I never read up much on Thailand, but it seems as if the place might change a lot in the near future.  The king died, and the queen is dying.  There is some shady general who is taking over now. The people of Thailand, loved their king, and he gave them a sense of stability, in a crazy political climate.  They mourned the former king for a month, and now the queens death, may follow very soon.  I am glad, though I never think about it, how lucky I am to be in a country with some "sense" of stability, and not ruled in constant flux.