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BANGKOK — The official whose name is synonymous with stringent enforcement of anti-alcohol laws lost his job in a surprise ministry shuffling announced Friday night.

BANGKOK — Powerful arts from around the world will converge on Bangkok for eight days to demand an end to gender inequality.

As mentioned here last week, the next few weekends will be filled with spectacular outdoor festivals. This weekend alone will see Maya festival and Wonderfruit going off. However traveling to these outdoor fests may not be so convenient for some of you, so for those of you who decide to stay in Bangkok here are some events you should check out.

PATHUM THANI — Khaosod English reporter Pravit Rojanaphruk is at Wat Dhammakaya, where officials from the Department of Special Investigations, or DSI, have just begun a search operation to arrest former abbot Dhammachayo, after a standoff that began at about 3am Thursday. Dhammachayo is wanted on embezzlement charges. All times are local.

BANGKOK — Members of the National Legislative Assembly voted 453 times on resolutions in a six-month period last year; however, the brother of junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha, who receives a sizeable salary, has only done so six of those times.

CHIANG MAI — Two swamp cats were found to be alive and well in a northern wildlife sanctuary more than 40 years after they...

PATHUM THANI — The latest on the scene at Wat Dhammakaya, where police are on standby since 3am Thursday in their latest attempt to arrest former abbot Dhammachayo, wanted on embezzlement charges (all times local.)

PATHUM THANI — Leaders of the controversial Buddhist sect Dhammakaya relented on Thursday to a search operation to look for its fugitive former abbot, a chief investigator of the Ministry of Justice said.

Despite the annual nay-saying by grumpy puu yai about dangers of Valentine’s Day, this Western tradition is alive and well in Thailand this year as ever, with mass wedding events taking place throughout the realm.

Scan Paponk’s tartan pattern packaging and find lipsticks named for Elizabethan literary heroines Dido, Perdita, Britomart – names which belie the brand’s Thai origins.