Coronavirus turns Teflon Thailand’s wealth gap into a economic chasm

On a roadside in a mixed Bangkok neighbourhood stands a shiny metal box – a “Pantry of Sharing” – where the haves in one of the world’s least equal countries can leave food for the have-nots, the ranks of whom are bulging as the coronavirus lays waste to the Thai economy. Each day, maids from the grand mansions nearby drop off an inventory of essentials – eggs, noodles, milk, sugar and water, sometimes a bag of mangosteens or rambutans – charity for those suddenly jobless. Opposite the pantry…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3087599/coronavirus-turns-teflon-thailands-wealth-gap-economic-chasm