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Should Thailand strive to become a medical tourism hub?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/11/2010
» Medical tourism could draw doctors out of an already struggling public health care system and endanger its very existence.
PDRC campaigns in Samsen area
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2014
» Protesters of the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) campaigned in Samsen area of Bangkok on Friday, hoping to persuade people to join their planned major rally on May 14.
Daylight bombing of protest heightens fears
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2014
» A daylight attack and grenade explosion that injured 36 protesters marching on Banthat Thong Road on Friday underscored fears of rising violence as the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) continued its shutdown campaign to oust caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Too much rice in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/09/2011
» Real problem is overproduction & excess of rice pushing prices down. Labour wasted, used only sporadically in peak months. Poor farmers produce only 15 tonnes of rice per harvest, but are 82% of all rice-farming households.
Wave of investment money likely heading towards Asia and Thailand from US
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/10/2010
» The US is deeply mired in a sluggish economy with high levels of unemployment. US policy to get its economy moving again may affect Asia.
Murder and business in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/02/2011
» Murdered environmental activists are all too common and few authorities seem concerned.
The three gutsy peers
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 16/09/2018
» The six-month Bangkok Shutdown campaign may have given off an aura of fun and games with a positive outcome for the green shirts and a negative one for the reds.
Birthday speech
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/12/2010
» His Majesty the King delivered a short, but memorable birthday speech in the Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall.
From CRES to CAPO?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/12/2010
» Revoking the emergency may not change the situation much if it is replaced with the Internal Security Act
Going on the attack
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/06/2011
» Democrat leaders seem to have decided that simply pushing their policies is not a winning strategy.