the destruction of thailand's Global Brand

for years thailand was synonymous with images of paradise: it was a thriving democracy with a 1997 constitution that enshrined protections for human rights. it was an economic powerhouse that posted some of the world’s highest growth rates in the 1980s and early 1990s, withstood the late ’90s asian financial crisis, and grew by 5.3 percent in 2002 and more than 7 percent the following year, as ...