Ordained in Sri Lanka in 2003, Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, 73, is Thailand’s first fully-ordained Theravada bhikkhuni (female monastic). Known as Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, she made headlines last year...
With police cracking down on the illegal Bangkok beer-making scene, the city’s leading craft brewers are opening a brewpub for budding young homebrewers to serve their product legally.
Chulalongkorn University opens a new public park this month as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, marking the start of big changes for the Samyan neighborhood.
Venturing out from his desk job at Bangkok Post, Kong Rithdee, 40, Thailand’s leading film critic, last year made his latest foray into screenwriting. Six years in production, Island Funeral,...
Thanapat Boonsanan, 31, is the founder of bamboo-centric architecture and construction firm Thor Kaichon (www.fb.com/thorkaichon). Up until recently, the local bamboo construction scene was dominated...
On Jan 20, a large group of wheelchair-bound citizens converged on Bangkok’s Civil Court to file a class-action lawsuit against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) after it failed to...