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Vale of Tiers
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/07/2017
» It was a great trial. But rather than prime the pumps for a lift out of the basement, it actually illustrates why Thailand is stuck at that Tier 2 (Watch List) level on the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) list that obsesses the general prime minister and millions more including the media.
Facebook murders
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 30/04/2017
» So now the sun never sets on countries where people have murdered in order to boost their Facebook followers.
It's the vans, stupid
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 08/01/2017
» New Year was another highway slaughter, the bloodiest long weekend ever recorded, which is saying a lot when you're already starting with the world's second most sanguinary roadways, and then get worse than that for a week.
End of an era?
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/12/2016
» Planning for the third Cobra Gold war games since the 2014 coup d'etat is pretty much complete, and it is going to show better than any other public event the diminishing passion of the long US-Thailand affair.
That election: CliffNotes edition
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 13/11/2016
» Well, since at least half of us here today, dear reader, correctly predicted both fact and scope of the Orange Crush express months ahead, here are thoughts on that.
The big issue: We know where you are
Alan Dawson, Published on 14/08/2016
» In all, the military regime in just one week came up with four new ways they intend to track people in the coming days and months.
Russia toughening on hackers' extradition
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 26/07/2016
» Russia has served notice to Thailand and the United States to expect another all-out diplomatic and legal fight over the expected attempt to extradite a man arrested in Pattaya for alleged ties to a billion-baht hacking ring.
The big issue: You can't win 'em all
Alan Dawson, Published on 03/07/2016
» If demotion was humiliating two years ago, the promotion from the dark and dank cellar of Tier 3 wasn't exactly a champagne moment either. Even the new designation, "Tier 2 Watch List" is a 24/7 reminder that the world policeman is still watching the human trafficking scene in Thailand.
The big issue: The war on Songkran
Alan Dawson, Published on 20/03/2016
» As predictable as an April 13-15 holiday, as certain as the groans of, "Oh, not Songkran again", as inevitable as the run on water guns at the toy kiosks, here come the Fun Police to try to shut down the Thai New Year or, even better in their view, make it miserable.
The big issue: Looking away
Alan Dawson, Published on 17/01/2016
» At 1.30am on Oct 11, more than 100 masked soldiers, police and militia raided a house in Kolo Tanyong village near Pattani province’s northern coast.