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Bangkok defies metaphor. An enigma wrapped in a traffic jam? Just step out and surrender to its din and aromas over this ...
Spirit houses on every corner, monks on iPhones, futuristic malls, incense smoke winding through traffic-Bangkok feels like a ...
Thailand eyes a $60 billion tourism goal as Bangkok becomes a hotspot for U.S. luxury travel. That ambition is gaining ...
In September, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will open its completed temple in Bangkok to visitors in the Buddhist country. Mormonism got off to a rocky start there, but in recent ...
The temple surrounded by sea Further east along the Bay of Bangkok, in the neighbouring province of Samut Prakan, another seaside community is slowly vanishing too.
Wat Arun, also known as the “Temple of Dawn,” is famous because it boasts a 270-foot-tall spire, the tallest in Bangkok. Most people climb the steep steps if they’re open to reach the top.
Thailand’s government is further restricting cannabis with a ban on sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.
Two Thai journalists arrested for reporting on the vandalism of Bangkok temple wall with graffiti criticizing a pro-monarchy law were released on bail Tuesday, a lawyer’s group said.
The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which is most known for its gold-plated "Reclining Buddha" sculpture. The Buddha measures 151 feet long ...
Buddhist monks in Thailand fail drug tests, leaving temple empty 01:10. Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ...