Suvannakhet – the failure of communism
A visit to Suvannakhet in Laos shows everything that is wrong with a communist regime. This is the second...
Category: Thailand
Another Thai airline – another non-starter?
Another unlikely Thai airline start-up. Thai Platinum Airlines. Here is their art-worked airplane – with a website on the...
Trip Advisor’s airline awards throw up some unlikely results
Picture: Emirates Press release So TripAdvisor has gone into the awards business and has made Emirates very happy with...
Dusit Hotel under threat
BK magazine is reporting that Bangkok may be about to witness the demise of the old Dusit Thani hotel...
Thailand’s constitutional confusion
Constitutional confusion is not new to Thailand. There have been some twenty constitutions since 1932. The 1997 people’s constitution...
Goodbye 2016 – you will be remembered but not missed
In international affairs it was a strange and alarming year. For me, as the picture shows, I traveled, I...
Thailand’s long awaited succession
Thailand’s royal succession was finally completed on 1 December The Kingdom has a new King after His Royal Highness...
Thailand’s King Bhumibol has died
King Bhumibol of Thailand died earlier today. The time of death was 3.52pm with an official announcement at 7pm....
Thais on alert over fears for King’s heath
This evening my Thai family and their friends are gripped by rumours that the end of near for their...
Why does Thailand keep changing its constitution?
From the Economist (Depressingly accurate analysis from the Economist – although missing one key ingredient that is critical to...