Thailand Coup | To Coup or not to Coup, that is the question The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has been close allies of Thailand’s Generals who staged the 2006 coup that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The PAD protests and street demonstrations, stirring up energy and conflict needed for another coup, ever so relentlessly [...]

Tourism in Thailand – a Farang View by David Barkdull For many of us who live in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Pattaya Thailand it is so obvious that for the past two years we have had low season, low-low season and no season rather than high and low seasons we saw only a few [...]

Failure rate for condos in Bangkok, Thailand nears 50% by David Barkdull Bangkok Property speculation in Thailand is a form of doing business and investing (gambling) on Thai property values increasing in the short or long term. In Thailand is it easy to put Bt100K down on a condominium unit or multiple units in a [...]