Thai Manga about Northern Food Wins Silver at Japan Manga Awards
TOKYO — A Thai comic book about a family cooking northern cuisine featuring northern dialect placed second in Japan’s prestigious manga competition, the Embassy of Japan in Bangkok announced Monday.
‘We Will Not Retreat,’ Thanathorn Says at Protest, Promising Another Next Month
BANGKOK — Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangruangruangkit told several thousands of his supporters at a rally Saturday evening that the people would no longer put up with political injustice.
‘People Are Celebrating NYE,’ Prayuth Slams Thanathorn’s Protest Call
BANGKOK — Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday criticized the opposition leader’s call for a public protest in downtown Bangkok set to take place tomorrow.
Google Says Thais Curious About Free Money, N95 Masks, Hong Kong
The guilty pleasures of a nation, in this case Thailand’s love for lakorn, shopping, and celebrity dramas cannot be hidden when mass amounts of Internet searches are recorded and examined, as it was when Google revealed its top results for Thailand in 2019.
Residents ‘Hidden’ By Billboard for Royal Barges Speak Out
BANGKOK — Millions of viewers watching a live broadcast of today’s Royal Barge Procession would likely have missed the sight of a community of riverside houses close to the Grand Palace.
More Tourists, Less Spending for 2019 New Year’s Eve Season
BANGKOK — More holidaymakers are headed to Thailand to bid farewell to 2019 than the same period last year, though they are expected to spend less per person, a senior tourism official said Thursday.
School Bans Bangs to Prevent Girls From Copying ‘K Pop Hairstyle’
CHANTHABURI — Director of a school in the eastern region on Wednesday defended his decision to ban schoolgirls from wearing fringes, despite protests from students and education campaigners.
Court Affirms Poaching Jail Term for Construction Tycoon
KANCHANABURI — An appeal court on Thursday affirmed a guilty verdict on construction mogul Premchai Karnasuta accused of conspiring to poach wildlife animals in a protected forest in 2018.
EC Recommends Court to Dissolve Future Forward Over Loans
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Election Commission ruled Wednesday that a popular opposition party broke the law by accepting an illegal loan from its head, a decision that could lead to its dissolution and unsettle the country’s politics.
Royalty and Election: Khaosod English’s Top 10 Read Stories of 2019
Our readers closed out the 2010s by following along with natural disasters, political disasters, and PR disasters – in other words, storms, the election, and that time a member of a girl group flaunted a Nazi flag.
