This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Before my venture to Thailand, I had romanticized the ...

Palm-fringed islands, white sand beaches, a rich history, exquisite food and people so friendly that the country earned the moniker the Land of Smiles… little wonder Thailand is one of the world's ...

Anna Miroshina, 40, moved from Russia to Koh Samui, Thailand, more than a decade ago. She started working at a friend's bar and now owns her own real estate agency. She considers the island home and ...

It's been nine years since Zanette Cross left the UK and moved to Koh Samui, Thailand. After many vacations in Thailand, she saw it as the ideal place to raise her now 13-year-old daughter. The slower ...

I was recently visiting a fancy beachfront resort when, while being escorted to my villa, the manager described the property as “like the White Lotus but with no murder.” This was not the first time I ...

Shao Chun Chen used to work more than 40 hours a week in his corporate career in Singapore. Now, he has a three-hour-a-week job that sustains his and his family's life in Thailand. The 39-year-old ...

Anna Miroshina moved to Thailand and started her own real estate agency in Koh Samui, Thailand.Anna Miroshina This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Anna Miroshina, 40, the owner of the ...