In ‘Body Politic,’ The Audience is The Art
BANGKOK — An unusual street display turns the audience itself into the spectacle. Through performance art, an artist encourages not only physical participation but...
Khaosan Future Remains in Limbo
BANGKOK — Khaosan vendors on Tuesday slammed City Hall for breaking another promise to compromise by refusing to budge on a daytime ban on sidewalk sales.
Femininity in Color: Artist Chalita Tantiwikosol Prints Women’s Lives
BANGKOK — Through characters, colors and prints, a young artist is seeking to start conversations about femininity, beauty and the meaning women bring to...
City to Keep Closer Eye on Sex in Bangkok Parks
City Hall on Tuesday detailed plans to discourage people from using Bangkok’s public parks for sex by increasing the frequency of patrols, putting up warning signs in Thai and English and adding more surveillance cameras.
Whistleblower Wants Justice For Felled Tree in Chatuchak
BANGKOK — A transparency activist filed a complaint Tuesday against city officials for cutting down a 50-year-old tree partly on public property.
Srisuwan Janya went...
Defeated, City Hall Again Agrees to Exempt Khaosan
BANGKOK — Khaosan vendors were served a heaping bowl of win Friday with word they can resume business as usual after City Hall gave up a push to regulate them.
Special Report: Thai Students Abuse ADHD Drugs to Stay Ahead
Intense pressure to score high has students as young as high school deliberately overdosing with drugs that rob them of social skills and health.
Dusit Zoo Closure Delayed to October
BANGKOK — It’s time to say goodbye to Thailand’s oldest zoo.
Deal Struck For Khaosan Vendors to Submit Alternate Rules
BANGKOK — Khaosan Road vendors will submit their own proposed regulations directly to the government next week after City Hall backed down on enforcing its own week-old rules.
Khaosan Goes Quiet After Police Ignore New City Rules
BANGKOK — Making new rules doesn’t mean much when even the police ignore them, as City Hall found out this week.
