Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — Top Thai chefs and those in fine dining are sounding modest, reserved yet hopeful in the run-up to the much-anticipated arrival of Michelin Guide ratings to the capital city next month.

Art imitates life, but can the afterlife imitate art?

BANGKOK — Bangkok’s new-but-not-so-new riverside lifestyle compound packed in huge crowds on its opening weekend.

BANGKOK — Eat, seek divine help in love and marvel at a restored 167-year-old Chinese pier which opened Friday.

In this week’s notes from the underground we get to know Singaporean DJ and promoter Kim Khan Zaki, or Zach, a guy who along with his Thai business partner DJ Sunju Hargun is bringing Singapore's dope af “Warehouse” event Escape 56 to Bangkok.

BANGKOK — The Royal Crematorium’s interior can no longer be accessed after authorities on Thursday grew concerned it could be damaged by the multitude of daily visitors.

BANGKOK — More than 10,000 students, teachers, governmental officials and media members among others toured the Royal Crematorium for the late King Bhumibol as the site opened to specific members of the public on Wednesday.

BANGKOK — Thousands of people have poured in to see elaborate floral displays running now through Friday at the city’s biggest fresh flower market.

The MC announces his name and Whatdatfrog enters the booth to the cheers of his fans. The all-night practice sessions and years of battling have left the master Turntablist unfazed.

BANGKOK — If following Ryan Gosling’s Officer K through 2049 California whet your appetite to see the original Tears in Rain monologue in Bangkok, a city more “Blade Runner” than Los Angeles, next month is your chance.