The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok

Diplomats, embassy staff show off spoken Thai

Diplomats and officials at foreign embassies in Bangkok used video to show off their Thai language skills to help celebrate National Thai Language Day on Friday.

Bangkok Post · Jul 29, 2022

Two more phone-scam recruiters caught

Two more people accused of recruiting unemployed Thais to work for a phone scam gang in Cambodia have been arrested by police, in Sa Kaeo and Bangkok.

Bangkok Post · Jul 29, 2022

Second monkeypox case found

The Public Health Ministry reported Thailand's second monkeypox case on Thursday, a man living with 10 other people in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post · Jul 29, 2022

In Myanmar and abroad, anti-junta protests continue after executions of four pro-democracy activists

The executions of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar by the military junta not only attracted international condemnation but also fuelled anti-junta demonstrations that have been taking place in the country since early 2021. The FRANCE 24 Observers spoke to demonstrators in Myanmar and abroad for whom the junta’s brutality only…

France 24 · Jul 27, 2022

Bangkok well-prepared for high tides, says governor

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has assured the public that City Hall has prepared measures to cope with overflows from the Chao Phraya River during high tides from the end of this month to early August.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27, 2022

City Hall urges return of district council elections

City Hall has asked a House standing committee to seek the immediate return of elections for Bangkok district councillors, which were put on hold following the 2014 military coup.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27, 2022

My worst moment: ‘Rutherford Falls’ star Ed Helms and the very bad day on ‘The Hangover 2′

The early impetus behind the Peacock comedy “Rutherford Falls” started with Michael Schur (who created “Parks and Recreation”) and actor Ed Helms “being kind of surprised and disturbed by the ways that people were clinging to historical narratives and using them really as an excuse to mistreat each other, as…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 27, 2022

New zoo gets B4.3bn funding

A second and final tranche of the government's budget worth 4.3 billion baht has been disbursed to build a new zoo that will replace Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, which closed four years ago, according to deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.

Bangkok Post · Jul 26, 2022

Liverpool’s Alisson to miss Salzburg friendly as Jurgen Klopp gives injury update

The goalkeeper has not featured since the 4-0 defeat to Manchester United in Bangkok two weeks ago

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Gaps in flood wall render Bangkok vulnerable

City Hall is warning Bangkok residents to brace for possible flooding when the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat increases its discharge rate next month in response to increasing water run-off from upstream provinces during the rainy season.

Bangkok Post · Jul 26, 2022