• TRAVEL

  History at home

  Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 23/09/2021

  » From north and south to east and west, the Fine Arts Department is promoting its website http://www.virtualmuseum.finearts.go.th/index.php/en as a fun virtual learning centre, where future generations can explore more than 40 national museums around the country and trace their origins from home.

• TRAVEL

  Heighten your senses

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/03/2021

  » This time of year is marian plum (mayong chit in Thai) season, so you might see piles of these yellow-orange-coloured oval fruits in fresh markets or supermarkets. However, they are more enjoyable if you are able to taste them fresh in an orchard.

• OPINION

  Pandemic is exposing the gaps in Thai education

  News, Published on 01/05/2020

  » School closures as part of measures to control the spread of Covid-19 pose challenges that will transform the face of Thai education. At present, there are nearly 13 million students stranded at home and 600,000 teachers are unable to teach in their classes.

• OPINION

  Myths and reality of Isan inequality

  News, Published on 12/06/2019

  » For decades, the ethnically and linguistically diverse people of Isan, Thailand, have been the subject of pervasive bias, often described as docile and uneducated, or as "unsophisticated peasants" who can be bought and manipulated by ambitious politicians.

• OPINION

  The paradoxes of Thai education

  News, Published on 16/01/2019

  » Professor Gerald W Fry of the University of Minnesota is an expert academic on the complexity of Thai education for the past seven decades. He is the editor of a new 744-page book, <i>Education in Thailand: An Old Elephant in Search of a New Mahout</i>, that is the equivalent of an encyclopedia of Thai education.

• BUSINESS

  Employment Issues for Thai Companies Doing Business in Laos: Resolving Labour Disputes

  Published on 06/08/2018

  » Lao P.D.R. has long been a high-potential destination for companies from Thailand–the second largest foreign investor in Laos behind China. In the past, companies sometimes faced issues over the uncertain legal framework for resolving labour disputes in Laos. Therefore, the Lao government recently issued the Decree on Labour Dispute Resolution No. 76/GOL (the "Decree"), which precisely defines and clarifies existing mechanisms for labour dispute resolution, covering:

• LIFE

  A land steeped in history

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/05/2018

  » Ketsurang, an archaeologist, miraculously travels back in time from the present day to the reign of the Ayutthaya Kingdom's King Narai the Great (1656-1688). She enjoys the traditional way of life and the beauty of many places in Ayutthaya and Lop Buri.

• OPINION

  Asean needs vocational skills boost -- now

  News, Published on 23/03/2018

  » The wind of change is blowing with a great speed, velocity and intensity. Disruptive technologies, such as the Internet of Things, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), automation and robotics, are no longer science fiction. In fact, these emergent technologies are fast becoming part of our everyday reality, creating profound changes for industries, workers and our daily lives.

• OPINION

  Our teachers need a stern lesson

  News, Published on 05/02/2018

  » It is no surprise that our local news reports on education have usually been replete with how bad the Thai learning system is.

• OPINION

  Learning from the late King Bhumibol

  News, Published on 03/06/2017

  » The passing on Oct 13 last year of the late monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, made 2016 a sad year for Thailand. The country lost a great monarch and the Thai people lost a guiding light.

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