Lifestyle

BANGKOK — Don Mueang Airport will open its newly renovated domestic terminal on Christmas Eve to ease the crunch on low-cost flyers.

BANGKOK — Plans to partially close Phahonyothin Road near CentralPlaza Lardprao for three years – aborted at the last minute one month ago following a public outcry – are back on and set to begin Monday.

BANGKOK — A custom-built fish-eye lens, high-definition, 360-degree visuals and 5.1 surround sound will soon transport audiences into the stars soon at the upgraded Bangkok Planetarium.

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.