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Bangkok

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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...

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...
12/04/2012 - Colourful Chinese procession honours Mother Goddess - Bangkok - Thailand - The birthday, on 13th April, of the...

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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
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
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
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
Lightningbolt strikes Bangkok as Bejaratana funeral ceremony begins

Our World

Lightningbolt strikes Bangkok as Bejaratana funeral cer...

A massive thunderstorm hits Bangkok as the three day state funeral ceremony starts for HRH Princess Bejaratana of Thailand. Her Royal Highness was the only daughter of HRH King Vajiravu...
by Stephen Ford, on 8th of April 2012
The sculptures of Benjasiri Park - Bangkok

Our World

The sculptures of Benjasiri Park - Bangkok

An array of dramatic sculptures adorns Benjasiri Park, one of Bangkok’s many tranquil, idyllic green spaces. The sculptures were commissioned from Thai artists in 1992 when the park was...
by Geoff Costley, on 3rd of April 2012
Thailand, Canada to explore free trade‎

Politics

Thailand, Canada to explore free trade‎

Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government's record on free trade deals Friday after announcing the first step towards such an agreement with Thailand.
by palrak raksaphol, on 23rd of March 2012
22,600 monks in alms-giving ceremony - Bangkok

Society

22,600 monks in alms-giving ceremony - Bangkok

To mark the 2,600th anniversary of Lord Buddha's Enlightenment, a vast gathering of monks at Ratchaprasong Intersection received alms in a two-hour early morning ceremony. Donation...
by Geoff Costley, on 18th of March 2012
22,600 monks in alms-giving ceremony - Bangkok

Society

22,600 monks in alms-giving ceremony - Bangkok

To mark the 2,600th anniversary of Lord Buddha's Enlightenment, a vast gathering of monks at Ratchaprasong Intersection received alms in a two-hour early morning ceremony. Donation...
by Geoff Costley, on 18th of March 2012
The Songkran festival on Khao San road

Our World

The Songkran festival on Khao San road

Thai people celebrated the annual Songkran water festival, which heralds the start of the Thai New Year, by soaking each other with water on Khao San road in Bangkok, a street popular w...
by Alexander Widding, on 14th of April 2011
Thai Songkran Water Festival

Our World

Thai Songkran Water Festival

Thai people celebrated the annual Songkran water festival, which heralds the start of the Thai New Year, by soaking each other with water on Silom road in Bangkok.
by Alexander Widding, on 13th of April 2011
Buddhists celebrate Magha Puja day on the third full moon - Bangkok

Society

Buddhists celebrate Magha Puja day on the third full mo...

On the full moon of the third lunar month Buddhists celebrate one of the holiest of Buddhist holidays. The day 2,500 years ago that Buddha gave his principles of Buddhism, to cease from...
by Steve Storey, on 7th of March 2012
Homeless Thai mother and daughter beg in sweltering heat - Bangkok

Our World

Homeless Thai mother and daughter beg in sweltering hea...

A four-year-old Thai girl stares blankly while sitting next to her mother as she begs for money in inner Bangkok. A local newspaper reported that homelessness in the country rose 4.2 pe...
by tylerlmain, on 18th of February 2012

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