Ampa Kaewkumkong

• Researcher at Thammasat University

The educational policy in Thailand supporting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community has inspired a school partnership program between Thailand and Indonesia. This research study analyzed the program's performance over the decade since it began and proposes policy choices and practices by integrating policy concepts, principle...

The Thai government, as a result of globalization and intent of the 1997 constitution, initiated an educational decentralization policy which has been in place for over two decades, but serious problems and challenges remain and still need to be resolved as they have led to opposition and misunderstanding, hindering the policy's progress. This pape...

The purpose of this article is to examine the roles of international partners in educational aid to Cambodia between 2010 and 2019 under the framework of foreign aid in conjunction with Cambodia's direction for economic and social development. This research employs descriptive mixed methods by investigating statistical data obtained from the Cambod...

Buffer Schools, an emerging Thai border school policy, was first launched in 2010 to response to ASEAN initiatives. Buffer Schools aim to establish close cooperation among neighbour countries, thereby creating a sense of historical and cultural connection that can nurture unity and confraternity in the region. This paper examines the effectiveness...

During the 1990s, Thailand’s border areas became more open as a result of improved political relations in the region, especially in regards to the promotion of border trade and transnational trade among Indochinese countries under the“From a Battlefield to a Marketplace” policy. In terms of education development,the nature of border schools in gene...

The objective of this research was to study the economic and social relationships of communities around the Thai-Cambodian border in Chanthaburi province as well as to propose policy implications for the development of the area and for the promotion of Thai-Cambodian relationships. Data were collected from documents, field research, and interviews...

Human security norm has emerged as a key focus for Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Charter in 2003. Since then, Japan has been playing a more active role in promoting human security as a leading country. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is an organization under Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), plays important ro...