*Please allow for preferential hiring of recently furloughed garment workers. (read more...)

The beefy baht has soared to nosebleed heights and imports of luxury goods have reached nearly US$5 billion—the 2006 GDP of the Caribbean island of Haiti. Sure, it’s been 10 years since things were this cheap, but don’t succumb to the easy lure of buying foreign goods. (read more...)

A cool new club for skaters by Duangtawan Nilayon, photos by Grégoire Glachant (read more...)

A cool new club for skaters by Duangtawan Nilayon, photos by Grégoire Glachant (read more...)

A cool new club for skaters (read more...)

The very macho Praputt “Duke” Kamlang-ek isn’t just the son of General Arthit Kamlang-ek. He’s taken his passion for sports and made it into a business and possibly a future source of national pride. (read more...)

Denis Dercourt, 42, is very much a renaissance man: writer, director, accomplished classical musician and teacher at the prestigious Conservatoire National in Strasbourg. Not surprisingly, his Cannes-premiered The Page Turner successfully intertwines the elements of a classic thriller into the world of classical music. (read more...)

Jeff T is Danish, but he’s Thai at heart. He loves the blues, is a member of the Soi Dog Blues Band and as the owner of Tokyo Joes’s Bar and Restaurant, he is the driving force behind this weekend’s Bangkok Blues Festival (see +music this page). (read more...)

Recent university graduate Suchaporn To-nuan (Yui) works for the Manpower employment agency. Here, Yui shares with us the ins and outs of the business of matching the right people with the right jobs. (read more...)

Dear Mr KIA: I have always dreamed of becoming a writer, and I have kept journals since I was old enough to put pen to paper. Now I really want to try out this writing thing for real. I want to be able to tell a story that will capture imaginations and compel people to read on. Is there any place where I can develop my writing skills? (read more...)

Forget about scorched fields, country bumpkins, chonabot malls and luukthung karaoke bars. The Khon Kaen of today is a well-rounded and increasingly sophisticated city with no shortage of well-to-do, worldly and hip residents. (read more...)