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Bangkok nightlife silenced as partial lockdown imposed

January 03, 2021 5:00 AM

BANGKOK • Bangkok's nightlife went quiet yesterday as a ban on bars, nightclubs and restaurant alcohol sales took effect, among a raft of restrictions aimed at curbing the country's rising corona-virus toll.

Party capital grapples with divided fortunes

September 06, 2020 5:00 AM

It is 10.30pm on a Tuesday night and the bar tables at Bangkok's Sugar Club are filling up. As the deejay turns up the volume, two women in bikinis and face shields stride on stage. Strangers flirt.

Hit by Covid-19 pandemic, Bangkok nightlife pivots to local customers

September 05, 2020 12:45 PM

BANGKOK - It's 10.30pm on a Tuesday night and the bar tables at Bangkok's Sugar Club are filling up. As the deejay turns up the volume and laser beams quiver overhead, two women in bikinis and face shields stride on stage. Strangers flirt.

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