The Latest Breaking News from Bangkok

Smog blanketed Greater Bangkok on Tuesday morning with the worst pollution in Wang Thonglang district of the capital city.

Tourism receipts in 77 provinces set another historic low in 2021 with revenue declining by 69.55% to 241,350 billion baht, while the income gap between Bangkok and other major provinces remained wide, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry.

Just two weeks after the tragic accident in which Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist with the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University, was killed by a high-powered motorcycle as she walked across Phayathai Road at a zebra crossing, another death on a pedestrian crossing was reported in Bangkok.

Chadchart Sittipunt, the former transport minister in the Yingluck Shinawatra administration running as an independent in the upcoming Bangkok gubernatorial election, still leads other potential candidates by a huge margin, according to a monthly survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Nearly 90% of vehicles do not stop at crosswalks in Bangkok despite the presence of pedestrians, says a Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) study.

The Land Transport Federation of Thailand (LTFT) is gearing up for a fresh rally on Tuesday in Bangkok to pressure the government to bring down the price of diesel.

A former staffer at Australia's embassy in Bangkok has been charged after multiple spy cameras were found in women's bathrooms at the mission, a Canberra official said on Saturday.

A former locally engaged staff member at Australia's embassy in Bangkok is charged by Thai police after spy cameras were discovered directed at women's showers and toilets inside the secure government building.

Suchatvee Suwansawat, a candidate in Bangkok's gubernatorial race, is now facing a probe by the House committee on corruption and misconduct prevention and suppression over a complaint accusing him of unusual wealth and malfeasance, said Move Forward Party MP Thiratchai Phantumas, a spokesman of the committee.

The fifth edition of Bangkok Design Week returns this weekend, serving as a platform for designers, creators, entrepreneurs, producers, artists, public agencies and individuals to explore coexistence with Covid-19; to find a new way of life for the future. Under the "Co With Creation" theme, the design week has a…

Multi–hyphenate Bill Bensley is known as an architect, landscapist and interior designer. He has officially added fine arts to his repertoire when he discovered a passion for painting, resulting in his latest exhibition "Love-Camp-Explore-Dreams", on display at River City Bangkok (rivercitybangkok.com) until Feb 28. It consists of 150 pieces created…