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How the Global Taxation Arena is Changing!

Recent change to the tax law in Thailand could arguably have repercussions on the real estate market, but its current implications are still largely misunderstood.

Reinventing Failure

Legal / Law A lazy trope that is often heard in conversations relating to long-term non-Thai residents in Thailand is that “they have reinvented themselves” couched in a negative and judgmental manner.

Southeast Asia Pilot by Bill O’Leary & Grenville Fordham

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, the 7th edition of the Southeast Asia Pilot – published in May 2024 and available printed or as an eBook – encompasses approximately 600, 000 square...

Phuket Pride Festival wraps up in style

Featured events Tens of thousands of revelers flocked to Phuket Town on June 29 to enjoy spectacular celebrations marking the end of this year’s Pride month.

Pride and Prejudice in Phuket – and Our Law

 Boat Lagoon

Legal / Law Superficial goodness and actual goodness are far apart. If asked whether we are prejudicial or biased, our instinctive reaction will be to deny that at all or underplay the extent...

Despite Persistent inflationary Pressures, Phuket Island is Still an Affordable Place to Live

As Katheleen Norris, the American poet and novelist, once said: “In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular”.

Betting on Phuket’s future for better, just OK or fantastic but not worse

 Boat Lagoon

Legal / Law Sometimes it can be nauseating to read the multiple forms of hyperbole regarding Phuket when the context is direct or indirect advertising thinly veiled in sugar coating.

Still living in ‘Natural Phuket’

 Patong

Living So many people, when deciding on where to go for their holidays, look at the photos in a brochure or on the internet.

The Transformation Into a “New Phuket” – Profit and Progress Versus Conservation and Environmentalism?

As the jewel in the crown of Thai Tourism, Phuket receives more than its fair share of both national and international publicity.

Southeast Asia Pilot (7th Edition)

20 years shining a light

...on where to drop anchor and what you’ll find when you’re there