... Legacy That Stands by the People
Don Pramudwinai
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand
As we approach the end of this very challenging year of COVID-19, Thais around the world are commemorating our National Day on 5
th
December, which is also the birthday of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, Thai Father’s Day, and World SoilDay. All these occasions remind us of how our nation has evolved this far and what institutional forces have kept such progress moving.
Old friends of Thailand might be familiar with stories about the monarchy, whose dedication to nation-building ...
The King and the Cloud – the story behind the Royal Rainmaking Project
Suvat Chirapant
Droughts have always prevailed in the plateau of Isan, the Thai nickname for the northeastern region of Thailand, where almost half of its population are farmers. Dependent on rainfall to sustain their crops, farmers would traditionally gather at the beginning of the wet season to shoot homemade
Bang Fai
rockets to the sky to ask the weather god to release the monsoon upon the earth. According to folklore...