By Samanachan Buddhajak / China Dialogue. Photos: Luke Duggleby “We don’t want our brothers and sisters in other parts of the country to face the impacts we have been facing,” says Thanawan Kainok, ...

As Thailand’s tourism industry picks up towards the end of 2023, embarking on your first journey to the Kingdom of Thailand and its capital Bangkok can be both thrilling and overwhelming. This ...

Rae Lil Black, aka Akiko Matsuzawa, entered the adult film industry in 2017 before branching off into more mainstream work involving video games, streaming, and ASMR. Recently, she became a speaker at ...

Leaning toward the “left field” side of things compared to mainstream picks in this list, the Diage Festival promises to be a visual feast for the senses where digital art installations complement ...

Singapore’s vibrant bar scene just got a whole lot more exciting with the grand unveiling of White Shades, a revolutionary cocktail destination that promises to redefine the art of mixology and ...

Singapore will execute two more death row inmates convicted of drug trafficking this week, according to reform group Transformative Justice Collective. The group last night said that a 56-year-old ...

Thongkhum himself has been bitten four times and almost died three times. The most recent incident was in 2014 in Phuket, where he had to stay in the ICU for two days. Thongkhum still keeps five king ...

One by one, spike-covered bombs plunge from a lethal height toward the head of a woman who, at the last second, whips a sheet out to catch the falling fruit. Welcome to the breathtaking world of ...

While the explosion of cannabis dispensaries across Bangkok and generally all of Thailand has been obvious (to say the least), a new Thai brand is focusing on an oft-overlooked product category: CBD ...

I found the workshop down a narrow soi in Bangkok’s old town. Several large sacks of plastic bottle caps, carefully sorted by color, sat by the entrance. Machines filled the rest of the shed. Small ...

A few months ago, a scene from a movie featuring a wild three-minute orgy went viral on Reddit. While such things being posted to Reddit is unremarkable, there were a few interesting things about this ...

When the public health official who gave Thailand legal weed promoted a heavy-handed crackdown on electronic cigarettes this week, one couldn’t be blamed for asking: Just what was he smoking? After ...