Thailand became the only Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage. Tourism experts predict an LGBTQ+ boon.

People in Bangkok, Thailand, gathered at the Leng Noei Yi temple, also known as the Dragon Lotus Temple, on Tuesday to celebrate the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Chinese Lunar New Year also ...

Except it wasn't. "It was not easy," says Ms Waaddao, who organises Bangkok Pride March. The first Pride march in Thailand took place only 25 years ago. Back then it was hard to get approval from ...

More than a thousand LGBTQ couples across Thailand will marry as same-sex unions become legal One of today's biggest events is happening at a luxury mall in central Bangkok, where more than 100 ...

Thailand remains an outlier in Asia in recognising marriage equality - only Nepal and Taiwan have legalised same-sex unions. It's one reason why Aki Uryu, who is Japanese, moved to Bangkok to be ...

The government led by the Pheu Thai party made marriage equality one of its main goals. It made a major effort to identify itself with the annual Bangkok Pride parade in June, in which thousands ...

To really get to know a culture, many like to do something hands-on. These Thai cooking classes in Bangkok will have you take the knowledge and their recipes home to impress anyone. There’s a lot ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jakrapob Penkair, right, 57, former Prime Minister’s Office minister, and Supraipon Chuaychoo, 44, tourism ...

They are all being held in the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in central Bangkok, which houses most of those charged with immigration violations in Thailand. Some are there only briefly ...

and wish to engage in business activities in Thailand may apply for a change of type of visa (e.g., from Tourist Visa to Non-Immigrant Visa) at the Immigration Bureau Office in Bangkok ...

The Coldplay frontman and his longtime love visited Mumbai's Babulnath Temple before the band played its first-ever stadium show in India Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

For all the jokes about The Book of Mormon and temple garments, this unsettling and visceral reminder of man’s inhumanity to man is all too contemporary.