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Direct-sale rice markets spring up in growing areas
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2016
» Provincial govt & military create markets for farmers to sell rice direct to consumers, even helping out with the harvest in some cases.
Students to be sent to army camps
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/07/2016
» Primary school & high school students would attend army camps aimed at reducing at fighting between schools, in new program by Navy.
Opium fields: Army destroys
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/08/2013
» Opium hidden as vegetable gardens difficult to see from air & new drug bases near Mae Sai & Mae Hong Son on Myanmar border.
Heavy rain and floods
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/07/2013
» Heavy rain & floods mark official beginning of rainy season all over Thailand.
US govt whistleblower Snowden: Who is he?
Published on 10/06/2013
» After string of jobs with CIA, Snowden turns around & reveals US govt secret collection of info on US citizens (email, video, chat, videos, photos, file transfers, logins, social networks.
Ancient Thai History: Sacred sema stones in Isan
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2013
» Ancient Dvaravati city in Kalasin known for "sema stones" that mark boundary of Phra Ubosot (ordination halls for Buddhist monks).
Death zone
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/02/2013
» Narathiwat militants were unaware they were entering a death zone, the Bangkok Post's veteran military affairs reporter Wassana Nanuam writes.
Rally ends early: "Dirty govt tactics", leaders complain (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/11/2012
» Even before the Pitak Siam rally began, thousands of rally-goers were blocked by police from entering the Royal Plaza area and, in a brief confrontation, tear gas was used against them. Leaders complain the government failed to live up to agreements and have now called off the rally.
Chiang Mai drug rehab: British Rock star kicked out
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/07/2012
» British rock star Pete Doherty asked to leave expensive Chiang Mai drug addiction treatment center, The Cabin.
Suu Kyi visits Thailand: World Economic Forum
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/05/2012
» Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Burma for 1st time in 24 years (15 year house arrest), begins historic trip to Norway to receive Nobel Prize won 21 years ago.