Bangkok
April 28, 2013
A seemingly endless stream of business executives, shoppers and tourists flow to and from the tall office guildings, department stores and the row of street stalls on Silom...
August 30, 2012
BANGKOK -- Thailand has long been known as the massage capital of the world. Now, it has a Guinness World Record to prove it.
May 08, 2012
BANGKOK--A new shopping center in a bustling district in Thailand’s capital city is proving Japan’s status as a youth fashion leader in Asia but also the difficulty of...
March 09, 2012
BANGKOK -- Several tourists were injured on March 8 by a fire at a high-rise hotel in Bangkok's main tourist district.
March 06, 2012
BANGKOK--A photo exhibition on the destruction and misery caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake nearly a year ago opened here on March 5
March 05, 2012
BANGKOK -- Bangkok's Don Muang airport, which is used by private planes, budget airlines and freight carriers, formally reopened on March 5 after being forced to close in late...
December 11, 2011
If Mutsumi Stone says it is in the cards, it probably is.
November 16, 2011
BANGKOK--Despite continuing flooding in northern, eastern and western Bangkok, efforts to protect the center of Thailand's capital are showing signs of paying off.
November 12, 2011
BANGKOK -- Sahattaya Vitayakaseat placed a tiny crown-shaped boat made from curled banana leaves and marigold flowers into the murky brown water and let it drift toward a park...
November 08, 2011
BANGKOK -- Thailand's prime minister canceled plans to attend a Pacific trade forum in Hawaii this weekend as she struggled on Nov. 8 to cope with her country's worst flooding...
November 07, 2011
BANGKOK -- Advancing pools of filthy water threatened the Thai capital's subway system on Nov. 7 and surrounded the emergency headquarters set up to deal with flooding that has ...
November 06, 2011
BANGKOK--As flood waters continue to inundate central parts of Thailand's capital, thousands of people are rushing to find shelter, in some cases huddling under structures such ...
November 03, 2011
BANGKOK--Except for the occasional treetop, I wouldn't have known I was flying over land.
November 02, 2011
BANGKOK--Disagreements among government officials and experts on the future course of flooding in Bangkok and whether the central part of the capital will be inundated are...
October 30, 2011
BANGKOK -- Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Oct. 30 as hope rose the centre of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little...
October 28, 2011
BANGKOK--Thailand's government ordered a widespread evacuation of the capital as rising floodwaters threatened to inundate more areas. The government will open evacuation...
October 27, 2011
BANGKOK -- Residents were fleeing Bangkok in droves after heeding government warnings to evacuate ahead of a fresh deluge of flooding expected this weekend.
October 26, 2011
BANGKOK--Some shops in the Thai capital began imposing emergency rationing on Oct. 26 as anxious residents stockpiled food and other necessities, with Bangkok under threat of...
October 24, 2011
BANGKOK--With parts of Bangkok under water, there are growing fears that flooding will inundate Don Muang airport in the northern part of the capital where 4,000 people are...
October 22, 2011
BANGKOK -- Thailand's catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, the prime minister said Saturday, as the human toll from the crisis rose to 356 dead and more than ...