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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...

Small Notebooks Make Big Difference in Little Lives

BANGKOK — When a group of Thammasat University students began making notebooks for themselves, they found out they could make an impact on the...
Khaosan vendors wait Monday in front of City Hall to protest a ban on selling during the day. Photo: Yada Pornpetrumpa / Facebook

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.
Ahmed Shaheed speaks Monday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. Photo: Matichon

Inclusion Needed for Religious Diversity, Societal Strength: UN Expert

BANGKOK — The religious conflict in Thailand’s southernmost provinces is a cause for concern, as are Vietnam and China’s hostility toward believers, a UN...
From left to right, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, and Queen Sirikit appear at a balcony of Anantasamakom Throne Hall in Bangkok in 1999. Photo: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / AFP

Queen Sirikit Treated for Flu: Palace

BANGKOK — Queen Sirikit was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with the flu, a palace statement said Monday. The queen, mother of King...
Firefighters at the scene of fire Monday morning in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district.

Fire Ravages Bangkok Sport Officials Homes

BANGKOK — A massive fire destroyed five buildings used to accommodate sport officials early Monday in eastern Bangkok.

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...
Lumpini Park. Photo: Matichon

Shocked Officials Learn Bangkok Parks Used For Sex

BANGKOK — City Hall on Sunday promised to increase surveillance of all public parks after netizens called attention to the fact people use them to have sex.

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