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Don't panic: Your essential guide to Thai squat toilets
Khanaphot Saengchai, Published on 14/08/2025
» Visiting Thai public restrooms in destinations like temples or gas stations can sometimes surprise travellers with an unexpected encounter with the traditional squat toilet. This toilet type, despite being challenging for those unaccustomed to squatting, remains the preferred choice for many Thai people.
In Sierra Leone, the people fighting the sea to build a home
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» FREETOWN - Off a path in Cockle Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, lies the squat, tin-roofed house where Lamrana Bah lives and works.
Naras denies VIPs can party in prison
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/07/2019
» Corrections Department director-general Naras Savestanan yesterday strongly denied that Bangkok Remand Prison provides preferential treatment to some VIP detainees.
Women's fight for toilets in rural Pakistan
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» BASTI AMEERWALA (PAKISTAN) - For as long as she can remember, Ayeesha Siddiqua has fought her male relatives for access to toilets -- but a sanitation drive by new premier Imran Khan could make life easier for women in patriarchal Pakistan.
Japan working to convert squat toilets to Western-style
Published on 28/01/2018
» TOKYO: Japan has been working to convert its traditional squat toilets in public places to Western-style sitting ones amid the influx of foreign tourists who are not familiar with the Japanese style.
Setting sail
Guru, Nimarta Narang, Published on 10/11/2017
» Bangkok has its charms, and there have been plenty of people enticed by this city. Yuval Schwok is one of them. Having grown up in Paris with a liberal Jewish background, Yuval always had a strong desire to travel and seek adventure. He accidentally arrived in Bangkok 14 years ago, and never quite left as he has now lived here for 12 years. It is quite fitting then that his first project was called The Overstay — a hostel, music venue and creative space all in one offering more than a place to stay for travellers and visitors. But for the past three years, Yuval has also been developing a new project called Bangkok Island, a boat that is set to be a prime venue for music and art. He hopes for it to not be like any other boat cruise, but rather a destination for artists and live music. We had a chat with The Overstay's founder about his new project, the challenges he has encountered and his take on the event scene in Bangkok.
Thai prisons: Fall far short of world standards
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/03/2017
» Thais most likely to land in jail on minor drug charges, get stuffed into crowded cell, work for 8 baht a day with guards abusing them.
Rights group says Thai prisons fall short of world standards
Published on 28/02/2017
» Thai prisons fail to meet international standards, with inmates routinely shackled, stuffed into overcrowded cells and forced to work in harsh conditions, an international human rights group said Tuesday.
Small price for bliss, Dumped, S-bend blues
News, Mae Moo, Published on 15/01/2017
» Celebrity DJ Wichian "Petjah" Kusolmanomai is preparing a spectacular wedding for his long-term girlfriend, actress Hansa "Newclear" Jungviwattanawong, but denies it goes over the top.
Haunted hospital weaves tale that's distinctly Thai
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 19/10/2016
» Earlier in September, Japanese video-game fans enjoyed the Tokyo Game Show 2016, known as the biggest consumer game show in the country, where thousands of games both well-known and obscure are showcased on the convention floor for thousands of attendees to see. Among the thousands of game developers there were Thai company MAD VR Studio, who was there to showcase their first game, a horror game set in a Thai hospital, Araya.