Youth for Youth: YALPI in Thailand
BANGKOK -
100 young people from all over ASEAN and Asia spent their weekends in
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand thinking of the best possible ways to
improve ASEAN...
Thailand’s Inequality: Unpacking the Myths and Reality of Isan
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...
Take me to Patpong: The forgotten women of Thailand
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...
Searching for the perfect grad school
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 Voices Program: Global Space for Youth Empowerment
Young people matter. Not just because they can be powerful constituencies to recruit or consumers to develop. They matter in their own right and...
Can disruption empower youth in politics? Interview with Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports Syed Saddiq
Bangkok – On a hectic Wednesday night, I rushed to the heart of Bangkok for an event hosted by Oxford Foundation and Talk Foundation....
Letter to heaven: An eulogy to Luang Poo Boonyarith Bundito
Everyone knows him as a great monk who was an exceptional teacher of meditation. From the royal family to a layman, Luangpoo Boonyarith Bundito...
Improving Vocational Education in Thailand: An interview with Khunying Sumonta Promboon
Bangkok – When robots are advancing and industries are playing catch up to technological advancement, vocational education plays a pivotal role in national development....
Seven Years of UNITE Thailand: Freedom to be Free
BANGKOK – During the peak of Thailand’s political warfare between the Red and Yellow shirts, I was a graduate student at Teachers College, Columbia...
What are the causes of the current calamity in Laos? An Interview with Dr. Lia Genovese
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...