Songkran celebrations have yet to officially begin, but the bad behavior has already begun. More than 300 people were given probation yesterday in the run-up to the Thai New Year, when vehicular recklessness and road deaths run high.  Probation department chief Weerakit Hanpariphan announced today that court-ordered punishment came as many people had already begun…https://ouo.io/SLh1kg

South Korean singer-songwriter Hojean announced this morning he will bring his bedroom pop sounds to Bangkok’s Lido Connect venue next month. Hojean, aka Justin Yi, will make fans reach inside themselves and pour out their feelings to his emotional love songs on May 30 as part of his To Cherie, With Love! Asia tour. Advanced…https://ouo.io/oTPkOE

As everyone heads out to celebrate the Seven Deadly Days of Death (formerly known as Songkran) on the road, the government will again ease their way by waiving tolls on key expressways and intra-provincial motorways during the holidays. While reporters prepare to spend the holidays publishing grim tallies of the dead, the Highways Department joined…https://ouo.io/t273ewj

Next to the Shanghai Mansion hotel, where people listen to loud Ed Sheeran covers at one end of busy Yaowarat Road, a much quieter alley leads to two weed shops illuminated by Chinese lanterns. From one called Danq, blazed tourists walk out after smoking joints and playing video games. Back on Yaowarat, a new dispensary…https://ouo.io/ZZhou2

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Thirty-seven months before weed was decriminalized in Thailand, advocacy group Highland opened its first cafe in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao area. It looked a lot like a dispensary, but no weed was sold. Not until the morning of June 9, 2022, when a long line gathered to shop from its well-stocked shelves. Highland was among the…https://ouo.io/U21g8d

“Explore a city. Pin a toilet. Be a hero.” That’s the pitch that greets users who download “Khee,” an app available starting today that lets people pin locations of their favorite public toilets.  It’s something everyone has experienced. You’re out in the city when suddenly nature calls. What to do?  Khee (“shit”) helps you crowd-source…https://ouo.io/WCEG8A

I found the workshop down a narrow soi in Bangkok’s old town. Several large sacks of plastic bottle caps, carefully sorted by color, sat by the entrance. Machines filled the rest of the shed.  Small and hand-operated, the machinery was there to be fed. I pressed a green button, and hungry teeth rotated rapidly at…https://ouo.io/nCQMaP

Irish rock band Kodaline is returning to Bangkok, following the band’s announcement it would embark on an Asia tour in September. The show will take place Sept. 16 at Impact Exhibition Hall 5, marking the second time the group, known for singles such as All I Want, High Hopes, and Brother, will perform in Bangkok.…https://ouo.io/h0ipQA

One of Thonglor’s pioneering cocktail speakeasies has launched a new cocktail menu for the first time in seven years. Rabbit Hole’s new menu features 26 new drinks based on the English alphabet that were created by the Rabbit Hole team, led by Supawait “Palm” Muttarattana (formerly Vesper, Backstage, to name a few), and Noppasate “Depp”…https://ouo.io/fN4hyO