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BANGKOK — Thailand’s contestant in the Miss Universe pageant will wear a costume depicting a chase scene from the Ramakien at the contest this November, the pageant organization announced Monday.

OTOP. The word conjures countless tourist-trap shops and fairs selling authentic yet forgettable knick knacks. Stuff that’s only interesting to first-time visitors or those who must have everything silk.

BANGKOK —  After 15 formative years in Seattle and Los Angeles, Bird and Big returned to Thailand last year and unsatisfying, unhealthy office lunches of noodles and fried rice.

BANGKOK — See Indian dances, Indian art and shop for Ayurvedic products at a festival celebrating 70 years of independence on the subcontinent with events through the rest of the year.

BANGKOK — Pass through a French bistro, with its cheeses and breads displayed in glass cases, on the ground floor of the FooJohn building in Charoen Krung. Go upstairs, guided by the art-deco mirrored walls wrapping their way around the stairs. Walk up, past the second-floor prohibition-style cocktail bar – dimly lit and draped in velvet. The third floor is your destination.

PATTAYA — Rinrada “Yoshi” Thurapan is doing the TV circuit a day after she thanked her parents for their support on the heels of being crowned the winner of Miss Tiffany’s Universe.

No city more than Bangkok has had a more acute thirst for jazz yet wasted its potential, a Harlem-seasoned jazz trumpeter sermonized at the recent reopening of his jazz club.

BANGKOK — After pop star Ariana Grande’s recent Bangkok concert, one of her fans has won a kind of fame of his own for his performance in the seats.

BANGKOK — Nopparat Petchchai has watched over the Temple of Dawn for over two decades. The 50-year-old security guard from Uttaradit province, who keeps a...

BANGKOK — For years, he’s been an unmistakable burst of red, white and blue in the stands. Tune into the Olympics, SEA Games, Asian Games or any event with Thai competitors and you’ll likely find him dressed in outrageous costumes, spinning his hypnotic parasol and screaming his head off.