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Thailand copes with super baht 20 years after crash
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/06/2017
» On 20th anniversary of Asian Financial Crisis new challenges ahead: educational upgrade, attracting foreign direct investment & coping with ageing population.
New foreign labour law: Harm potential to Thai economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/06/2017
» Thai business says new law with harsh punishment for foreign labor could harm Thai economy.
National reconciliation without public participation?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/06/2017
» Military won't allow Thai public to even see reconciliation plan, surrounding it with a climate of fear. Public participation & debate only way to reconciliation.
Militarization of Thai society after 2014 coup
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/06/2017
» Military drills for small children & militarization of schools is new trend which rich escape by sending kids to international schools or even abroad.
Medical tourism vs. universal healthcare for all Thais
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2017
» New law threatens universal healthcare. Also a threat is medical tourism & better pay for doctors at private hospitals.
Foreign worker visas targeted: US, Australia & New Zealand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2017
» Three western countries moved this week to restrict jobs to citizens of their own country much like most Asian countries already do.
UPDATE: Thai-Philippine relations: PM Prayut meets President Duterte
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2017
» For two fellow Asean countries that are only 3-hours apart by air, the state visit by President Duterte of the Philippines laid the groundwork for future cooperation.
Thai prisons: Fall far short of world standards
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/03/2017
» Thais most likely to land in jail on minor drug charges, get stuffed into crowded cell, work for 8 baht a day with guards abusing them.
Anti-drug policy: Govt harm reduction strategies
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/02/2017
» Progressive public health approaches to ending Thailand's drug problem, big contribution of junta generals to Thailand's future.
Say goodbye to passenger vans in six months
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/01/2017
» Replacing the many vans that clog Bangkok streets with fewer & safer micro-buses now to take 6 months, not several years as previously planned.