Tag: Bangkok
PM confident flood would recede after Monday
BANGKOK, 31 October 2011 -Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra expressed her beliefs that after tomorrow the flooding situation will start to ease, provided that there...
Flooding in Thailand : Issued at Bangkok on 30 October 2011
The flooding in Thailand is mainly affecting the central provinces along the Chao Phraya River including Bangkok and Ayutthaya. Other popular tourist destinations in...
Flood Relief Operation Center Spokesperson updated the general public on the...
Prof. Tongthong Chantarangsu, FROC Spokesperson, updated the general public on the current flood situation. Today, the FROC issued announcement No.11/2554, advising residents near Klong...
PM: situation will improve once the sea level return to normal...
BANGKOK, 29 October 2011 -Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed her belief that the flood levels in Bangkok will decrease after the sea tide, which...
MWA cuts water supply to Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan & Thonburi
BANGKOK, 29 October 2011 – The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority has lowered its tap water supply to Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Thonburi as floodwater has...
Production of Thai traditional medicine stepped up to help flood victims
BANGKOK, 29 October 2011 -The Department for Development of Thai Traditional And Alternative Medicine, together with hospitals across Thailand, is trying to increase the...
Special report: How to Live with Floods
Prolonged flooding may be a rare phenomenon in Bangkok. As the nature seems more and more unpredictable, city people might as well try to...
Chartered flights from China canceled due to flood in Bangkok
BANGKOK, 28 October 2011 -The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) revealed that over 70% of chartered flights from China to Thailand have been...
Expressways open for free for commuters until the end of this...
BANGKOK, 28 October 2011 -The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) will exempt its expressway fees on Kanjajaphisek, which begins from Bangphli to Suk Sawat,...
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Who really owns Pattaya’s streets?
PATTAYA, Thailand – As tourists looked on near Walking Street, a late-night confrontation involving a group of transgender individuals and a woman aboard a...
Pattaya bag snatcher flees with Russian tourist’s passport, cash and phone
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was left shaken after a motorcycle-riding thief snatched her shoulder bag while she was walking along Soi Pattaya...
Pattaya takes aim at a decades-old beachfront rental problem
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya officials have launched a renewed campaign targeting what they describe as a decades-old illegal beachfront rental problem, vowing to reclaim...
June storms hover over Pattaya as beer bars fight to stay afloat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Dark clouds gathering over Pattaya this June are bringing more than just rain. For many beer bar operators already navigating another...
Thai Police ‘Operation VAR’ takes down pirate football streaming websites
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four suspects and dismantled two major illegal football streaming networks accused of pirating international...