Remembered for preserving Thai culture

THAI SILK ? the two words go so well together that it’s hard to believe that the phrase and the art it refers to had almost faded into obscurity at one time. It took a farang or mat salleh to preserve this cottage industry. 

While Malaysians remember Jim Thompson for a disappearance mysterious enough to spawn an episode of The X-Files or Leonard Nimoy’s In search of ? to the Thais, he is remembered for his contribution to the preservation of their identity and culture.