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Opinion: Abolishing the Senate is a new minimum for constitutional reform
The 2017 Constitution allowed the return of the same Prime Minister as the one that had instigated a military coup five years before prompting...
A tale of a mythical, lost kingdom and the Tais from China
What can the architecture of a house tell you?One could take a quick glance at this quaint wooden house and conclude that it is...
The myth of Lanna, its history and trying to reconstruct the past
The entrance to Tha Pae Gate sits along the moat surrounding the inner town of Chiang Mai, the capital city of northern Thailand. Once...
Student protests in Southeast Asia have brought down dictators before: What Thailand’s students can learn
The ground
seems to be moving beneath our feet. Across the nation, protests have spread
like wildfire. Many have been led under the ‘Free Youth’ or...
The history of the Angyi – secret Chinese societies – in Siam
Tucked into Bangkok’s Yaowarat Chinatown is a thronging alleyway crowned by a Chinese-style gate, known as Soi Phalit Phon or – by its local name –...


