Patents Reveal Foreign Pharma’s Secret Bid to Seize Thai Cannabis Market
BANGKOK — The fight over who will profit from medical cannabis – not the patients but the patents – is underway with lawmakers slamming bureaucrats for putting corporate interests over public benefit.
King to Rehearse Big Ride Friday at BKK Airport
BANGKOK — His Majesty the King will bike around a track at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday ahead of a mass cycling event he will lead next month, according to the government.
River Activists Sue Over ‘Chao Phraya Promenade 2.0’
BANGKOK — Opponents of a plan to build boardwalks along the Chao Phraya River filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking an injunction against further action and demanding its impact be fully evaluated.
OB/GYN May Have Sexually Abused Dozens: Lawyer
NAKHON SAWAN — Upward of 50 women have accused a gynecologist of sexually abusing them in the central province of Nakhon Sawan, an attorney...
Thai Film Pulled Over ‘Sensitive’ Buddhist Scene
BANGKOK — Only two days before its scheduled release in cinemas, the censorship board indefinitely postponed a Thai film set in Isaan for alleged inappropriate content.
The Jim Jefferies Show Coming to #Trigger Bangkok
BANGKOK — Expect to hear a lot of c-bombs at a stand-up show coming early next year.
Front Your Baby Bump For Better Chance of BTS Seats
BANGKOK — Ever debated whether to give up a train seat for a woman who could be pregnant or may just look it? Now the BTS Skytrain operator wants to help with that cognitive dissonance.
Seasoned by Spanish Greats, Expat Translates Tapas Into Thai
Most nights find Jacobo Astray sawing off slices of jamon iberico and pouring sangria at Ekkamai tapas joint Broken Eggs.
There, the Galician native, a...
Internet Saves Beautiful Man-Buffalo Friendship
CHAI NAT — Beneath all its crust and saltiness, the internet proved it has a heart in recent days by helping a rural farmer...
See Miss Universe Transform into White Elephant (Video)
SAMUT PRAKAN — The chiseled beauty walked out in a bejeweled, Thai evening dress with a white-veiled contraption on her back. Soon, after she...
