The following extract comes from a remarkable book called “A King of Siam Speaks” by M.R. Seni Pramoj and M.R. Kukrit Pramoj. It contains many letters written by King Rama IV. Some of which he wrote himself in English. This king is known throughout the World as King Mongkut. He was made famous by...
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No doubt many of you are aware of the escalating troubles in the south. News analysts talk about the details of the violence and ponder about possible causes, but strangely no-one looked into how Thailand has dealt with such fringe groups in the past. So I set out to find this out by myself....
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Miss Komalwan taught us Thai language, in addition to her assigned segment of the management course. While teaching Thai, she took care to see that all the students enjoyed the classes. In order to prevent a pupil from switching off, she would ask questions very frequently. Once in a class I was asked to...
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