Bangkok

BANGKOK — New buildings around the historic area of Rattanakosin Island must be painted beige with tiled dark grey roofs, according to a new ministerial directive announced Friday.

BANGKOK — The junta leader’s special power may be a shortcut to tackling many of the nation’s problems, but it turns out that the...

BANGKOK — Through characters, colors and prints, a young artist is seeking to start conversations about femininity, beauty and the meaning women bring to...

Having been sexually harassed in the past, learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or BJJ, at 34 has empowered me. BJJ, focuses on how to escape from an attacker in a dominant position on the ground, so I am able to learn how to escape from a mount or a side control position under the pressure of strong and heavy bodies.

BANGKOK — Thailand and its Southeast Asian neighbors are becoming major dumping grounds for the world's plastic garbage and electronic waste. Environmentalists now want to see a ban on waste imports imposed across ASEAN.

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 — 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.

A common complaint about Thai New Year festival is that “Songkran has lost its meaning." But it’s fair to say Songkran has always lost – and found – its meaning.

BANGKOK — Six African tourist were charged with failure to carry IDs and testing positive in a drug test late Friday night in a raid in Nana.

BANGKOK — The BTS Skytrain can endure torrential rain and punishing heat, but Wi-Fi hotspots may be a fatal blow.