Until very recently, these chaotic scenes weren’t unfolding behind steel mesh but across downtown Lopburi, a Thai town ... linked to a monkey character who protects the King in the legends ...

These never-seen-before photos show Angelina Jolie getting tattooed by a Thai ex-monk. Famed tattoo artist Ajarn Noo Kanpai was flown from Bangkok to Siem Reap in Cambodia, where she was filming.

For thousands of years, Thai culture has cherished the spiritual powers of sak yants, mystical tattoos inked by Buddhist monks and masters of magic. Thailand’s warrior king, Naresuan the Great ...