A first-year student at a renowned university in Bangkok has tragically died, police said, after she fell from a faculty building yesterday evening. The 18-year-old girl lost her life after falling from a 14-story building at a university in Sukhumvit. Her body was found on the ground floor at around 6:50pm by a maintenance staff…https://ouo.io/HoiM4E

Fancy celebrating Loy Krathong without the use of actual krathongs due to environmental concerns? Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has invited the public to join in on the digital Loy Krathong celebration at the Khlong Ong Ang Walking Street this evening in an effort to minimize waste. How does this work? Well, there is no need…https://ouo.io/yAVDipV

Those wishing to take part in Loy Krathong festivities can refer to the BTS skytrain’s list of recommended stations for easy travel in the city. Krathongs are lit up and float away throughout the nation during the Loy Krathong festival, which kicked off Saturday and will run until tomorrow. Locals and foreigners alike may celebrate…https://ouo.io/yhV0Ah

Seven anime film classics by Studio Ghibli will be showing at select branches of SF Cinema for two weekends. Starting tomorrow, you can watch the highly acclaimed movies by the Japanese animation giants on the big screen. On the schedule are Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbour Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Porco…https://ouo.io/3Pal31

Former prime minister and defense minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his wife’s total assets amount to THB130 million, as revealed in a report by the National Anti-Corruption Commission today. The former PM, who gave himself absolute power in the country, was found to share assets with his wife totaling THB130,191,162, with an increase of THB1.5 million…https://ouo.io/KOSW44

Eight suspects were arrested by police in connection with a fateful shooting that killed a vocational student and a schoolteacher in Khlong Toei. Police managed to identify and obtain arrest warrants yesterday for five suspects believed to be connected to the shooting that killed 19-year-old Thanasorn Hongsawat and 45-year-old Sirada Sinprasert on Nov. 11 near…https://ouo.io/ZeZw0L

There’s a new cocktail bar in town that launched last weekend and it’s funky. In a good way. F*nkytown (with an asterisk where the letter ‘u’ should be), is a new cocktail bar concept courtesy of the sandwich folks at Sarnies, hidden at the top of the bakery and café’s Sukhumvit 37 branch. Just walk…https://ouo.io/RHhefi2

This Saturday (Nov 25), the highly-popular FuckUp Night is coming to Bangkok’s Public House from 6pm onwards. The global event series sees industry leaders of all kinds share stories of past failures to a room of onlookers—presumably to help normalize life failures as things to be overcome.  FuckUp Nights already host events in over 300…https://ouo.io/xfNzjQ

A university student who was the target of a shooting by vocational school students last week has tragically passed away. Thanasorn “Yod” Hongsawat, 19, succumbed to his injuries yesterday evening after he was shot by two assailants on Sunthonkosa road, Klong Toei on Nov. 11 in what was believed to be motivated by an inter-school…https://ouo.io/vOdI34U

Thai Twitter was spellbound when Anntonia Porsild, Thailand’s representative, walked onstage today for the “National Costume” competition in the Miss Universe pageant. Porsild, who was crowned Miss Universe Thailand in August and went on to represent Thailand in the Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador this week, showcased her remarkable “Goddess of Ayutthaya” costume, which…https://ouo.io/Pyc4gNB