Tag: Way of Life

When I first moved to Chiang Rai in the early 80s, the city's cultural events consisted of parades blaring international and Thai pop tunes carrying along beauty

Meanwhile, back in the Korean DMZ (demilitarised zone), the threat of war buzzes on as Kim Jong-Il and his propaganda machine threaten to annihilate the south and

"Taiwan was fun, but not exactly the greatest place to live," said Jay. "So in 2005 I said, hey, let's go to Thailand!"

Seaton ended the talk by saying that the struggle for clear language is up there with the struggle for clear water. A poignant end to a talk which resonated with

"I have no children and no family," the twice-divorced artist explained, "and I'm not young. I had so much art just lying around, getting mouldy. It needed a house,

This story, though, is not one about Thailand's decidedly emergent middle class. It is, rather, the story of the foundation upon which that middle-class rests,

In two years we are going to be flooded when ASEAN finally opens its borders. Our facilities are inadequate, as are our personnel. It is going to be a mess.

At last, Myo was sent home, though not before one last brutality. He was made to drink poisonous liquid mercury dissolved in water.

“Finding the right people and things you are looking for can often be difficult in Chiang Mai,” Venzky-Stalling told me. “There’s a huge network out there,

A presentation of Chavoret Jaruboon, the last Thai gun executioner

In addition, COPE seeks to raise awareness of both the availability of their services and the chilling reasons behind why the work they do is so necessary.

Well, that's all, folks. I'd like to thank you for reading the columns, for the hate-mail, the waves of indifference, support and encouragement.