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Police swoop on drug dealers in Bangkok community

Drug suppression police arrested 10 alleged members of a drug network during a raid at a community in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district, and seized assets worth at least 8 million baht.

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Bangkok Noi bling

There's no doubt that Thai wooden houses possess a quaint and charming character you'd be hard-pressed to replicate elsewhere. Therefore, it's somewhat aggravating that they don't enjoy the same fawning over that neoclassical or colonial buildings in Bangkok do when it comes to preservation. Rickety, stilt wooden houses alongside the…

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Capital By Any Other Name...

The Office of the Royal Society (ORST) recently announced the change of the official name of Bangkok to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, with the former name still being recognised. The change is part of the Prime Minister's Office draft announcement on an updated list names of countries, territories, administrative zones…

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Bail allowed for student activist Parit

The Bangkok South Criminal Court granted a bail request on Thursday by student activist Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak, so he could resume his studies at Thammasat University.

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Gold speculators rush to Yaowarat

Queues formed outside gold shops in Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown, on Thursday, as global gold prices rose with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Nok Air to start Don Mueang-Betong flights March 14

Nok Air will start services between Bangkok and Betong, with three return flights a week, from March 14, the airline announced on Thursday.

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World’s choicest hotel brand lands in BKK with The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon

Bangkok’s network of luxury hotels is about to get a shake-up with the arrival of The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon, Asian flagship of the ultra glamourous Standard Hotels brand.

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City boosts isolation centres

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has opened more community isolation centres to cope with the surge in cases of Covid-19 in the capital.

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AP commits to condo projects worth B13bn

As Bangkok condo market sentiment improved earlier this year, SET-listed developer AP Thailand has committed to five new condo projects worth a combined 13 billion baht in 2022.

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Hilton Bangkok hosts 'Cosmic Garden'

From now until Apr 30, Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok in collaboration with artist Jidapa Chansirisarthaporn and curator Prabda Yoon presents "Cosmic Garden", an art exhibition celebrating nature through an eclectic and vibrant representation.

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Elderly taxi driver who stopped to urinate into drain fell down it to his death

Suwan Phromnok, 64, fell down a drain to his death, which had no grate and was just surrounded by tyres, at a petrol station in the Thai capital, Bangkok

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Following his dreams

American landscape architect and environmentalist Bill Bensley considers himself a complete novice in the art world since he has never trained as a painter. He picked up a paintbrush under the instruction of his dear friend and Caribbean-based painter Kate Spencer to manifest his unique perspective on life and surroundings.…

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Prosecutors charge junior policeman over pedestrian crossing death

Public prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a junior policeman who hit and killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing while riding a powerful motorbike in Bangkok last month.

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Envoy vows evacuation help for Thais in Ukraine

The Ukraine embassy in Bangkok says its government will help evacuate Thais living in the Eastern Europe country if tensions with Russia intensify.

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HK satirist Harrison puts illustrations up for sale

"Year Of The Tiger: Same Routine, New Stripes", a limited series of illustrations by award-winning political cartoonist Harry Harrison will be auctioned online starting on Thursday at 10am to March 9 at 10am Bangkok time.

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State-owned MCOT buys six Bangkok frequencies

State-owned MCOT Plc yesterday secured six out of eight radio frequencies allotted for Bangkok during an auction of spectrum bands used for FM broadcasting.

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Message to the next Bangkok governor

It has been nine years since Bangkok last elected a governor. Finally, the long-awaited vote is expected in May this year. The outcome will determine future policies, management and the growth of the city.

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Bangkok’s newest international school

Opening just a few short weeks ago, The Invictus International Programme (IIP) is one of the newest institutions to join Bangkok’s growing number of international schools. Leading the trilingual school through the high pressured opening stages Claire Bell, Head of Invictus International Programme, explained why the school is destined to…

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Doing away with stigma

Ae* was a healthy 80-year-old woman who played tennis two or three times a week, but when a physical examination showed a lump in her lung, she refused further medical examinations. Instead, she met Dr Nuttapon Kanprugse, the head of the Palliative Care Team at Camillian Hospital in Bangkok. Dr…

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Renewed push to sort, recycle waste

Despite its reputation of being one of the world's top tourist destinations, litter can literally be seen all over Bangkok.

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Thundershowers, cold snap forecast in upper Thailand

Outbreaks of thundershowers with gusty winds and hail are forecast for the North, the Northeast, the Central region including Bangkok and the East from Sunday, the Thai Meteorological Department announced in its 5am forecast.

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THAI plans direct flights to Riyadh

Thai Airways International (THAI) is reportedly planning to launch direct flights between Bangkok and Riyadh in May.

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Two brothers arrested, speed and crystal meth seized

Two brothers have been arrested and 1.5 million methamphetamine pills and 3.3 kilogrammes of crystal meth seized in Bangkok’s Nong Chok district.

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VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories February 18

This week: Bangkok name change, French swindler, lots of cocaine and a snake takes a trip

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Construction obstacles prompt rail routes delay

The opening of Bangkok's two new electric rail routes, the Yellow and Pink lines planned for the middle of this year, is likely to be postponed to no later than next year due to construction material delays, according to Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC).

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