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BANGKOK — After the prime minister became preoccupied with a teen luk thung singer’s sexuality and apparently dispatched police to cover her up and count her hip thrusts, Lumyai Hai Thongkam has become an icon of the national cultural wars.

SURAT THANI — The owner of the record label representing a teen luk thung singer expressed his consternation Wednesday after soldiers were sent to cover up the artist and count the number of hip thrusts she performed following days of criticism by the prime minister.

BANGKOK — Siriprai Chaismoot, 30, said she was more excited for American rapper Nelly’s first concert in Bangkok on Tuesday night than for her own wedding.

BANGKOK — The owner of a record label representing teen luk thung singer Lumyai Hai Thongkam, said criticism of her dancing by the prime minister shows he is out of touch.

BANGKOK — A group of Matthayom 5 schoolgirls on Thursday found a creative way to update their wai khru ceremony – bingsu-shaped offering trays.

BANGKOK — Members of Bangkok’s LGBT community gathered Wednesday for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia – aka IDAHOT – to show their pride and call for marriage rights.

BANGKOK — Buddhists gathered Wednesday to make merit in several temples around Thailand on Visakha Bucha, a festivity marking the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death.

BANGKOK — With drugstores on almost every corner, cosmetics are never far for that boost to beauty and self-confidence. But out of reach for those whose bodies have been incarcerated.

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A swamp of pink sacred lotuses in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park were blooming as of Thursday, a phenomenon which occurred for the first time in ten years.

For many among the royal circles back then, the 1932 revolution was not about politics, but also about supernatural cause. For them, what happened on the morning of June 24, 1932, was a 150-year-old prophecy coming true – despite their efforts to avert it.