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BANGKOK — In one image, King Rama V, dressed in a Western overcoat and top hat, is welcomed by German statesman Otto von Bismarck in Hamburg. Another shows the king seated next to Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian empire, a friendship forged across the two corners of Eurasia.

BANGKOK — Fans of spiky, water-retaining plants can buy, trade and compete in a plant beauty contest this weekend.

BANGKOK — As this week marks Negroni Week and Saturday is World Gin Day, several Bangkok venues will celebrate the occasions with special menus. Some will donate up to 50 baht of their proceeds to charity.

BANGKOK — Days after an environment minister declared a famous fresh market would reduce plastic and Styrofoam use, vendors said Tuesday it was a pipe dream staged for the cameras.

BANGKOK — A famous photo of a starving polar bear hunting for food among retreating sea ice will be among stunning masterpieces on display at an upcoming exhibition in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — Take a photo with Choco the fashionista bear in her bedroom. Tell Cony the bunny to stop running around you and go dance in a corner for your amusement. See Moon dressed as an astronaut on a mission to explore, well, the moon.

BANGKOK — Get a rare chance to see 19th century Siam through a series of images made by wet-plate collodion photography.

Pokchat Worasub heads into raunchier, fetish territory with women shown nude, masked, wreathed in smoke. There's objectification and even some medical apparatus.

As each final screening let out, more than 20 Lido employees and board members from theater-owner Apex lined up in front of the theatre to thank every attendee until the last one had walked out. All of them gave a wai and said, “Thank you krub/ka.” Many eyes filled with tears. Some of the 50-year-old theater’s fans rushed to hug the staff and cried.

BANGKOK — Swipe aside the curtain and duck inside. Once positioned, take three pictures of yourself. The quest has begun.