Tonight Thailand sits on the edge. After weeks of small-scale pro-democracy rallies throughout the country, a mass march and the surrounding of Government House by red-shirted pro-democracy protesters, and nightly video calls from deposed prime […]
While many visitors to Thailand are impressed by the kingdoms magnificent beaches, an equal number spend their holidays exploring Thailand’s extensive historic sites, which includes four Unescso World Heritage listed sites. With a history dating […]
Founded in 1782 by the first monarch of the present-day Chakri dynasty, Bangkok, or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon as it is known in Thai, has grown to be one of the great metropolises of the […]
In August 2007 I wrote Death of maid in Malaysia highlights endemic foreign worker abuse which chronicled the widespread abuse of domestic foreign workers (commonly referred to as maids) by Malaysian employers. The story focused […]
If it is true that elephants never forget then elephants in Thailand should be starting to get excited as the annual elephants birthday celebrations draw closer and closer. Originally the backbone of the Thai military […]
Less than three months after thousands of yellow-shirted anti-government protesters seized Thailand’s main international airport stranding hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists, protesters are again on the streets of Bangkok. More than 10,000 red-shirted pro-democracy […]
It occasionally comes as somewhat of a surprise that when some people discover the term “search engine optimisation” (SEO) that all rationale and logic to what otherwise might be a sound business strategy flies out […]