Category: Culture

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced today (Saturday) an extension to the closure of entertainment venues, such as pubs, bars, karaoke bars, until further notice. The announcement is in line with the decision of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to keep night entertainment venues closed due to concern that their reopening could result in a surge of COVID-19 infections, by the Omicron variant in particular. Eateries which meet the SHA PLUS standards, as set […]

The government has offered some advice to Thais of Chinese descent on how to celebrate the Chinese New Year safely amid the increasing spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. They advise that people should plan ahead for the purchase of items to be used in seasonal rituals, spend as little time as possible shopping and […]

Former leading members of the ruling Palang Pracharat Party have formed a new political party, Sarng Anakot Thai party, vowing not to nominate Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the party’s prime ministerial candidate so that he can return for another…

The Speaker of Thailand’s House of Representatives, Chuan Leekpai, has complained about opposition MPs playing games in parliament, causing House meetings to be abruptly suspended due to the lack of a quorum.While admitting that the tactic has been use…

Miss Universe Thailand 2021, Thai-Australian Model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis, will wear an unorthodox Thai costume based on that of an ancient Thai female combatant, featuring rope-bound hands instead of boxing gloves, at the 70th Miss Universe pageant in …

Another Thai-born artist, Sitala Wongkrachang, is set to debut in a Korean girl group in January, but her family’s history of involvement in political activism in Thailand is coming back to haunt her.#SITALA was trending on Thai Twitter after South Kor…

HANOI (AFP): The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus.Two charter flights brought more than 400 South Korean and Japanese fully vaccinated p…