His H.M. the King Rama IX is highly recognized among Thai society
because he always takes care about his people. Each year he used
to go up-country to visit villages and towns to talk to people and to
know their problems. He is not a King far away from his people. He
has created many foundations and has done many projects to
improve the life of his people. He was responsible of projects which
helped hill tribes to replace their opium culture with substitution
cultures.