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Here’s What a Motor Show Looks Like Without Sexy Pretties (Photos)

BANGKOK — Every year the appointed moral authorities plead for them to cover up, and every year more seems to slip off – until now.

Eviction From Victory Monument Killing Van Business, Trade Rep Says

BANGKOK — Roughly a month before the junta moved van services from Victory Monument to other sites, Boonsong Srisakul said his vans ferried 2,600 passengers between Bangkok and a market town on the Cambodian border. In the month after the change, the number dropped to 600.

From Bangkok With Love: Russian Startups Digitize Thai E-Commerce

BANGKOK — They know the stereotypes all too well. The Russian jet ski scammer on Phuket, the mafiya foot soldiers in Pattaya or vodka-marinated voin just about anywhere.

Banana Boats, Parasails Banned From Samet Beaches

KOH SAMET — The sight of beach-goers bouncing along the surf atop a large, yellow inflatable may be a thing of the past. A reshuffle...

Official Optimism on Tourism Tempered by the Numbers

BANGKOK — “Life goes on” was the key message Thailand’s top tourism official conveyed Wednesday night at a public forum on how the country’s tourism is weathering the death of its longest-reigning monarch.

Full Moon Party Returns With Homage to Late King

SURAT THANI — One of the world’s most famous beach parties returned to Koh Phangan on Tuesday night.

As Advertising Goes Dark, Industry’s Bad Year Turns Worse

BANGKOK — On the BTS Skytrain, normally loud advertisements have gone silent ever since the death of His Majesty the King, replaced on all screens with a poem dedicated to mourning his death.

Bangkok, Famed Capital of Free-Wheeling Fun, Goes Dark Indefinitely (Photos)

BANGKOK — In Bangkok's red light district Soi Cowboy, 7pm is usually the beginning of a long, neon night of music and enticement. But on Thursday’s historical night of Oct. 13, it was the end.

Samsung Halts Production of Galaxy Note 7

SEOUL — Samsung Electronics has halted production of the Galaxy Note 7 after reports that replacement phones have continued to catch fire, South Korean media reports.

1AM Nightlife Curfew Killing Mor Lam, Musicians Plead For More Time

KHON KAEN —Folk musicians in the northeast petitioned the junta Friday to exempt them from its mandatory closing time of 1am, saying it’s hurting business and killing tradition.

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