Thailand

In Thailand, facial fillers and Botox are some of the most common cosmetic procedures, but an unregulated market is leaving patients disfigured.

Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal advocates for democracy in Thailand and countries where he believes the Chinese government threatens people’s human rights and freedom.

2021 was not kidding around. Thai PM was challenged to a Muay Thai fight, hundreds of Indian street vendors were found to be secret millionaires and a female monkey shatters the glass ceiling in a Japanese zoo.

Former sex abuse survivor, Nalinrat, speaks to VICE World News about her own experience in Thailand’s school system.

In August 2019, Thailand became one of the first countries in Asia to legalize medical cannabis. But some patients in need of cannabis medication still turn away from this legal channel, and go underground for stronger doses to treat their condition.

Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a social media influencer and a fierce critic of the establishment. VICE World News speaks to him to find out why he challenges the most revered institutions in Thai society.

In this episode of “Rainbow Guide to Life” VICE World News takes a look at what life is like for gay monks in Thailand’s Buddhist monasteries.

Cultural anthropologist, Edoardo Siani, explains a world of symbolism and divine astrology that runs beneath the surface of Bangkok’s protest movement.

For the first time in Afghanistan's history, its men and women’s teams are training to qualify for the Summer Paralympics, to be held in Tokyo in 2021.

Two seasons in, Drag Race Thailand has catapulted the art form into mainstream consciousness across the region. In this doc, we explore what it takes to find family in the drag scene in Bangkok and meet many veterans and up and coming stars.

Two seasons in, Drag Race Thailand has catapulted the art form into mainstream consciousness across the region. In this doc, we explore what it takes to find family in the drag scene in Bangkok and meet many veterans and up and coming stars.

Thai PM leaves cardboard cutout to take questions from the press