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Bangkok bars battle to beat booze ban battering
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» BANGKOK: As gin bottles gather dust, a Bangkok bar owner is trying to keep his joint going through a Covid booze ban with fruity mocktails seasoned with kratom, a recently decriminalised tropical herb.
Plastic microparticles threaten unique Galapagos fauna
AFP, Published on 22/03/2019
» GALAPAGOS, Ecuador: Armed only with gloves and large sacks, park rangers and volunteers are battling the scourge of plastic waste blighting the idyllic Galapagos Islands and their unique creatures.
Spray-can satire creates headache for junta
AFP, Published on 24/09/2018
» Thailand's junta chief caricatured as a "lucky cat" with a paw raised to rake in money, or his face crossed out by a thick, red line -- daring graffiti is cropping up across Bangkok as the city's walls become a canvas for rare political scorn.
Boxing orangutans aside, Thais warm to animal rights
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» Boxing gloves raised, two orangutans enter a ring at a Bangkok zoo, a spectacle that fascinates locals and foreigners alike but sits increasingly at odds in a nation slowly embracing animal welfare.