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Bangkok hosts Oishi Cosplay Idol Competition

Bangkok played host to the Oishi Cosplay Idol competition that saw hundreds of Thai Cosplay and Manga enthusiasts turn out in their finest costumes...

by Matthew Richards in Thailand on 12/05/2012

Environment

Supermoon lights up Bangkok Skyline

The biggest full moon of the year, a so-called "supermoon" could be seen over the Thai capital as the May full moon, which was also passing...

by Matthew Richards in Thailand on 06/05/2012

Our World

Bangkok's lucrative amulet business

Sandwiched between Wat Mahathat temple and Thammasat University is one of the capital's largest amulet markets, with hundreds of stalls and...

by Matthew Richards in Thailand on 06/05/2012

12/05/2012 - Bangkok hosts Oishi Cosplay Idol Competition - Thailand - Bangkok played host to the Oishi...
06/05/2012 - Supermoon lights up Bangkok Skyline - Thailand - The biggest full moon of the year, a so...
06/05/2012 - Bangkok's lucrative amulet business - Thailand - Sandwiched between Wat Mahathat temple...
05/05/2012 - Buddhist statue manufacturing - Bangkok - Thailand - Situated in the heart of Bangkok, just...
05/05/2012 - Royal Cremation Pyre Dismantled - Bangkok - Thailand - The elaborate royal cremation pyre at...
05/05/2012 - Thai Monarch Celebrates Coronation Anniversary - Thailand - His Majesty King Bhumipol Adulyadej,...
26/04/2012 - Red shirt demonstrators return to central Bangkok - Thailand - Red shirt protesters arrived back at...
15/04/2012 - The joy and tragedy of Thai New Year festivities - Thailand - As the fourth and final day of the...
15/04/2012 - People celebrate Songkran - Bangkok - Thailand - As traditional ceremonies of Songkran...
14/04/2012 - Songkran 2012 - Thai new year - Thailand - The biggest water fight in the world...

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Bangkok hosts Oishi Cosplay Idol Competition

Arts & Entertainment

Bangkok hosts Oishi Cosplay Idol Competition

Bangkok played host to the Oishi Cosplay Idol competition that saw hundreds of Thai Cosplay and Manga enthusiasts turn out in their finest costumes representing some of the most well-kn...
by Matthew Richards, on 12th of May 2012
Supermoon lights up Bangkok Skyline

Environment

Supermoon lights up Bangkok Skyline

The biggest full moon of the year, a so-called "supermoon" could be seen over the Thai capital as the May full moon, which was also passing its perigee, the closest point to E...
by Matthew Richards, on 6th of May 2012
Bangkok's lucrative amulet business

Our World

Bangkok's lucrative amulet business

Sandwiched between Wat Mahathat temple and Thammasat University is one of the capital's largest amulet markets, with hundreds of stalls and shops offering a vast array of protectiv...
by Matthew Richards, on 6th of May 2012
Buddhist statue manufacturing - Bangkok

Our World

Buddhist statue manufacturing - Bangkok

Situated in the heart of Bangkok, just two kilometres from Democracy Monument, is a series of streets and alleyways dedicated to the manufacture of Buddhist and Hindu icons together wit...
by Matthew Richards, on 5th of May 2012
Royal Cremation Pyre Dismantled - Bangkok

Our World

Royal Cremation Pyre Dismantled - Bangkok

The elaborate royal cremation pyre at Sanam Luang used for the funeral of HRH Princess Bejaratana, who died at the age of 85, the only child of King Rama VI and a first cousin of HM Kin...
by Matthew Richards, on 5th of May 2012
Thai Monarch Celebrates Coronation Anniversary

Our World

Thai Monarch Celebrates Coronation Anniversary

His Majesty King Bhumipol Adulyadej, the longest reigning monarch in the world, celebrated the 62nd anniversary of his coronation at a royal ceremony held at the Amarindra Vinichaya Thr...
by Matthew Richards, on 5th of May 2012
Red shirt demonstrators return to central Bangkok

Our World

Red shirt demonstrators return to central Bangkok

Red shirt protesters arrived back at the Ratchaprasong junction in central Bangkok. They intend to commemorate the young nurse Kamonkade Akkahad shot dead two years ago by government fo...
by Stephen Ford, on 26th of April 2012
Rapid expansion leads to waste disposal problems in Thailand

Environment

Rapid expansion leads to waste disposal problems in Tha...

Rapid expansion has hindered Thailand in developing appropriate methods of disposing of waste produced by a society that is verging more towards consumer behaviour. The trash is either ...
by Arturo Rodriguez, on 25th of March 2012
Bare-Knuckle kickboxing - Thailand

Sports

Bare-Knuckle kickboxing - Thailand

Bare-knuckle kickboxing with a purse of just 2000 baht (US$65) for the winner, took place in Mae Sot on the Thai side of the border with Myanmar. The rules are brutally simple, the vict...
by Arturo Rodriguez, on 13th of April 2012
Songkran - Thai New Years Festival begins

Our World

Songkran - Thai New Years Festival begins

During the Thai New Years Celabration of Songkran, people line the streets and sit in the back of pick up trucks armed with squirtguns and buckets of water, soaking absolutely everybody...
by Allyse Pulliam, on 14th of April 2012
The joy and tragedy of Thai New Year festivities

Our World

The joy and tragedy of Thai New Year festivities

As the fourth and final day of the Songkran water festival comes to an end, the joyful hysteria of flinging water at whoever may pass you by is tarnished by the tragedy of 210 deaths an...
by Geoff Costley, on 15th of April 2012
People celebrate Songkran - Bangkok

Our World

People celebrate Songkran - Bangkok

As traditional ceremonies of Songkran are being observed in temples around Bangkok, revelers flock to the streets of the capital for the world's biggest water fight. The Thai New Y...
by Jeremy Villasis, on 15th of April 2012
Songkran 2012 - Thai new year

Society

Songkran 2012 - Thai new year

The biggest water fight in the world takes place in the Thai province of Chiang Mai. Thousands of people gather every year mid April to participate in the well known New Years water fig...
by Christos Christidis, on 14th of April 2012
Paying respects to Elders at Thai New Year

Society

Paying respects to Elders at Thai New Year

Songkran water festival heralding the Thai New Year got underway in earnest with families observing the tradition of paying respects to their elders by offering jasmine flowers and scen...
by Matthew Richards, on 13th of April 2012
Colourful Chinese procession honours Mother Goddess - Bangkok

Society

Colourful Chinese procession honours Mother Goddess - B...

The birthday, on 13th April, of the Chinese ‘Mother Goddess’, Jao Mae Tub Tim, was celebrated by a colourful, noisy procession, headed by three lively dancing dragons, through the stree...
by Geoff Costley, on 12th of April 2012
Excitement ahead of Thai Songkran Water Festival

Our World

Excitement ahead of Thai Songkran Water Festival

Rural Thai children in a northeast village are visibly excited at the thought of the forthcoming Songkran water festival that signifies the start of Thailand's New Year.
by Matthew Richards, on 12th of April 2012
Thai New year celebrated early in Nan province

Society

Thai New year celebrated early in Nan province

Thai New year, also named the Songkran festival, starts in Pua, Nan province, Thailand. The official date of the New Year is from 13 till 16 April 2012.
by Frans Poptie, on 12th of April 2012
Mushroom farming in Northeast Thailand

Our World

Mushroom farming in Northeast Thailand

As Thailand bakes in summer temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius, at least one Isaan family are counting their blessings they changed to the much cooler business of mushroom farming...
by Matthew Richards, on 11th of April 2012
Self Sufficiency in a rural Thai Village

Our World

Self Sufficiency in a rural Thai Village

At the age of 78, and having spent his whole life farming rice to feed his family, Grandfather Sompong still makes use of the skills he learnt as a child, making his own brooms and brus...
by Matthew Richards, on 10th of April 2012
Thai's pay their last respects to Princess Bejaratana

Our World

Thai's pay their last respects to Princess Bejaratana

Thai's from all walks of life, isolated from the official state funeral by security forces, flock to pray for the late Princess Bejaratana as her Royal funeral ceremony takes place...
by Stephen Ford, on 9th of April 2012

Reporters

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Looks like the Red shirts

Submitted by Matthew Richards on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 14:36.

Looks like the Red shirts (UDD) will have a huge rally on the 14th March in Bangkok.

It would be great to get an

Submitted by Ed Hadfield on Wed, 07/10/2009 - 11:22.

It would be great to get an update from the PAD rally in Bangkok today - if any one has images?
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I hear authorities are

Submitted by Ed Hadfield on Fri, 18/09/2009 - 11:31.

I hear authorities are gearing up for the protests tomorrow - what's the view like on the streets on Bangkok?

There are reported to be

Submitted by Matthew Richards on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 13:19.

There are reported to be plans for a mass rally at the Royal Plaza on September 19th, marking the 3rd anniversary of the coup which ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.

Wais, as of this afternoon

Submitted by Matthew Richards on Sat, 29/08/2009 - 12:39.

Wais, as of this afternoon the UDD has called off their rally for Sunday 30th. There is talk about it being held on September 5th. I will keep this news updated as soon as I know more. Meanwhile it looks like the Internal Security Act (ISA) will remain in place until Tuesday 1st September. (The ISA only covers a small area of Bangkok, specifically Dusit.)