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Transit Authority to Look Into BTS Wheelchair Ramp to Nowhere

SAMUT PRAKAN — Less than two weeks after a slew of new BTS stations opened in southeast metro Bangkok, netizens pointed a glaring oversight...
Thai Local Power Party election posters, which feature, from left, Assadayut ‘Natalia Pliacam’ Khunviseadpong, Chuenchob Kong-udom and Rattaphoom ‘Film’ Toekongsap.

Election Gets Epic With Cinematic Campaign Posters

BANGKOK — A chiseled singer and drag queen pose dramatically against “Inception”-like backgrounds of the city skyline. One man reaches his hand out to...

Military to Hand Over More Alleged Hackers

BANGKOK — Police said Wednesday more alleged hackers will be handed over by military while a 19-year-old, arrested earlier for allegedly attacking police site,...

Woman Who Faceswapped Heroine Statue Faces Criminal Charges

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A provincial governor said Friday he will file legal actions against a woman who photoshopped her face onto a...
Princess Ubolratana in a taxi. Photo: Nichax / Instagram

Princess Puzzles Internet With Taxi Cameo

BANGKOK — Princess Ubolratana posted a photo of herself behind the wheel of a taxi Thursday to the viral approval of many netizens. “Out of...

Citizens Should Resist Online Censorship, Advocates Say

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — Citizens have a duty to not buy into state propaganda, be critical of the powers that be and resist censorship, anti-coup activist Sombat Boonngamanong said at a symposium yesterday.
Weeraphong Saehan, second from the left, at his security guard post at Wat Chedi Luang.

‘My Dream Came True:’ Temple Security Guard Admitted to Top Uni

CHIANG MAI — The story of Wee, a temple security guard who has been accepted into a veterinary program at one of the nation’s...

Meet Thailand’s Hottest TikTok Star: A Cambodian Migrant Worker

CHONBURI — Posing against a tin shack in street fashion attire, lip piercings, and anime-style dyed hair, a young Cambodian construction worker lipsyncs to Thai, Laotian, and Cambodian songs. 

Junta Weighs Emergency Cyber Committee With Censorship Powers

BANGKOK — Citing urgent cyberthreats, a junta-appointed body Monday considered a proposal to create a temporary authority to police online content before supporting legislation is passed.
Parliament fashion feud: left, Pannika Wanich of the Future Forward Party. Right, Parina Kraikup of the Phalang Pracharath Party, both in parliament on June 5.

Pantsuit-Gate II: Pro-Prayuth MP Piles on Rival’s Fashion

BANGKOK — A pro-junta MP has posted derogatory insults about the outfit worn by a Future Forward MP to the Wednesday parliamentary session that elected junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha to a second term as prime minister.

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