK — Imagine riverside areas friendly to pedestrians and cyclists, or sidewalks wide enough to actually walk on in some favorite neighborhoods. As Bangkok moves...

Overnight Deluge Unleashes Morning Toil, Trouble

BANGKOK — After a long stormy night, Bangkok woke Tuesday morning to find rush hour turned to slush hour on crippled roads. Traffic was reportedly...
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Taxi Driver Loses His License for 3 Months for Road Rage Attack (Video)

BANGKOK — A taxi driver who kicked and jumped on foreigner's car before appearing to attempt to run him over in a viral video...

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