Isaan Granny Takes Sixth Grade Finals
YASOTHON — Kesorn Sookserm pressed her schoolgirl uniform, held up her yellow umbrella and pedaled off to school Sunday to sit for her sixth...
Thai ‘Mentalist’ Sarin Brings Vaudeville Charm to Bangkok Stage
By day, he’s a programmer who graduated in robotics. By night, he dons a tux, goes on stage and predicts futures.
Fugitive Academic Suffers Stroke: Source
BANGKOK — An academic and former university professor, who fled to France shortly after the military seized power in 2014, reportedly suffered a stroke Sunday.
Mosque Ceremony for Rohingya Victims Forced Canceled by Authorities
PATHUM THANI — A Saturday event to mark the one-year anniversary since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine state was forced to cancel by authorities.
Boy Whose Paper Planes Soared Into Nation’s Heart May Get Citizenship
CHIANG MAI — Nine years ago, a 12-year-old boy made headlines and drew international sympathy. After winning a paper airplane competition, he had to...
In ‘Body Politic,’ The Audience is The Art
BANGKOK — An unusual street display turns the audience itself into the spectacle. Through performance art, an artist encourages not only physical participation but...
Senior Soldiers Apologize for Beating Private into Coma
Update Sept. 14: Pvt. Kacha Pacha died at a hospital on Sept. 14 after he spent weeks in a coma.
LOPBURI — A young soldier...
Try Soap Made From Bangkok Street Food Oil
Maria Kalita runs Bangkok Soap Opera, where she turns used, donated oil into bars of artisanal, handmade soap colored into a rainbow with local herbs, in an effort to divert vats of oil dumped into the city’s sewers each day into something greener and cleaner.
Thai Romeo & Juliet Returns to Bangkok Silver Screen
BANGKOK — Grab a rare chance to see a Thai film version of Romeo and Juliet, in which Romeo spends his time playing a bamboo flute and riding a buffalo in a Bangkok paddy field with Juliet.
Farang Marriage Training Clinic Opens in Khon Kaen
KHON KAEN — The first training center to advise and help Thai wives with farang husbands opened Wednesday in Isaan.
The Thai Daughter-in-Law, Farang Son-in-Law...
