A few days ago the Bangkok Post featured “a village designed specifically around the royally-initiated sufficiency economy principle” on its front page. Here it is:
The accompanying article reports that …
[the village has] begun to take shape in Betong district of Yala, apparently inspired by Her Majesty the Queen’s admiration of the geographical beauty of the [...]
Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Thailand
Regular New Mandala readers know that we have an ongoing interest in the practical and rhetorical use of Thailand’s “sufficiency economy”. Over the past 6 months it has become an important crutch for the military regime as it struggles to steer the ship of state. Today, the Deputy Prime Minister’s use of “sufficiency” caught my eye.
From MCOT News (my [...]
Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Surayud regime · Thailand