About three days ago my wife returned from work and told me that many of her colleagues are boycotting taxis for two reasons - to economise, and to punish taxi drivers for their involvement in the recent troubles.
The sharp decline in visitors to Thailand after the recent troubles has caused a marked decline in service charges and gratuities [...]
The weather has definitely changed, with some pretty heavy thunderstorms in the last few days.
Along with the rain has come an upsurge of demonstrations by the Red Shirts and an accompanying sharp increase in the number of column centimeters dedicated to local politics in the Bangkok Post.
There is still this endless debate about the legitimacy of the [...]
Sanitsuda Ekachai writes an interesting Commentary in today’s Bangkok Post.
For an interminable period now, much has been written about Thai society, politics and the subversion of democracy here. A lot of it has been pure criticism, without any attempt at understanding the underlying causes.
In this short, incisive article, Sanitsuda lays bare what ails Thai society.
Some [...]
