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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.
City workers use fire-fighting equipment to spray water into the air Dec. 23 at Lumphini Park. Photo: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

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 fighter Christian Daghio, succumbed to his injuries and died one week after going down in the last round during a title fight in Bangkok. Photo: Kombat Group Thailand

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.

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