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All-you-can-eat chocolate at sky-high Cocoa XO

If you have a cray-cray craving for chocolate, Bangkok might have plenty of offerings, but none can beat a chocolate buffet, definitely in terms of altitude, quite like sky-high Cocoa XO.

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Jetstar passengers stranded on plane at Alice Springs Airport for more than six hours due to medical emergency

A Jetstar flight from Bangkok to Melbourne is forced to make an emergency landing in the NT, with international passengers waiting hours to exit the aircraft due to customs issues.

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Khao San bouncer charged with assaulting foreigner over bottled water

A security guard at a nightclub on Khao San road, the world-renowned tourist in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon district, has been charged with assault after a clip of him slapping a foreigner's face and then handcuffing him was posted on social media.

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City keeping it green

In the quest to make Bangkok greener and more livable, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is teaming up with civil groups, private entities and scholars to realise the governor's flagship policy "15 Minute Pocket Parks" by transforming unused lands in the city into public green spaces.

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Still more work to do at THAI

Thai Airways is in the spotlight once again, but for the wrong reasons. In what has now become a viral TikTok video, a user showed how cabin crew failed to collect meal trays from a seat as a flight from Singapore to Bangkok was about to land.

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When the answer is just a click away

When I was about 12 I committed some misdemeanour in class and as a punishment the teacher ordered me to write a thousand-word essay on baseball and hand it in the next morning. This was something of a challenge as being an English kid I knew absolutely nothing about baseball…

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‘Phuket is waiting for you, guys!’: Tavepong Pratoomwong’s best phone picture

A lack of tourism in Thailand post-pandemic has cast the Bangkok-based photographer’s 2017 plane image in a new light

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From Brussels to Bangkok, demonstrations of support for Ukraine

In Brussels, they sang Ukraine’s national anthem in the rain. In Sydney, they gathered to pray. And in London, they hung paper angels from the ceiling of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, in honour of the children who have died in the war.

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Bangkok rookie, known as ‘Sim 300’ for her power off the tee, leads early at 2023 Honda LPGA Thailand

Natthakritta Vongtaveelap is playing on a sponsor exemption and leading.

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Wrecked Russian tank, skull and silence mark war anniversary

A wrecked Russian tank put on display in Berlin, a bloody cake with a skull on top left in a Belgrade street and Ukraine’s yellow-and-blue flag held aloft in the sizzling Bangkok sun

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Guru's Weekly Buzz for Feb 24-Mar 2

Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, art exhibitions, shows, food and hotel deals.

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Tesla preps 13 EV charging stations

Tesla Thailand is pushing ahead with a plan to build 13 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations this year after opening its first Supercharger station at a shopping mall in central Bangkok.

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Keep Thailand's rail history on track

In most of the world, people and governments take pride in their historic railway stations. They invest time, money and effort in conserving these old buildings because they see them as valuable public assets that help give a city or town its sense of place, beauty and identity. If officials…

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Time to solve Uighur saga

The death of Aziz Abdullah, a Uighur detainee at Bangkok's Immigration Detention Centre, is the epitome of the government's mishandling of those escaping China's southwestern Xinjiang region as well as the Muslim minority group's long-forgotten plight on Thai soil.

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Thailand heads into polls with burning cannabis issue in limbo

Thailand is heading into election season with its key cannabis legislation in limbo, guaranteeing that last year's chaotic decriminalisation of the plant will be a campaign issue amid a boom in the sale and consumption of marijuana products.

Bangkok Post

Exclusive dinners for a good cause

Calling good-hearted gastronomes in Bangkok -- the 2023 sequel of Rare & Share charitable dinners kicks off on Feb 28.

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Govt to go big on Songkran

The Department of Cultural Promotion has joined hands with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and key tourist provinces to promote the traditional way of celebrating the Songkran festival.

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Garage rockers Black Lips return to Bangkok

Maho Rasop Festival co-founder HAVE YOU HEARD? returns with its first live concert of the year with American garage rockers Black Lips at #HYHBKK Live! on March 18 at DECOMMUNE, Phra Nakhon.

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Condo prices likely to remain stable in 2023

New condo supply launched in central Bangkok this year should not be priced higher than existing inventory because a glut remains amid stagnant purchasing power, says a real estate consultancy.

Evening Standard

Standard Hotel, Bangkok review: the hottest new hotel in the Thai capital

You’ll find unbeatable views of the city from this Instagrammable but not-very-Bangkok hotel, writes Charlotte Lytton

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Notorious route 8 bus crashes, injures 14

A route 8 bus driver was fined 5,000 baht and had his licence suspended after driving through a red light, causing a crash and injuring 14 people in Bangkok on Monday morning.

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Central WestVille to get B6.2bn revamp

Central Pattana Plc, Thailand's largest real estate developer, is spending 6.2 billion baht to transform Central WestVille Ratchaphruek to push forward an upmarket lifestyle for western Bangkok.

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Prayuth narrows gap in poll on top choice for Thailand PM

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has gained ground on frontrunner Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a new survey on Thailand's top choice for premier, which showed the former coup leader was the most popular choice in the capital Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

Enter a Thai magical forest in Paris

Thai artist Verapat Sitipol takes inspiration from Mother Nature and the environment he grew up in for his art. Marking his European debut at the Parisian gallery, Over The Influence, Verapat’s solo “Magical Forest” is his second show with the gallery, having exhibited with them in Bangkok in January 2022.

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Notorious route 8 bus crashes, injures 14

A route 8 bus driver was fined 5,000 baht and his licence suspended after driving through a red light, causing a crash and injuring 14 people in Bangkok on Monday morning.

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