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"One of my first days there, I met a group of Mon [an ethnic group from Burma] who were fascinated by my Fine Arts degree," she recalls.

Mai Nguyen takes a look at Chiang Mai's thriving Wat Gate Muslim community.

Sport brings people together and for many new incoming members of the expat community in Chiang Mai it has been route to meeting new people and building friendships.

This story, though, is not one about Thailand's decidedly emergent middle class. It is, rather, the story of the foundation upon which that middle-class rests,

Citylife this month has decided to take a look at Chiang Mai’s K-pats, or Korean expatriates, who are they? What are they doing here?

Over the next three years, Chiang Mai will become home to yet more malls, with huge developments and small boutique malls about to pop up all over the city.