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BANGKOK — The year couldn’t end without another hipster night market joining the trend.

BANGKOK — What to do for a chill Christmas weekend? Consider a three-day flea market in Thonglor with everything from food, drink and music to poetry, mimes and handmade crafts.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" seemed suspicious on paper, like any film saddled with the dreaded "spinoff" label. For a while all the odds looked stacked against it too — reshoots, script changes and a director in Gareth Edwards whose last blockbuster "Godzilla" had visual flair but no humanity, not to mention the fact that the film would be asking us to learn a dozen new characters with strange names, none of which were Skywalker or Solo. And of course as with any franchise there's that ever-present knowledge that, in some ways, this is another line-item on a corporate profit sheet.

NEW YORK — Kanye West returned to social media for the first time since his hospitalization to talk about his meeting with Donald Trump.

BANGKOK — The year 2016 is saying goodbye with shoppers’ smiles on their faces as tax rebates for goods and services purchased worth 15,000 baht was announced to run tomorrow until the end of the year.

BANGKOK — Get a triple dose of dance at an EDM, tech-house and hip-hop festival Saturday where three sounds will be going off at the same time.

BANGKOK — The most dangerous man in dance is launching his latest work, and audiences can get a first look Friday morning.

BANGKOK — Of all his alleged glorious talents, filmmaking held a special place in the heart of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Problem was, his isolated nation made terrible films, so he concocted a simple plan.

BANGKOK — Indulge in the world’s sounds at a hostel-arts venue in the Pinklao area.

BANGKOK — Have a holly jolly Christmas eating German sausages, watching holiday classics, partying with fabulous drag queens and more this year in Bangkok.