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Expats Facebook Group Keeps Tabs on ‘Dual Pricing’ Venues

BANGKOK — The days of showing up at a pristine national park only to be told you’d be charged 10 times what a local would pay is over, thanks to a Facebook community naming and shaming venues that continue to apply “farang prices” on foreign visitors. Now you can avoid them like the coronavirus.
Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks Friday at the Government House in Bangkok.

‘Oust Me If You Dare, Jerks,’ Raging Prayuth Says (Video)

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha tore into reporters in abrasive language Friday, reiterating that he would not step down ahead of March’s general election, saying “oust me if you dare, jerks.”

‘My Mate Nate’ Slammed for Flattening Coins on Train Tracks

BANGKOK — A recent video of a controversial American YouTuber known as My Mate Nate flattening coins on train tracks drew criticism Friday for...

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.
'I, Robot.' Original image: 20th Century Fox

Someone’s Building a Twitter Bot Army in Thailand

BANGKOK — In ones and twos they trickle in by the minute, new followers with Thai-sounding names in the familiar rhythm of social media. But then it gets weird.

Don’t Blame Boys’ Coach: Thainet, Families, Officials

BANGKOK — Public sentiment is rallying around Ekapol Chantawong, the coach stuck in Tham Luang Nang Non for a fortnight with his football team of 12 boys.

Bangkok Computer Expo Swept Up by Digital Gold Rush

BANGKOK — Thousands flocked to a computer expo over the weekend to snatch up components to mine online money.
Image: BougieBangkokGirl / Instagram

Crazy Rich Bangkokians: Viral Instagram @BougieBangkokGirl Gets Political

@BougieBangkokGirl – or Bougie – agreed to be interviewed anonymously via email about the Instagram account’s underlying goal to politically awaken a notoriously apolitical demographic.
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‘From Thailand’ Tourist Defends Yellowstone Traipse

BANGKOK — A group of Thai tourists who visited Yellowstone National Park in the United States raised eyebrows for casually tromping over a restricted area and harassing the tour guide who filmed them.
Left, Parina Kraikup in a photo posted Monday. Photo: Parina Kraikup / Facebook. Right, a file photo of Pannika Wanich / Matichon.

Parina vs. Pannika: Pro-Prayuth MP Says Future Forward Rival’s Grad Photo Violates 112

BANGKOK — A feud over a black-and-white pantsuit escalated when a pro-junta MP accused a Future Forward MP of breaking the lese-majeste law. Phalang Pracharath’s...

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