Polls will close at 5pm on Sunday, and while the Election Commission has promised to release unofficial results that night, don’t expect to know the final outcome for weeks. While various media outlets will provide live coverage from the Government Complex on Chaeng Wattana Road, people can find the real-time data for themselves at the…https://ouo.io/uGkPe1

The K-pop music label behind Blackpink announced that what is shaping up to be its next chart-busting group, BabyMonster, features two Thai members. Putting a Thai artist at the fore helped make YG Entertainment’s Blackpink the No. 2 K-pop group in the world, so for its next act, the label is doubling down with Two…https://ouo.io/mO1Ndf

A greybeard of late-20th century comedy and High Minister of Silly Walks is coming to Bangkok, for real this time. Over a year after canceling a planned show due to the pandemic, actor and writer John Cleese, a founding member of ground-breaking British comedy team Monty Python, will take the stage in July, according to…https://ouo.io/5hg5cts

A hip-hop group known for hard-hitting verses today put out a new song skewering the state of Thai politics and expressing hope for the coming election.  Garnering more than 290,000 views in two days on YouTube, Only I Decide (rough translation) by Rap Against Dictatorship depicts the rappers as candidates encouraging the younger generation to…https://ouo.io/wPEmgX

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday evening shrugged off questions about how he felt about the return of Thaksin Shinawatra – and whether the two were already talking. After the fugitive former guy ousted by the military in 2006 made waves Tuesday by declaring he would return within weeks to be with family, Prayuth did his…https://ouo.io/C2RSZvc

Wonderers yearning to return to the fields will have a very limited time to do so this year as the festival announced last night that tickets for its December return will only go on sale for three days. Like last year’s event, the large music and lifestyle fest will take place mid-December at Pattaya’s Siam…https://ouo.io/M9DdQc

Days before an election that could finally end nine years in power for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a prankster tricked him into signing his name into a notebook that, by anime rules, could mean a heart attack for the 69-year-old retired general. In a cheeky maneuver that has gone viral on TikTok, Sutthisak Panalee presented…https://ouo.io/wrw0ZO

Feeling the Monday blues? Head for some good roasts to get a leg up on the week. Here are 10 cafes which take their coffee beans seriously enough to ensure all have a good cuppa. Brave Roasters Starting out in 2013 as a simple roasting-only operation, Brave Roasters has exploded into one of the city’s…https://ouo.io/By4vWPE

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A bovine beer purveyor is even heftier today with a new location in northwest metro Bangkok. The Fat Cow Ratchaphruek has opened at Robinson Lifestyle Ratchaphruek, located northwest of Koh Kret, and has special offers for a limited time. That means THB90 beers and get 10% off the bill. Expect to find the signature burgers…https://ouo.io/ehEvpMp