Visitors relax in paddle boats at Dusit Zoo, with the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in the background, in Bangkok on Tuesday. (Photo by Patipat Janthong) The Board of Zoological Park Organisation will meet next Tuesday to consider if the 79-year-old Dusit Zoo…

Fine-dining venues dominate the debut of Michelin Guide Bangkok, with 14 restaurants receiving one star and three receiving two stars. Contrary to speculations, only one street-eat venue made the cut – Je Fai, whose famed seafood noodle costs several hundred baht a…

Performances at the Polynesian Cultural Center cover a wide range of cultural and traditional values of Polynesian people. YVONNE BOHWONGPRASERT It is Hawaii’s mesmerising Polynesian heritage, culture and history that makes it one of the most enchanting destinations to visit in the…

If you think you’re going to a national park to celebrate New Year’s with beer and liquor, think again. The National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has vowed to strictly prohibit alcohol drinking at its national parks and threatened to take…

Japanese nurse Mariko Takeuchi, caught smuggling 3.5kg of methamphetamines in 2009, is likely to be the last foreigner hanged under Malaysia’s mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking. (Photo via DeathPenaltyNews blog) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s lower house of Parliament on Thursday passed an…

Officially opened on November 1, X2 (cross-to) Chiang Mai Riverside Resort is located on the bank of the Ping River on a quiet stretch of Charoen Rat Road. Like the other photogenic properties under X2 brand, this new resort too exudes minimal…