Chiang Mai City Issues & Challenges: articles, thoughts and opinions

By Citylife | Thu 12 Mar 2020

Thailand’s people drowning in debt

Thailand has a personal debt problems as Tus Werayutwattana explains.

Changing its stripes: Thailand’s culture of victim blaming in the #MeToo era

The notion of victim blaming in Thailand is such a deep-rooted and multi-faceted problem. Lottie Madden tries to get a grip on it.

Rabies

Rabies - the very word sends a chill down the spine but what are the facts and fiction about rabies in Thailand.

Expats face high risk of divorce, author of Naked Divorce warns

Expats experience a high rate of divorce. Citylife explore the issue with relationship expert Adele Theron.

The heart warming story of the Warm Heart Foundation

Meet Michael Shafer who gave up his US career to do something positive in the world. He's now working on helping us find a way out of our pollution problems.

Blood jade - the plight of the Kachin people

Curse of the blood jade: the neighbouring ethnic war we know nothing about

An investigation into the plight of Burma's Kachin people and how their lives are blighted by the multi-billion dollar jade trade.