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...
One of the perks of going abroad and studying in many schools is that I have friends from many nationalities, backgrounds and interests, the privilege to...
I was fresh off the boat a graduate from Thammasat University in Thailand. I was young, energetic and enthusiastic and at that point, I wanted nothing...
Young people matter. Not just because they can be powerful constituencies to recruit or consumers to develop. They matter in their own right and their growth...
Bangkok – On a hectic Wednesday night, I rushed to the heart of Bangkok for an event hosted by Oxford Foundation and Talk Foundation. The audiences...
Everyone knows him as a great monk who was an exceptional teacher of meditation. From the royal family to a layman, Luangpoo Boonyarith Bundito was well...
Bangkok – When robots are advancing and industries are playing catch up to technological advancement, vocational education plays a pivotal role in national development. Instead of...
BANGKOK – During the peak of Thailand’s political warfare between the Red and Yellow shirts, I was a graduate student at Teachers College, Columbia University pursuing...
The Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower project is financed by companies from South Korea (SK Engineering and Korea Western Power), Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding and...
Traditional classrooms in ASEAN countries are exceptional for turning out high-performing students, well-skilled in memorization, recitation, and deference to seniority, an approach some say doesn’t equip...
Last week, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) was taken aback by more than a surprise. Just when it was...
The ongoing Turkish military incursion in northeast Syria could unintentionally lead to the release of scores of people associated with...
Since the beginning of clashes in Syria, Turkey has aimed at annexing the left bank of the Euphrates up to...
A series of revolutions swept through the Arab region. The first torch was from Tunisia when protester Mohamed Bouazizi burned...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been crowned the winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for “his efforts to...
In line with a global downward trend, growth in South Asia is projected to slow to 5.9 percent in 2019,...
In the post Cold War era, the US changed its policies, shifted its priorities and viewing China’s economic emergence as...