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Senior Administrator, Mekong Safeguards Program
The Asia Foundation is seeking an energetic, qualified, and talented senior administrator to support USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program (Mekong Safeguards) in administrative and logistical operations to implement the […]
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Thai Public Views on International Issues
What do Thais think about foreign policy? Understandably, this question assumes that any response would come directly or indirectly from Thai officials, policymakers, or politicians and that such answers can […]
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Thai Developers: Skills, Divides, and Challenges
This report presents the results of the 2023 Thai Developer Survey conducted by The Asia Foundation and the Thai Programmers Association among 1,865 developers in Thailand. The survey further proves […]
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ThailandLeadership.org Supports Principals and Policymakers
The lack of instructional leaders is one of the main impediments to Thai education according to analysis in Education Reform: In Thailand Principals Are “Black Box” between National Policymaking and […]
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Administrative Associate, Thailand
The Asia Foundation’s office in Thailand is seeking a part-time Administrative Associate to support the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program (Mekong Safeguards) in […]
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Thailand
News from Thailand Learn about our latest work and development approaches. View all news and insights What We Do An online learning portal for Thai students and educators With school […]
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Partnerships Support Coordinator, Strategic Partnerships
This position is open to Thailand nationals only. The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. Informed […]
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Country Representative, Thailand
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. Informed by 70 years of experience and deep local […]
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Regional Program Officer, Partnerships for Infrastructure
Partnerships for Infrastructure (P4I) is an Australian Government-funded initiative that partners with Southeast Asian governments and other stakeholders to foster inclusive growth through sustainable infrastructure development. P4I works with and […]
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Request for Proposal: Enhancing Commercial Bank Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy
The Asia Foundation’s office in Thailand seeks the services of a qualified and reputable firm to support the Mekong Safeguards on a mission to accelerate the sustainable infrastructure transition in […]
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Adam Burke
Dr. Adam Burke is The Asia Foundation’s director of Conflict and Fragility, effective October 2018. With almost 20 years of experience working across Southeast and South Asia, Burke is a […]
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United States–Thailand Relations at 190 Years: Past, Present, Future
The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with the Royal Thai Embassy, commemorated 190 years of United States–Thai diplomacy on March 20, 2023. Check out the discussion on the accomplishments, challenges, and […]
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Education Reform: In Thailand Principals Are “Black Box” between National Policymaking and Kids in the Classroom
Thailand needs schools that are more flexible, autonomous, and decentralized. Principals who are “instructional leaders” are the key link between national reforms and what happens in the classroom.
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The Future Forecast: Asia in 2023
At the end of each year, we ask our experts across Asia to reveal what the New Year has in store. Here’s what they told us about 2023.
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The Best of InAsia, 2022
“Fast away the olde year passes.” It’s time to take an appreciative look back at the abundant harvest of stories and conversations from our colleagues in the field.
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Let’s Code Thailand Launched at 2022 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week
A public-private initiative to provide coding skills opportunities to 1,000 students in Thailand The recent 2022 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week announced Let’s Code Thailand, a joint initiative between APEC Thailand […]
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6th APEC App Challenge: Coding for the Bio-Circular-Green Economy
The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) Secretariat, APEC Thailand 2022, and Google, hosted the sixth edition of the APEC App Challenge in Bangkok, Thailand, on […]
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Transforming the Food Supply Chain, One Refrigerator at a Time
A marathon coding competition in Bangkok hatches a winning app that could transform the food supply chain—and your relationship with your refrigerator.
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Go Digital ASEAN Develops Specialized Curricula for ASEAN Countries
Implemented by The Asia Foundation, with support from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, the initiative trained over 225,000 people from rural regions and underserved communities—including entrepreneurs, underemployed youth, and women. Launched […]
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Virtual Seminar: The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses in Southeast Asia: A Deeper Look at the Women’s Workforce in Thailand and Malaysia (English Only)
18:30-20:00 (JST) The Asia Foundation Japan presents this webinar co-hosted by Shizenkan University. The presentations will highlight the recent report Barely Staying Afloat: The Impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs in […]
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Peering into the Year Ahead in Asia
The year is still young, but our country representatives are looking ahead to the trends and developments that will affect the course of peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific in 2022.
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Can U.S. Assistance Reinvigorate the U.S.-Thai Alliance?
U.S.-Thai relations matter now more than ever, writes The Asia Foundation’s Thomas Parks. After the historic lows of the post-2014 coup years, recent developments signal an important shift towards more strategic cooperation.
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Thailand’s Online Education Portal Supports Individualized Learning
The Asia Foundation Thailand Office worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Embassy to create a one-stop service portal called www.thailandlearning.org to offer students, teachers, […]
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Thailand
For nearly 70 years, The Asia Foundation has been a partner in Thailand’s development. Today, our programs are helping to strengthen Thailand’s leadership in ASEAN, address critical challenges such as […]
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Revisiting the Pandemic: Surveys on the Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses and Workers
The Covid-19 pandemic is leading to a dramatic rollback of economic progress across Southeast Asia. While the region has managed to contain the spread of the virus better than most […]
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Nalitra Thaiprasert
Dr. Nalitra Thaiprasert is a senior program officer for Economics programming for The Asia Foundation in Thailand. She leads program implementation in economic-related reform initiatives, including competition reforms, bilateral trade […]
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For International Women’s Day, Conversations with Some Remarkable Women
In honor of International Women’s Day, our hosts John Rieger and Tracie Yang celebrate some of the remarkable women we’ve met in the past year on the InAsia podcast.
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A Thai Family Reunion Bridges Communal Divides
When the Lim brothers emigrated from China to southern Thailand, three converted to Islam and one remained a Buddhist. Four generations later, a family reunion shows how ordinary people can bridge intercommunal conflict to find their shared humanity.
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Our Predictions for 2021, Following a Year That Defied Prediction
From a pandemic that quickly swept the globe, to the storming of the U.S. capital, 2020 was a year that defied prediction. So, what can we say about 2021? After a year that derailed development trajectories across Asia, our experts look to the year ahead.
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The Best InAsia Podcasts and Posts of 2020
The year of the pandemic was a long, discontented winter that the glorious sun forgot. But it was a year we dug deep into the voices and ideas of our colleagues across Asia in our new InAsia Podcast.
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How to Sell an Avocado on Facebook
The InAsia Podcast takes a field trip to northwestern Thailand, where a small farmer far from the big city learns about online marketing and how to tell the story of her unique avocados.
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Nikkei News Features Asia Foundation Op-Ed on Thailand’s Looming Economic Crisis
Nikkei Asian Review publishes an op-ed written by the Foundation’s Country Representative in Thailand Thomas Parks. The article highlights key findings from Enduring the Pandemic: Surveys of the Impact of […]
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Don Pathan
Don Pathan is a senior program officer for Regional Security Cooperation at The Asia Foundation, Thailand, with over 20 years of professional experience working in international relations, transnational crime, drugs […]
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Virtual Event – Enduring the Pandemic: Surveys of the Impact of Covid-19 on the Livelihoods of Thai People
9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT (Washington DC) 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ICT (Bangkok) [button link=”https://asiafoundation.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Le9Ho8UvQaKNq_c–4hfcA”] REGISTER FOR ZOOM EVENT[/button] While Thailand has been largely successful in stemming the […]
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Pitchanuch Supavanich
Pitchanuch Supavanich is regional program manager at The Asia Foundation in Bangkok. She manages Southeast Asia regional programs which focus on security cooperation, cross-sectoral response to trafficking in persons, and […]
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The Future of Work: Another Storm on the Horizon for Thailand
Thailand has managed the pandemic with aplomb, and economic activity has begun to rebound, but like an invisible ocean tide, signs are emerging that Thailand is in the early stages of a far-reaching economic crisis.
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Elevating Youth Voices Across Thailand
Young Moves is a Chiang Mai-based civil society organization that came together three years ago as a platform for youth from all four regions of Thailand to engage in socio-political […]
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Youth Activists Combat Covid-19 Misinformation in Thailand
In Thailand’s far south, where a vast majority of the two million residents identify themselves as Melayu, a group of youth activists collectively known as The Motive use digital content […]
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Benjamin Zawacki
Benjamin Zawacki has been a senior program specialist at The Asia Foundation since March 2020, following several years in a consultancy role. He helps manage programs on regional maritime and […]
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The Asia Foundation Launches Thailandlearning.org for Millions of Students and Educators Affected by Covid-19
The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with the Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Embassy in Thailand, has launched Thailandlearning.org, a new online learning portal for 13 […]
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Akharakit Keeratithanachaiyos
Akharakit (Ryan) Keeratithanachaiyos is an International Affairs strategy advisor at Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). He provides policy advice and operational support to NACC’s secretary-general on cross-border criminal intelligence, asset […]
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2020 in Asia: A 20/20 Look
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first edition of InAsia for 2020. To herald the new decade, our country representatives this week survey the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for a dynamic and rapidly changing Asia. Here, to kick off the new year, are perspectives from The Asia Foundation’s 18 country offices.
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Editor’s Picks—The Best of InAsia 2019
Season’s greetings from InAsia, where the blog is about to enjoy a short winter break before the new year bursts upon us. Here are a few of the most engaging essays from the pages of InAsia in 2019, as chosen by your humble editor. Enjoy!
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Al Jazeera Interviews Tom Parks on ASEAN Summit
Al Jazeera highlights developments from the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, including the delay in signing what would have become the world’s biggest trading bloc. The segment features analysis by […]
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Making Sense of the “Many Mekongs”
Political leaders are under constant pressure to introduce new initiatives, because new implies better, and that’s the nature of politics. Even clever repackaging of previous efforts is often not enough. […]
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Fried Frogs in Plaboo: Community Development in Northeast Thailand
We arrived at Plaboo Village, in northeast Thailand’s Maha Sarakam Province, just as a community meeting hosted by the local farmers’ association was coming to a close. It was hot […]
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Pompeo to ASEAN: The U.S. Is Committed
U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo came to the 52nd annual ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok with one message in mind: that America is committed to engagement with the […]
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A Common Challenge: Geography and Inequality in Thailand and America
Economic inequality has become a major roadblock in Thailand’s path to prosperity and democracy. The massive development gap between the prosperous central and eastern seaboards and outlying agricultural regions has […]
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Thailand’s Inequality: Myths & Reality of Isan
Although poverty has declined in Thailand over decades of high economic growth, inequality remains greater than in most East and Southeast Asian countries. As economists observed from the 1970s until […]
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The Asia Foundation Co-Organizes 2019 Asia-Pacific Regional High-Level Forum on Green Economy
In partnership with the World Green Economy Organization, the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission […]
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Thailand’s Inequality: Unpacking the Myths and Reality of Isan
For decades, the ethnically and linguistically diverse people of Isan, Thailand, have been the subject of pervasive bias, often described as docile and uneducated, or as “unsophisticated peasants” who can […]
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Violence in the Age of Social Media
In May 2019, The Asia Foundation invited local partners to Bangkok for a discussion on new technologies and their role in escalating or mitigating violence in the region. Panelists included […]
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New Faces, New Chapter in Thai Politics
Thailand’s March 24 parliamentary election is still playing out, and uncertainty about the results is likely to continue for weeks. At the time of this post, the Election Commission of […]
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Reuters Features Quote from Country Representative Thomas Parks
Reuters quotes the Asia Foundation’s country representative in Thailand, Thomas Parks, in an article analyzing Thailand’s upcoming general elections. The article was also featured in The New York Times and […]
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Rattana Lao
Dr. Rattana Lao is a senior program officer for The Asia Foundation in Thailand. She manages programs related to education, inequality and the Advanced Middle-Income Trap. In 2018, she oversaw […]
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Arpaporn Winijkulchai
Arpaporn Winijkulchai is a senior program officer for The Asia Foundation in Bangkok, where she has over 20 years of program management experience. She first served with the Foundation as a […]
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2019: The Year Ahead in Asia
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first edition of InAsia for 2019. In our last issue we looked at some of our top stories from the year just ended, […]
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A Christmas Story
Forty years ago, I spent my first Christmas away from home. I had been living in Thailand for about six months, teaching English to Thai university students. I grew up […]
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The Guardian Features 2016 Asia Foundation Development Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom
The Guardian features landscape architect and 2016 Asia Foundation Development Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom in an article about her efforts to address worsening floods in Thailand. The article details Voraakhom’s anti-flood […]
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Recalibrating Thai-U.S. Relations
The United States and Thailand are long-standing allies. It is somewhat remarkable that one of America’s oldest bilateral partners, with 185 years of official relations, is a Southeast Asian kingdom […]