Bangkok Local News

The National Stadium BTS station is the last along the Silom line, which has its beginnings on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River, at Wongwian Yai.

The Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) Plc has announced plans to conduct a public WiFi trial along the BTS Skytrain routes by September as a way of creating a new and sustainable source of revenue.

The On Nut BTS was, in the time after it first opened, the place where many people who had taken the bus from Pattaya and were heading to the Ekkamai bus terminal, would get off and then continue via the Skytrain to their intended destinations.

As it has been for the last several years now, there are quite a few new developments in our little part of the world and it doesn’t look like this is about to change any time in the near future either. People continue to build, tear down and change the landscape here with what seems like a frantic pace.

Most people are well aware of the Chatuchak weekend market. It’s one of the most famous of markets in Thailand among locals and tourists alike, one of the busiest, and has stalls that offer everything from prosaic to exotic. It is reached by way of the Mo Chit BTS, which allows not only extremely close access to the market on the weekends, but also allows a great overview of the complex which gives everyone a great idea of just how diverse and expansive this marketplace happens to be.

In March this year the international consulting firm CBRE conducted its latest Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey and of the 126 major cities they surveyed, Bangkok ranked 109th, thereby making it among the cheapest in terms of office space in the world.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is partnering with Thai Air Asia in launching the "Paint the Sky with Amazing Thailand" design contest, following the success of last year's co-branding partnership in which the airline wrapped its newest Airbus A320 aircraft with the logo of the 2015 Discover Thainess campaign and decorated its interior with images of the "12 Hidden Gems" destinations.

In what it claims to be an attempt to streamline e-tax payments, the Finance Ministry recently announced plans to amend the Revenue Code so that Revenue Department officials will be able to share information on taxpayers with other state agencies.

Full Metal Dojo, Thailand’s top MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) organization, is pleased to announce a major new partnership with two of the world’s leading hotel & resorts organizations, in an unprecedented deal in sports sponsorship history.

It is E4 on the Sukhumvit Line and one of the busiest and most vibrant of the BTS stations. Asok is located at the convergence of Sukhumvit, Ratchadiphsek and Asok Montri Roads and, being an interchange station for the MRT, is a central commuting point for many in Bangkok.