Lifestyle

BANGKOK — Silom Road’s biweekly walking street market has been indefinitely suspended for the rainy season.

In a drama of epic proportions, Thailand and Cambodia are feuding once again after simultaneously claiming ownership of the traditional elaborate masked dance known as Khon in Thailand and Khol in Cambodia.

BANGKOK — The world has birth surrogates, those moms who bear children on behalf of others. At the other end, when life ends in grief and loss, imagine if those left behind had “death surrogates” to offer a chance for final farewells — to thank, apologize to or say goodbye.

BANGKOK — Good news: Lab tests found orange juice confiscated from an illegal production ring last week was the real stuff after all, and not fake OJ as widely reported. The bad news? It contains bacteria commonly found in animal feces and therefore violates food safety laws.

BANGKOK — Celebrate World Music Day and the summer solstice at an all-day music festival with vibrant beats and even some film courtesy of the French Embassy and Alliance Francaise.

By Simon Duncan
Assistant Editor

BANGKOK ― An elected prime minister is removed by the army chief. Those who offer defiance are taken into secret detention; Western diplomats annoy the new junta.

BANGKOK — Fans of feel-good Ben & Jerry’s ice cream can rejoice as the beloved American brand is coming to Bangkok.

BANGKOK — When someone goes missing, will he or she be remembered? Do the vanished feel differently from those who remain?

BANGKOK — A man has been treated for Thailand’s second case of Zika virus this year, according to a hospital director.

BANGKOK — While a virus blamed for brain damage in babies spreads through the Americas and has reached Europe, health officials today said it is not spreading in Thailand.