The recently published 2026 World Inequality Report documents a worsening global situation, with Thailand singled out as one of the countries where ‘The top 1% takes a remarkably large share of wealth.

Samyan is home to some of Thailand’s premier educational institutions, including Chulalongkorn University Demonstration School (Satit Chula) and Triam Udom Suksa School. It also contains a number of more accessible temple-based schools which serve the needs of local students from families struggling to make ends meet. But gentrification and rising rent prices have displaced families, forcing the children to take long commutes to school. Enter Samyan NewGen, a program that not only provides a safe place for students to wait for pick up but also offers a supportive learning environment.

<p>The debate following the dramatic amendment to the Student Loan Fund Act reveals the problem of student loans in relation to wealth inequality, access to education, and the current job market for recent college graduates.</p>

<p>A study by the Centre for Research on Inequality and Social Policy (CRISP) finds that low-income people were heavily affected by the pandemic. Without appropriate support, the lingering damage may slow their recovery more than expected.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&ldquo;The rich get infected, the poor be damned&rdquo; describes the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand, especially now that the disease, starting from the VVIP guests at luxury night clubs, has reached densely-populated communities in Bangkok.</p>

<p>You may not have noticed this, but the escalators on the underground MRT in Bangkok have signs telling you not to walk and to hold onto the handrail.&nbsp; But on the BTS skytrain, they tell you to walk on the left and stand on the right.</p> <p>Certainly the vast majority of passengers seem to be ignoring the signs.&nbsp; This could be the confusion of having different systems in the same city, but I suspect it’s just the regular scoff-law attitude you get round here.</p>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>The Criminal Court on Thursday found a taxi driver guilty of lèse majesté based on his conversation with a passenger and sentenced him to two years and six months in jail.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The 43-year-old Yuthasak (last name withheld due to privacy concerns), the taxi driver, pleaded guilty before the court, according to <a href="http://freedom.ilaw.or.th/en/case/575">iLaw</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The topic of the conversation which later landed the driver in jail was inequality in Thai society.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In June, the pol </div></div>

<p>Anyone who has glanced at the best-seller lists recently might be forgiven for thinking that we’ve suffered a 150-year time warp.&nbsp; Topping the charts is a hefty tome entitled ‘Capital’ by a European political economist.</p>