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If you’ve been using the Nutrition Flag as a guide for creating healthy, balanced meals, you may need to adjust your regime.

Sourdough, bread made from nothing more than three ingredients – flour, water and salt – has taken Thailand by storm. Once a rare find, served only at artisan bakeries in the city, this tangy, air-bubble filled bread is now ubiquitous.

The declining number of traditional salt-making activities in the region can be blamed on several factors, chief of which is the decreasing number of farmers who are interested in continuing the industry.

High above Chatuchak Park, a bell cuts through the post-rain humidity. The final climber shifts most of his weight onto the rope, steadying himself against the trunk while placing his boots on a slender branch, all while keeping his footing light and controlled. In this 35-minute championship round, precision outranks speed.

The Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) Foundation will be back in Venice this spring, bringing the exhibition “The Spirits of Maritime Crossing 2026” to Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù from May 9 to August 2.

Forget the hushed silence of wood-paneled libraries. For Gen Z, the act of reading is becoming a high-contact sport, an escape from the “algorithmic aggression” of digital marketing, and a chance to build community in the physical world.

Southeast Asia’s largest design festival returns to the Thai capital this month, shifting its focus from mere aesthetics to a high-stakes mission of urban resilience.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has asked the city council to delay the January 10th enforcement of an ordinance, requiring the microchipping of pets in the capital, for another year, to allow more time for city officials to provide microchipping services to pet owners.

At a time when Thailand is being weighed down by heavy headlines, the opening of Dib Bangkok offers a rare breath of cultural optimism. Opening to the public on December 21, the international contemporary art museum emerges not merely as a new exhibition space, but as a long-term institutional commitment to Thailand’s creative future.

Thai PBS World Feature Desk

What are South Korean visitors to Thailand now taking home other than those souvenirs featuring elephants? The answer is Roti Saimai, a Thai dessert made of very thin roti and sugar floss.

The Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) is currently hosting a historic event: “Catch the Moon | Chatchai Puipia | The Caught Years” (known in Thai as Baan Jub Phra Jan).