In general, it is legal to work remotely in Thailand, unless your clientele/employer are Thai. The purpose of the law [1] was to prevent foreign workers from displacing native Thai workers, and "digital nomads" do nothing of the sort.

This becomes clear if you pay attention to the punishments imposed by the law; they concern Thai employers, not the alien workers, alone.

[1]: http://www.thailandlawonline.com/translations/foreign-employ...

There are definitely coworking spaces. I just spent two weeks working out of Kohub on Koh Lanta. Had a great time and even ran into the creator of the framework I specialize in, he was on the same island. Hung out with some guys working on a Bitcoin startup, some other freelancers. Had a great time.

For a person trying to make a point about having a legal business in Thailand (sorry for the fortune spent) and hiring local people, you're actually being quite offensive calling them local retards. I'm sure those "retards" are not so much retarded if you actually funded a profitable company there, dou*bag. Or was it just because your charming personality?

This seems to be contradicted by this recent article:

http://asiancorrespondent.com/125980/thai-immigration-offici...

Condescension aside, this post seems accurate.

Keeping your head down in SEA is really good advice.

Taking aside the current legal situation and trying to look at it from a purely financial aspect, wouldn't it be beneficial for countries like Thailand to allow those kind of people in for a limited amount of time and have them spend their money there?

Assuming Thailand will crack down on those temporary remote workers, they will just go some other place.

EDIT: fixed typo.