Is Bangkok’s Party Scene Back from The Dead?
BANGKOK — The last thing a California-raised man from Nong Khai wanted when he opened a hip-hop nightclub on the first day was a police raid.
Bangkok Stars to Rally For Rohingya Tonight
BANGKOK — Driven from their homes and subjected to what’s been described as systematic rape and murder, things have not improved for Myanmar’s Rohingya population in Bangladesh.
Thai Fans Despair Over Death of K-Pop Idol
BANGKOK — Despair, grief and thoughts of suicide swept Thailand online Tuesday following the apparent suicide South Korean pop singer Jonghyun in Seoul.
Last Seating: Trader Vic’s Maitre D’ Retires After 57 Years
EMERYVILLE, California — She's worn a gardenia in her hair every day since she started working in 1960 at Trader Vic's, the legendary home of mai tai cocktails.
Bangkok Gets Block Party with 50+ Music Acts, Food, Art
BANGKOK — More than 50 musicians from electronic and hip-hop to heavy rock will gather in an outdoor space for a 12-hour party.
‘The Spacewalker’ Leads Bangkok’s Russian Film Week
BANGKOK — The adventure of the first human who traveled to space will top six Russian films to screen in Bangkok next week.
Begin 2018 Dancing to Booty-Shaking Beats NYE in Bangkok
Expect parties to go off in every neighborhood, and for those out for some club-hopping, there’s something for everyone, from hip-hop and Afro House to straight-up EDM.
Join Week-Long Rooftop Celebration of Thai Craft Beer
BANGKOK — It’s been a big year for Thai craft beer. From sun-dried banana-brewed beer and the country’s first legal honey wine, the domestic variety has gone from meh to “more please.”
Of Marias and Marios: Media Fetish or New Faces of Thainess?
In the broader domain of popular Thai culture, young mixed-race actors and models of Thai-Western unions, or leuk khrung (Thai-Western, or literally “half-blood”), appear in most contemporary Thai films and television dramas.
Primetime Soap Reignites Debate Over Executing Rapists
BANGKOK — A primetime soap with sexual assault as a central plot point has inflamed social debate over the death penalty and rape culture.
