Happy Workout! Beer Yoga Coming to Thailand
BANGKOK — Connect your heightened states of mind and body through the bizarre yet compelling combination of two therapies: beer and yoga.
Startups Make Thai Patterns Great Again
Detailed and delicate, traditional Thai patterns may look too outdated – even ancient – to wear, but young entrepreneurs are bringing them back with designs applicable to everyday life.
Top-Cop Says ThaiBev Salary Disclosure Was a Mistake
BANGKOK — Bangkok’s police chief has sought to dispel concerns that paychecks he collected from the nation's’ largest alcohol producer posed a conflict of interest by declaring they don’t exist.
30 Hard Years and Going at Bangkok’s ‘Rock Pub’
BANGKOK — Step off the Skytrain and into a dungeon. Eyes adjust to the darkness to find about 200 people slam screaming into each other.
Driver Fined For Calling Passengers ‘Whores,’ Threatening to Rape Them
BANGKOK — A taxi driver recorded calling young female passengers “whores" and threatening to kill them was fined Tuesday and ordered to undergo three hours of etiquette training.
Japanese Emperor, Empress En Route to Bangkok
TOKYO — The emperor and empress of Japan departed Tuesday for a one-week trip to Vietnam and Thailand.
Review: With ‘Planet Lam,’ Paradise Bangkok Takes Thai Country to Next Level
Chris Menist and Maft Sai had just finished warming things up with vinyl selections of spiritual jazz, disco, Thai funk and roots reggae when the lights dimmed and out walked drummer Phusana Treeburut and guitarist Piyanart Jotikasthira.
Fake Tickets Pour Cold Water on Lottery Fever (Photos)
CHANTHABURI — A rash of fake lottery tickets earlier this month in several provinces prompted a surge of distrust that has vendors seeking to repair confidence two days before the next big draw.
Suicide Won’t Stop Raid Under Article 44, Junta Chief Says
PATHUM THANI — One day after a man publicly hanged himself in protest, the junta chief insisted Sunday it was necessary to use his absolute power to continue the siege of Wat Dhammakaya.
Bangkok Youth Cook Their Way to Better Futures, One Spicy Pepper at a Time
BANGKOK — Bam and Boom come from the modest Wachiratham Sathit community in southern Bangkok. They lacked the funds to go beyond middle school and sought a way to continue their studies and do more with their lives.
