Backsliding
I was born in 1953. When I turned 50, the world had changed significantly. Colonial empires had ended, and more and more countries had turned to democratic rule. For my …
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Interference is duty
When injustice becomes law, opposition is a duty. The responsibility this statement places on you is indeed inconvenient. However, you will probably agree, that doing nothing is not acceptable. When injustice becomes …
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Secret to living Nordic ‘Hygge’ value
Each year, a group of happiness experts from around the globe rank 156 countries based on how “happy” citizens are, and they publish their findings in the World Happiness Report. …
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Christmas or not?
Should we not rather cancel Christmas this year? Considering that we have been through a pandemic, which dragged on much longer than we thought in March and that sometime next year, …
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‘New Normal’ will reshape the future of work and people flow
As the world anxiously awaits a cure for COVID-19, what was once an unfamiliar order – telecommuting or work-from-home – has now been normalised with safety measures set in place …
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Not So “Surprise” in October for the US Presidential Election than for the Thai Student Protests
Prior to October, political pundits in the US had been toying with the “October surprise” theory ahead of the US presidential vote on November 3. Whereas Bhim Bhurtel speculated that …
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The fear..
Its in the middle of October in a few days. I have been living in Thailand for the past 32 years. I am historically interested and have always been following …
Read MoreThailand should adopt a ‘Managed-Tolerance’ policy
By Samui Bodoh – the screen name of the Author on ThaiVisa.com I think it is time for Thailand to re-evaluate its Virus Response policy. Thailand has been following a ‘Zero-Tolerance’ policy, …
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Scandinavia during Covid 19 time
After many months in Bangkok with lockdown, curfew, masks, temperature measuring, weeks with a ban on selling alcohol, I arrived on 24 June 2020 to Copenhagen which was almost a …
Read MoreThe ‘threat from China’
In a way, the article at the very back of this issue of ScandAsia is the most important. It deals with how China and Russia is a threat to the rule-of-law …
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