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This Bangkok IT club is helping the elderly combat loneliness and depression

Cognitive decline is one of the cruelest side effects of getting older, and this small IT group prescribes what seniors need most: friends and laughter.

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3 years 1 month ago

Meet the 25-year-old model-turned-politician who wants to make Thai people’s dreams come true

The future of Thailand is more young, new-gen forces in politics.

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3 years 2 months ago

Image courtesy of Officine Universelle Buly 1803.

French perfume Buly 1803 opens its first flagship store in Chidlom

Pretend you’re Parisian at this high-end French apothecary.

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3 years 2 months ago

These artistic retirees are devoting themselves to flower arrangements

Late bloomers.

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3 years 2 months ago

Photos by Sahil Rattanaphas and The Turquoise Truck Creative

Kitchen Ink: Shooting the tattoos on Bangkok’s chefs

Sahil Rattanaphas tells the visual story of mixologists and master chefs in Bangkok through their body art.

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3 years 2 months ago

Sith and Jedi meet on a Bangkok party boat for Star Wars Day

Grab your gold bikini and party like an ewo on Endor.

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3 years 2 months ago

Junta leader and PM Prayuth Chan-o-cha in a December 2015 file photo.

Bangkok drinks to midnight and PCR tests dropped starting May 1

As the Songkran Covid boom fails to materialize, authorities begin to loosen regulations.

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3 years 2 months ago

Tanawut Sukke: Brash, blithe, and confident

"As a Thai person, I get some people who are trans, man or woman, or gay that are excited to see me perform—even though sometimes I bomb."

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3 years 3 months ago

Image: A legal image of a 7-Eleven beer shelf under under Section 32 of the Alcohol Beverage Control Act, which is stupid.

Outlaw Brewing craft beer hits 7-Eleven shelves in Bangkok

An unfiltered, unpasteurized, dry-hopped IPA from Loei finds its way to around one thousand Bangkok 7-Elevens.

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3 years 3 months ago

Chris Wegoda: Comedian, entrepreneur, and bodybuilder

Comedy Club Bangkok owner speaks with BK Magazine about the comedy scene coming back.

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3 years 3 months ago

From butterfly pea custard to pomelo, this pizza maker defies expectations

Pizza passion.

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3 years 3 months ago

Image courtesy of Aswin Kwanmuang's Facebook Page.

Former Bangkok governor finally joins Twitter

The welcome from netizens is between warm and medium-rare.

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3 years 3 months ago

Swedish surprise: New Ikea set for Sukhumvit

Are you ready for some meatballs?

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3 years 3 months ago

Hermès is bringing its pop-up gym to Central World tomorrow

Stretch with style. No money required.

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3 years 4 months ago

Here is an inside look at the swanky new hotel to take over Mahanakhon

The phrase “like a movie” gets thrown around a lot but look at this place

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3 years 4 months ago

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnwirakul. Photo: Maejo University

Want marijuana pad krapao? Ask the health minister

Anutin tried his hand at cooking the kush in Kanchanaburi.

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3 years 4 months ago

Long-awaited Bangkok governor election in two months

Miley Cyrus came in like a wrecking ball the last time Bangkok elected its governor in 2014.

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3 years 4 months ago

Mean streets: Bangkok's roads and sidewalks are still tough for pedestrians

Is there any hope for actual, lasting change?

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3 years 4 months ago

Taking a graphic look into Bangkok’s political history

BK Magazine speaks with Claudio Sopranzetti about The King of Bangkok.

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3 years 4 months ago

The World’s 50 Best to sanction Russian F&B establishments from its 2022 list

Is it fair? Bangkok weighs in on the decision.

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3 years 4 months ago

Rap Against Dictatorship filming live during pro-democracy protests in 2020

Rap Against Dictatorship launches ‘Homeland’ video

“Put on a show for all the farangs, ‘Welcome to the city of the civilized.’”

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3 years 4 months ago

Chanapong at the Ukrainian embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday. Photo: Chanapong / Courtesy

Meet the former Thai airman who volunteers to fight Russian invasion

‘I did not join Ukraine as a Thai national, but as a human being,’ says Chanapong.

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3 years 4 months ago

Rap Against Dictatorship’s Protozua: ‘It's really hard but we won't stop’

"When the protests come back, I will join when I can. But it's harder in a worse economy and the pandemic situation."

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3 years 4 months ago

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Jailed twice for selling drugs and then art set him free (Photos)

Wannawat “Bomb” Harnrungruangkit, 39, spent almost a decade in prison for dealing drugs. Today, Bomb is an aspiring artist whose commissioned works are booked to 2023. BK Magazine speaks...

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3 years 4 months ago