You’ve read the stories. You’ve seen the pictures. You know what can go wrong when a four-meter python crawls out of your ...

A karaoke bar owner has found himself behind bars after the 20kg sacks that he brought back from India turned out not to contain the spice that he had declared, but instead ketamine. The incident ...

“We don’t want our brothers and sisters in other parts of the country to face the impacts we have been facing,” says Thanawan Kainok, addressing a panel discussion on the ‘Past, Present and Future of ...

Several people were reportedly injured at the much-hyped Pop Mart grand opening in Central World yesterday due to large crowds and what bystanders say was poor queue management. The opening marked the ...

While the explosion of cannabis dispensaries across Bangkok and generally all of Thailand has been obvious (to say the least), a new Thai brand is focusing on an oft-overlooked product category: CBD ...

The suspected crimes of Sararat “Am Cyanide” Rangsiwuthaporn, now accused of murdering 14 people with poison, are unusual not just only because the suspect is a woman and pregnant, but also because ...

In the glamorous world of fashion, where beauty takes center stage, Shikin Gomez, a 31-year-old Malaysian model, is making waves and breaking barriers. With her striking features and a unique blend of ...

Last year, we wrote a story about a Russian yogi who shot to infamy after posing naked by a sacred 700-year-old kayu putih (weeping paperbark) tree in Tabanan. Twenty-eight-year-old Alina Fazleeva ...

When the public health official who gave Thailand legal weed promoted a heavy-handed crackdown on electronic cigarettes this week, one couldn’t be blamed for asking: Just what was he smoking? After ...

It was nearly 40 years after Trin Pattanaweroj realized he had been born in the wrong body for him to be able to do something about it. And then, it took years of savings plus a large severance check ...

Whether you’re hankering for a place to pass the time amid Manila’s rush hour traffic, or simply a joint to unwind with some friends, there is no shortage of bars in the city that serve meticulously ...

Eraserheads, arguably one of most influential bands in the history of the Philippines, made headlines recently when they announced they would be reuniting for a one-night-only concert this December.