Lifestyle

BANGKOK — On a recent Thursday evening a throng of people in everything from hipster duds to business suits descended on a Bangkok bar for spoken word poetry ranging from an acerbic-yet-catchy limerick aimed at an ex to a poignant open letter to someone’s late father recited in poetic meter.

BANGKOK — A woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for lese majeste and sedition, her lawyer confirmed today.

URSA MAJOR — Thailand has laid claim to a place among the stars in the form of a villainous crocodile king who has ascended from myth and legend to burn brightly in the heavens.

BANGKOK — Two years after his death, the Supreme Patriarch will be laid to rest following a procession tomorrow that will close 29 roads in Bangkok’s historic quarters.

By Lisnaree Vichitsorasatra
Staff Reporter

BANGKOK — Ring in the holidays with no ATM fees, free Wi-Fi, free public transportation and an epic countdown at a world-famous landmark, all year-end gifts tourism officials have proposed the ruling junta place under the public’s Christmas tree.

BANGKOK — Officials today celebrated the successful completion of an underwater tunnel beneath the Chao Phraya River, the first of its kind in Thailand.

BANGKOK — Atis “Art” Ruchirawat was a young boy when he walked into a movie theater in the United States to see “Return of the Jedi” and walked out a fan for life. Yuthana “Jediyuth” Ngamlert was first introduced to Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie during the ‘90s at Chiang Mai University when his class watched “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” to practice English.

BANGKOK — A proposal to force citizens to state their careers and salaries on their national ID cards will not go forward, the military government said today, days after it was proposed by junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha.

BANGKOK — Raise your eyes from earthly matters and bend your neck to the heavens to catch the Geminid meteor shower, which is expected to peak tonight at a rate of 120 “shooting stars” per hour.