The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok

Bangkok's new passenger train terminal starts operations

Thailand is ushering in a new age of train travel as Southeast Asia’s biggest railway station officially begins operations

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Thailand’s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models

Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world’s worst air pollution

The Guardian - AU · Jan 19, 2023

NT to play key role bringing Bangkok cables underground

Bangkok underground cable conduits owned by National Telecom (NT) are slated to be leveraged to support government efforts to move telecom cables underground and beautify the capital's landscape.

Bangkok Post · Jan 18, 2023

Thai diplomacy extends to Global South

At last week's virtual summit organised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to gather input from members of the Global South, Thailand diligently reached out to the world's developing and less developing countries with a holistic approach focusing on human security and balanced development.

Bangkok Post · Jan 16, 2023

Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok reopens

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts reopened its flagship property in Bangkok on Jan 12. The Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok welcomes guests once again in the heart of Phloenchit and will open new facilities this year.

Bangkok Post · Jan 16, 2023

Officials charged with extortion, freeing Chinese suspect

Fourteen police and officials of the Department of Special Investigation have been charged with demanding millions of baht in exchange for freeing a Chinese suspect from a former consul-general's home in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post · Jan 16, 2023

Beauty clinic for foreigners, illicit silicone implant factory raided

Raids on an inner Bangkok beauty clinic catering to foreigners and an old rice mill in Suphan Buri province led to the seizure of illegal medicines and dietary supplements as well as illicit silicone implants, worth altogether about 9.5 million baht.

Bangkok Post · Jan 16, 2023

Navigator: the Wallpaper* guide to Bangkok

What to see and do in Bangkok, from sprawling retail stores and dazzling restaurants to awe-inspiring contemporary galleries and impressive new hotels

Wallpaper · Jan 16, 2023

Drug raps await Bentley driver

Police have yet to file additional charges against the driver of a Bentley involved in a Bangkok expressway collision that left eight people injured early last Sunday, despite finding traces of narcotics in his system.

Bangkok Post · Jan 15, 2023

A century of artistic influence

The life and works of the father of Thai contemporary art is recounted during "Remembering Silpa Bhirasri: 100 Years After His Arrival In Thailand" which is running at RCB Photographers' Gallery 1, 2nd floor of River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, until Feb 12.

Bangkok Post · Jan 15, 2023