THAILAND: Gross National Happiness conference opens
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The eternal quest for happiness has occupied humanity for centuries, but never in such formal terms as in recent years.
Happiness research is securing ever greater chunks of funding from government and private institutions. Now Bangkok is hosting the third International Conference on Gross National Happiness.
Presenter: Xiaoning Mo
Speakers: Dr Amara Pongsapich, director of the Centre for the Peace and Conflict Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok; Dr Peter Hershock, coordinator of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii
