8 Sponsors Drop Thai Elephant Polo: PETA
BANGKOK — An international animal rights organization said it would continue pressing for Thailand to drop an annual elephant polo event after convincing eight sponsors to pull their support.
Welfare Cardholders May Get 800 Baht For Staples
BANGKOK — Bangkok’s low-income residents received their version of junta welfare cards Tuesday just as the Finance Ministry said it might increase their shopping...
Loki & Thor? Rey & Kylo? Thai Fangirls Are Shipping. Hard.
BANGKOK — Loki and Dr. Strange flirt as a jealous Thor tries to intervene in a scene set to banter from a recent Thai rom-com.
Bangkok Pollution Has Always Been Bad – So Have the Solutions: Experts
BANGKOK — The capital’s heavy smog has been a chronic problem for years, and the government is still not doing enough to combat it despite the sudden swell of public concern, experts said Tuesday.
Frustrated Mess When Thousands Queue for Free Purple Line Tickets (Photos)
BANGKOK — It was a less than impressive start for the MRT Purple Line when thousands of Bangkokians lined for 15,000 tickets to take a test ride.
Changing Chinatown as Seen by Those Who Live There
BANGKOK — Walk down Yaowarat Road on a given night and find the area known as Chinatown alive with tourists clamoring for street food unaware of the forces transforming the neighborhood.
Dimple-Piercing Fad Nothing to Smile About, Doctors Warn
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.
Italian Muay Thai Boxer Dies Week After Bangkok KO
An Italian boxer died Friday, one week after he was knocked out in ...
Makers of Banned Films Ready Arthouse Theater For Bangkok
BANGKOK — The husband-wife team behind a banned film is opening their own indie movie theater in the heart of Bangkok which aspires to be a rare bloom in a cultural desert.
Thai Homeless Anticipate Election Offering Them Little
Though they live on the margins, many Hua Lamphong homeless are enthusiastic about the election’s outcome despite little optimism they'll be better represented in a society deeply prejudiced against them.