The True Thai New Year

The True Thai New Year

Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival. It is a celebration that embraces goodwill, love, compassion. and thankfulness, using water as the means of expression. The word Songkran derives from Sanskrit and means to move or step forward. Songkran takes place...
Sandwiched Between Powers

Sandwiched Between Powers

In the late 19th Century, France and Great Britain had Siam surrounded from Burma (Myanmar) to the West and French Indochina to the West (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). To the south was British Malaya (Malaysia). An eleven-week war with France in 1893 and considerable...
COVID-19 and Way Towards Green Recovery

COVID-19 and Way Towards Green Recovery

The year 2020 has been exceptional in many ways. The Covid-19 pandemic is changing the way we work and interact with each other. The expectation is that there is no return to the pre-Covid-19 world. We have to adapt, learn new ways to live, work, and do business. It...
Thailand’s Hidden Problem

Thailand’s Hidden Problem

The economic distress caused by the pandemic is leaving more and more Thais behind. The number of homeless, unemployed, and mentally ill has been increasing since early last year. Surprisingly, suicide ranks second among the non-natural causes of death in the country...