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One Night In Bangkok: Bed Supperclub And Pina Bausch…He wouldn’t go into details, but insisted that it would be an experience like no other on my trip. The Lonely Planet’s description was equally vague, something along the lines of “Bed Supperclub is like breakfast in bed, but without the breakfast or the beds.” When we [...]

Pattaya, a gamey city south of Bangkok, recently made the world press again when photos were flashed around the world showing three suspected Iranian bombers cavorting with prostitutes in the resort city. They later managed to blow up their rented house in Bangkok and one of the three blew off his own legs trying [...]

Ex-Massage Parlor Tycoon Rubs Away Thailand’s Police ChiefBy Richard S. EhrlichSeptember 19, 2011BANGKOK, Thailand — When voters recently elected a crude, joke-cracking, former massage parlor tycoon to parliament, no one expected him to immediately unleash a video sting against Thailand’s biggest illegal casino, and topple the country’s chief [...]

Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the Phue Thai Party, waves to her supporters after a press conference at party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichkorn)BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s election winner moved quickly Monday to shore up her party’s already-resounding victory, forming a ruling coalition with four smaller parties and vowing to [...]

BANGKOK — Thailand’s election winner moved quickly Monday to shore up her party’s already-resounding victory, forming a ruling coalition with four smaller parties and vowing to pursue national reconciliation after five years of instability and political violence over the military coup that ousted her brother.…The 2006 military coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra sharply polarized [...]

BANGKOK—Thailand’s election winner moved quickly Monday to shore up her party’s already-resounding victory, forming a ruling coalition with four smaller parties and vowing to pursue national reconciliation after five years of instability and political violence over the military coup that ousted her brother.Yingluck Shinawatra, who will become Thailand’s first female prime minister, said her priority [...]

… More Images »  Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, greets supporters in the rain during final campaigning efforts for the ruling Democrat Party in Bangkok on Friday. Big rallies in Bangkok marked a final push by candidates in a national election on Sunday aimed at resolving Thailand’s sometimes violent six-year political crisis but which [...]

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 to lead the country’s fight against corruption.
And in his quest to win a parliament seat in elections Sunday, the 49-year-old one-time massage parlor [...]

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 to lead the country’s fight against corruption.And in his quest to win a parliament seat in elections Sunday, the 49-year-old one-time massage parlor king [...]

And in his quest to win a parliament seat in elections Sunday, the 49-year-old one-time massage parlor king is betting a public tired of divisive, hypocritical leaders will agree.
See the full article from “Forbes”