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...
New MRT Purple Line Will Connect to Blue Line, But Not Anytime Soon
BANGKOK — Those traveling from the old and new MRT lines between Tao Poon and Bang Sue stations will have to hop on a bus for at least a year before the rails are connected.
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.
‘Overhead Bin’ Thief Suspected of 460,000 Baht In-Flight Theft
BANGKOK — A Chinese national was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing 460,000 baht from a Thai woman aboard a Bangkok-bound flight, and then trying to bribe the police who caught him.
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...
‘Jack Dekfarang’ Apologizes For Taxi Rant Which Riled Phuket
PHUKET — An expat and online personality whose rant about a Phuket tuk-tuk grabbed wide attention was called in by the authorities Monday to deliver a Thai-language mea culpa for getting it wrong.
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...
Thonglor 10 Goes Dark As Storm Topples Huge Tree
BANGKOK — Traffic in Thonglor was worse than ever Friday night as a huge tree fell down on Soi Thonglor 10 blocking the road...
Gun-Toting Man in Road Rage Video Definitely ‘Not a Cop,’ Cops Say
BANGKOK — Police said the man who identified himself as a police captain and threatened another motorist with what looked to be a gun Thursday morning was in fact not a cop.
