The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok

The first local transmission of Omicron confirmed in Thailand on Dec 20 last year prompted the government to abruptly suspend new registrations for quarantine-free entry into the country and raise the Covid-19 alert to level 4 amid fears over the highly contagious variant.

Surachart Thienthong of the Pheu Thai Party won a by-election in Bangkok's Constituency 9 by a landslide on Sunday.

The tragic death of an ophthalmologist struck by a powerful motorbike while negotiating a zebra crossing in Bangkok has exposed deep-seated flaws in traffic law, its enforcement and motorists' disregard for discipline.

A total of 800 police officers will be deployed to maintain order at 280 polling units during Sunday’s by-election in in northern Bangkok, police say.

Sunday's by-election in Bangkok is likely to be a two-horse race between the Pheu Thai and the Kla parties, according to a political analyst.

Hei Yin, this week’s subject of review which humbly opened at Gaysorn Village a few weeks ago, is an absolute new face to Bangkok’s restaurant scene.

The country registered 28 more Covid-19 fatalities and 8,450 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

Cafes in France were the centres of the cultural revolutions in the 17th and 18th centuries and places of artistic freedom. Bringing the culture of cafe gourmand to Bangkok is the newly-opened Cafe Madeleine at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River.

While Denmark is a renowned design nation, Danish jewellery artists stand on the shoulders of a traditional use of beautifully crafted materials, straight lines and a high degree of functionality. Accordingly, the Danish art jewellery scene is not exclusively synonymous with New Nordic vibes or limited to precious metals and…

As people get ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year, a dessert shop in Bangkok is doing a roaring trade by moulding coconut milk jelly into pigs heads, grilled duck, steamed chicken and other items often served in a traditional feast.

A rescue worker and his uncle were killed and his wife seriously burned when fire destroyed their townhouse in Chom Thong district of Bangkok in the early hours of Thursday.