The Thai-Belgian bridge on Rama IV Road in Pathumwan district was closed to traffic on Tuesday morning after a fire in an area beneath it used to store garbage bins. The fire started in the plastic bins about 7am, sending black smoke over the area. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
THE Central Administrative Court issued an execution order Friday for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Pathumwan District Office to demolish illegal parts of the 24-storey luxury Aetas Bangkok hotel on Soi Ruamrudee. It has been nearly two years since the Supreme Administrative Court ruled on October 30, 2014 for partial dismantling of the Aetas hotel and […]
A man who allegedly assaulted a woman in the underground train and whose bullying exploits became a subject of widespread criticism in the social media has been held in police custody. The 38-year old Laotian suspect, Veeraphan Inthawong aka Siam gangster, was apprehended by police on Tuesday. He was presented to the media at the […]
A father killed his two sons and then himself and a seven-month pregnant woman was killed, possibly by her husband, in domestic violence in Bangkok this weekend. Pol Col Chaiya Khongsap, chief of the Lumpini police station, said Natthawat Masri, 30, was found dead with his two sons aged 7 and 5 in their house […]
A half-a-dozen protesters flashed the three-fingered gesture as an anti-coup symbol in front of the Siam Paragon shopping centre in Pathumwan district of Bangkok on Sunday afternoon and then quickly disappeared. Read more: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST
Part of a roof at Chamchuri Square shopping mall in the Pathumwan area collapsed on Thursday afternoon, but no one was injured. The roof collapse occurred at about 3pm at one of the mall’s entrances that has an underground walkway connecting to Sam Yan MRT subway station on Rama IV Road. Read more: Bangkok Post […]
BANGKOK, March 2 – The anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters on Sunday have left a rally site at Pathumwan intersection for the protest venue at Lumpini Park. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, together with co-leaders and Network of Students and People for Thailand’s Reform (NSPTR) coordinator Uthai Yodmanee, led the PDRC supporters on a […]
Twitter users @e20ive, @Chu_SpringNews, @dekdue_03, @Tulip_Oum and @NG005 posted a series of tweets about a gunshot at at Hua Chang bridge protest site in Bangkok, leaving at least one people injured. Two people were taken to the hospital by the emergency response team, a middle-aged woman suffering from bullet wounds was among those injured. Initially, […]
