Once a bustling capital of Siam, Ayutthaya is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city boasts of several temples and ruins ...

Shot on 35 mm black-and-white film, The King of the White Elephant was produced in 1940 by Pridi Banomyong, a prominent Thai political figure who, on the eve of global conflict, intended the ...

Sound like you? You may be a contender for a "detour destination". Last year, Expedia found that 63 percent of its users were ...

Calling Thailand the Land of Smiles might seem like setting the bar a little high, but after spending three weeks there, I ...

Welcome to Bangkok Noi, home to city’s latest ‘it-temple’, Wat Suwannaram, and its magnificent murals, as featured in The ...

As 1,200 drones painted Bangkok's night sky on Saturday by forming iconic Thai patterns, including a giant water ...

Ayutthaya is drawing large crowds of both local and international visitors with its vibrant “Songkran Water Fun with ...

Thailand’s capital boasts what is one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. We examine its growth from the late 1700s to ...

Ayodhya in India and Ayutthaya in Thailand may be thousands of kilometres apart, but both are connected by one powerful figure Lord Rama.

Thonburi was the capital of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya till 1782. King Rama I, then newly enthroned, moved the capital to Bangkok, on the other bank of the Chao Phraya. The City-Pillar stakes were ...

It was named Ayutthaya, after the city of Ayodhya, the birth place of Rama, in India. In fact, the king of Thailand personifies ideal virtues, as portrayed in the character of Rama. The king’s ...

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