Bangkok

BANGKOK — A man chose to climb atop a monument to King Rama I just before dawn Monday morning where he spent several hours before agreeing to come down.

BANGKOK — A deputy Bangkok governor is under fire for suggesting that more young men are becoming infected with HIV because there are more gay characters on television.

BANGKOK — It was with some irony a famous singer acknowledged Thursday that he injured his leg falling into a drain while training for a charity run to benefit hospitals.

BANGKOK — A macaque who gained fame for his enormous belly will be returned to the wild after three months on a strict diet, vets said Thursday.

BANGKOK — “A Little Prince” was hiding at BTS Siam. A “Cat in the Rain” was discovered at BTS Sala Daeng. Look around yourself and you might find a free, hidden reading gem.

BANGKOK — Those looking to punctuate their smiles with deeper dimples have two options. They can go to a licensed clinic and pay upward of 8,000 baht per cheek or pay someone at an underground clinic to push metal pins through both cheeks for about 900 baht.

BANGKOK — Phra Khanong’s cosmopolitan transformation continues with the arrival this year of a seasonally inspired community mall.

BANGKOK — The capital’s public bus system will undergo radical changes when hundreds of them have both their routes and numbers changed starting September, a transport official said Friday.

BANGKOK — A driver who couldn’t stomach being honked at gave angry pursuit to a taxi driver in southern Bangkok, all of which has gone viral in a video clip of the incident as of Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Malai Rakphuengamarit spent a recent Friday directing her husband and two hired men on where to put pieces of the steel roof and wood structure torn down from her riverside home.