Tag: Bangkok
Health warnings as Bangkok chokes on pollution
The Thai capital has been blanketed for days by a yellow-grey mix of vehicle fumes, industrial emissions and smoke from agricultural burning
Bangkok shrine bombing trial resumes after long delays
The blast came weeks after Thailand's junta forcibly repatriated 109 Uighurs to China
Fast and furious no more? Bangkok’s infamous No.8 bus
Infamous in the Thai capital, the No.8 route has spawned parody songs, viral TikToks, and horrified YouTube videos
Catholic nuns launch feeding program for poor in Bangkok
The initiative aims to help the poor people in the Buddhist Klong Toei area and to foster inter-religious dialogue
Bangkok to choose governor as national election looms
The poll comes as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha fights to hold his ruling coalition together until a general election in 12 months
‘The bottom line’: Scuba divers help preserve historic Bangkok mansion
The city's breakneck reinvention over recent years has seen gleaming malls and flashy condos fly up, and old structures come down
‘Listening to the poor, our daily synod in Bangkok’
A Christmas letter from a PIME missionary in the slums on the extreme outskirts of the metropolis
Thailand prepares to welcome back tourists after devastating shutdown
The kingdom is expecting the return of at least a million visitors by March and to generate about US$30 billion in revenue through 2022
Thai diners whet their appetites at flood cafe
A tropical storm and heavy monsoon rains have caused flooding in 33 Thai provinces, inundating more than 300,000 households
Bangkok on alert as 70,000 homes flooded in Thailand
Tropical storm Dianmu has caused flooding in 30 provinces, with the kingdom's central region the worst hit