The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will draw up an action plan to improve the quality of life for the elderly, who now account for more than 22% of the city's population

A thick haze covered the city as Bangkok's air pollution reached an unhealthy level, with an AQI value of 166; AQI values above 100 are considered unhealthy

On Thursday evening, hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil in downtown Bangkok in support of two political activists on hunger strike, whose health condition is rapidly deteriorating

Today sees the opening of Can't Stop Won't Stop, a photo exhibition reliving the work of the Bangkok Community Help Foundation over the past two years of the pandemic, celebrating its 500 volunteers

Over 3.000 elephants are used for tourism in the country, more than anywhere else, almost all privately owned; the collapse of tourism during pandemic had a crucial impact on their owners, many of whom no longer earn enough to care for them