Plastic piles up in Thailand as virus fight sidelines pollution battle
Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the oceans with plastic. Then the coronavirus pandemic forced school closures and ...
Public suicide attempt highlights plight of millions of Thais waiting for virus aid
A woman who took rat poison this week outside Thailand's finance ministry over the slow rollout of aid during the coronavirus lockdown was promised on Tuesday she would get her money soon. For millions of other Thais, the waiting continues. Thailand announced last month it ...
Beijing says it is ready to work with ASEAN on South China Sea code of conduct
Beijing said Sunday it is "ready to work" with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flash point South China Sea, where it is accused of building up military installations and bullying fellow claimants. China claims most of the resource-rich waterway, a ...
A weekend in Bangkok: Pick up your mitts and get ready for chaos
A local's guide to the very best of Thailand's sweaty capital city. What to do, see, eat and drink.
Camo and a crop top: Thai royal consort photos crash website
Thailand's palace website crashed Monday after it published unprecedented pictures of the king's consort in a fighter jet, wearing a crop top and dressed in combat fatigues with him and the royal poodle. The unusually candid pictures of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's consort, 34-year-old Major-General Sineenat ...
Nature-short Bangkok debates whether to turn 'last' big green space into park or mall
The fate of a large green space in the middle of one of the world's most built-up cities is pitting communities and conservationists against developers and cash-strapped authorities — a type of battle that is increasingly common in Asia. The Makkasan area in central Bangkok, ...
Japanese parking firms see bonanza in Bangkok's traffic jams
Scarce parking space in Bangkok is aggravating chronic traffic congestion in the Thai capital, but some Japanese parking companies are taking a look at the positive side of the traffic nightmare. Nippon Parking Development (Thailand) Co., a local unit of Nippon Parking Development Co., has ...
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok. The talks in the Thai capital ...
The world's first indoor adventure park featuring "friends" characters created for Line Corp.'s immensely popular messaging app will open later this year in Bangkok. Line Village Bangkok says it will open a Line Village merchandise store Friday before fully opening its doors in the capital's ...
Over 200 couples take part in Thailand's annual 'Running of the Brides' event
Some 250 couples in wedding dresses and suits raced through a Bangkok park on Saturday in the annual "Running of the Brides" to compete for $28,000 in wedding prizes. Sirada Thamwanna, 29, said she was exhausted after winning the 4 km (2.5 miles) foot race ...
Thai crown prince will ascend throne Dec. 1, palace official says
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will ascend Thailand's throne on Dec. 1, following the death of his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a senior palace official said Thursday. The official said preparations for his ascension are ongoing. The crown prince is currently in Germany and will return home ...
Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned the world's most popular travel destination this year, according to an annual ranking by global payments and technology company Mastercard released on Thursday. Tourism has been one of the rare bright spots for Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-largest economy, ...
