BKK TODAY
The BKK TODAY studio at golden hour. Top the tabby cat sits at the news desk with Tui the field rat on the newspaper, Tuk the barbet on a tin mug, Siri the squirrel on an old radio and Angpao the soi dog beside a brass bell. A skytrain and the city skyline glow through the window.

Bangkok's street animals finally get a voice.

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Meet the crew

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  • Top, a golden-brown striped tabby with a notched ear and a faded red paisley bandana

    Top (T.C.)

    Soi cat, BKK TODAY anchor, hi-so dreamer.

    “Relax, boys. I have a plan.”

  • Tui, a ricefield rat with a notched ear and a small cloth pouch holding one grain of rice

    Tui (ตุ้ย)

    The field rat from Isan.

    “I send money home. That’s all.”

  • Tuk, a coppersmith barbet: emerald green with a crimson forehead and throat and yellow face patches

    Tuk (นกตีทอง)

    The coppersmith barbet.

    Her “tuk-tuk-tuk” is Bangkok’s clock.

  • Angpao, a ginger-tan brindle soi dog with one ear up, one ear floppy and a thin red string at his neck

    Angpao (อั่งเปา)

    The soi dog everyone feeds.

    “กินข้าวหรือยัง?” Have you eaten yet?

  • Siri, a russet-orange squirrel with dark ear tips and big bright eyes

    Siri

    The squirrel on the wires.

    Came as a tourist, stayed as a resident. Planning iced-latte heist #49.

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The story

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Bangkok Tails is a painted storybook of the city’s soi, told by the animals who live there: a tabby who dreams of the hi-so life, a field rat sending money home to Isan, a barbet who keeps the city’s time, a soi dog who asks if you’ve eaten, and a squirrel who came as a tourist and stayed as a resident. The places are real and the stories are Thai. Under every one sits the same quiet idea: even from humble beginnings, with hard work and a plan, you can make it.

No politics, no bad news. Just the soi at golden hour.