Entertainment Behind Closed Doors Okay, Gov’t Clarifies
BANGKOK — Officials have clarified that entertainment in the private sector is free to continue if it takes place behind closed doors.
Miss Grand Thailand 2019 Ignites Netizen Rage for Calling Catriona Gray ‘Fat’
BANGKOK — What’s the worst thing a beauty queen can do for her popularity? Body shame a more popular beauty queen, of course.
Thai Soap Offends Burmese With Royal Caricature
BANGKOK — A primetime soap portraying a Burma-like kingdom has drawn the ire of some in Myanmar who are demanding it be pulled off the air.
Bangkok, Famed Capital of Free-Wheeling Fun, Goes Dark Indefinitely (Photos)
BANGKOK — In Bangkok's red light district Soi Cowboy, 7pm is usually the beginning of a long, neon night of music and enticement. But on Thursday’s historical night of Oct. 13, it was the end.
This Sexy Burmese Model Is Myanmar’s Hottest Export Right Now
BANGKOK — No screaming fans waited with glowing signs to see politicians at the recent ASEAN summit in Bangkok – but they did scream for another unintended ambassador.
Nicki Minaj to Drop Her ‘Super Bass’ on Bangkok for 1st Time
BANGKOK — The “queen of rap” will twerk her thinly-covered behind into Bangkok for the first time later this year.
Why Bangkok’s Fun is Ending at Midnight Again
BANGKOK — It’s Friday night. A group of friends finishes up at Havana Social in the Nana area at 1am and shares a cab to a Thonglor bar that doesn’t get going until the wee hours. Instead of finding a bumping DJ and press of bodies, they get a “Sorry, we’re closed.”
Miss Grand Thailand 2019 ‘Coco’ Finishes as 2nd-Runner Up
CARACAS, Venezuela — Thailand’s entry to the Miss Grand International pageant landed in the second-runner up, losing to Venezuela.
Thailand Bans ‘Fight of Gods’ For Damage to Buddhism
BANGKOK — A computer game that pits deities from different religions in brawls was removed Wednesday night from online stores in Thailand.
Junta Romanticized in ‘Love Missions’ Military Drama
BANGKOK — A military-themed romantic soap opera premiered Saturday, inaugurating three months of the television show, which a mass media expert said is an attempt by the military government to rebrand itself and regain public popularity.