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Thailand’s massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit (C) poses in a jacuzzi inside Copa Cabana, one of his six upscale entertainment clubs
in Bangkok on August 2, 2003. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)…But that’s all in the past, Chuvit says. He has sold his old businesses and bristles at questions about his former endeavors, maintaining that he wants [...]
In this June 21, 2011 photo, Chuwit Kamolvisit waves to his supporters during an election campaign for his Rak Thailand Party in Bangkok. (Photo: AP)BANGKOK — As the super-pimp who once ran Thailand’s biggest brothel empire and then exposed the police kickbacks he had to pay for it to flourish, Chuvit Kamolvisit feels uniquely qualified [...]
… There are no discrimination laws here against gay people, so a young gay Thai may feel like, ‘My life is free, I can do anything I want,’ when in reality, most gay people here live a double life, both with a straight male identity and with a gay identity,” said Narupon Duangwises, a cultural [...]
My initial dislike of Bangkok started quickly after my flight from Seoul, South Korea. I had just arrived in Thailand for my first time, and was obviously very excited. I had the luck of running into a couple of other Canadians, both from Calgary, on my flight. We all cleared customs together, found our bags [...]
LOVE cheat Tiger Woods came last in a foursome yesterday – in the world’s sex tourism capital Bangkok.The golf ace has struggled to rediscover his form, which flopped after his marriage collapsed.Tiger, who has not won a single title since details of his string of affairs emerged, played in a four-man competition at the Amata [...]
Searching for male strippers in Bangkok…So there I was, without a lead. This story seemed to be headed nowhere fast. Until a gay friend tells me there is a beach in Jomtien outside of Pattaya about an hour and a half away from Bangkok where women can hire male strippers to dance at their chosen [...]
Can Bangkok’s former “Brothel King” bring political tension to a happy ending?…Playing godfather to a brothel empire may seem an odd springboard to becoming an anti-corruption crusader. But any Thai living in Bangkok can recount Chuvit’s path to fame, chronicled in soap opera detail by the Thai press.In the early 2000s, Chuvit began publicly accusing [...]
Thai police sought yesterday to push back anti-government “Red Shirts” from a confrontation zone in Bangkok after deadly grenade attacks further stoked tensions in the long-running political standoff.Hundreds of riot police, unarmed but carrying shields and batons, moved on the heavily fortified barricades which form the front line of the Reds’ vast encampment that has [...]
Five grenades exploded in the heart of Bangkok’s business district on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding 75 as rival groups of protesters demonstrated and insulted each another across a makeshift barricade.The conflict has its roots in social divisions between the mostly poor and rural red shirts and an urban middle class [...]
Behind the Thai red-shirts’ carnival, a dark edge emergesBy Tim Johnston in Bangkok Published: April 24 2010 03:00 | Last updated: April 24 2010 03:00Behind barricades of tyres and sharpened bamboo staves that surround their four-block bastion in central Bangkok, Thailand’s red-shirted protesters have built a parallel community in their own image.The food is [...]