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BANGKOK — I walked up to an unassuming door on a Sathon Road corner, marked only by a gold plaque inscribed with “JUSMAGTHAI,” pushed the buzzer and waited. I was expecting a stern voice over the intercom ordering me to state my rank and file, but instead the door buzzed open.

BANGKOK — Earfuls of live music, comedy and spoken word from a fistful of bands and performing artists will fill three nights of an underground Silom Road art venue this weekend.

BANGKOK — Late last year, the beer scene lost a sterling watering hole offering great craft beer and a rotation of of food trucks. You’d find beer geeks sipping esoteric brews while digital nomads whispered about e-payment gateway platforms over heady Belgian ales.

BANGKOK — In the Game of Thrones episode “Kill The Boy,” Jon Snow meets Maester Aemon, seeking advice. The wise old man tells him to "kill the boy, and let the man be born."

BANGKOK — I’m sitting on a stranger’s blanket spread across a small patch of grass with a severe buzz from rapid-fire soju shots with every person I meet. It’s May 1, 2014, in Pyongyang, North Korea, and it seems everyone in the capital city has come to Mt. Taesong to dance and sway to the shrill of operatic recitatives celebrating hard work and self-reliance for Labor Day. Families huddle around bottles of moonshine and from small grills sizzle assorted meat and vegetables.

Ratchadamnoen Avenue (Thai: ถนนราชดำเนิน, pronounced [râːt.tɕʰa.dām.nɤ̄ːn]) is a historic road in the Phra Nakhon and Dusit Districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Ratchadamnoen Boxing Stadium which is located Ratchadamnoen Nok Road, is also the place that attracts foreign tourists.