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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.
Speeding, tailgating van hits highway sweeper, kills two
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2017
» Wreck of commuter van after crashing into street sweeper, killing van driver & passenger. Speeding van was following too close behind truck.
Rising golf star Tichakorn dies in car crash
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/09/2016
» Returning from appearance on talk show in Bangkok, rising professional golf star dies at age 22.
Japanese electric cars coming to Thailand soon
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/08/2016
» Four seat electric car running 100-150km per charge, up to six hours, with exports to ASEAN & Europe as well as sales in Thailand.
China tourism: Driving-in tourist numbers plunge after ban
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/07/2016
» Vehicles entering Chiang Mai from China plunge from 600 a day to only 10, ban on inbound tourists driving car deeper into Thailand too effective.
Police transfers: Do they really solve the problem?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/03/2016
» Do police transfers & secrecy in handling police misconduct cases really solve the problem? Last week's Mercedes accident case once again raises this question.
Tycoon Chuwong's death not accident, independent review suggests
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/02/2016
» Neck broken by hard and blunt object & not accident, independent review of autopsy report suggests.
Bomb behind Russian plane crash, US & UK suspect
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/11/2015
» Possible bombing would be first time IS, which controls vast parts of Syria & Iraq, has bombed a passenger plane. 20,000 UK nationals now stuck in Egyptian Red Sea resort.
Thailand's roads second-deadliest in world, UN agency finds
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/10/2015
» 14,059 reported road-deaths per year, 24,237 actual deaths says WHO, 70% on motorbikes, lack of traffic law enforcement. Catalog of road safety articles at Bangkok Post learning.
UPDATED: Dangers of bicycling close to large, speeding trucks
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/10/2015
» Warning on dangers of bicycling close to large, speeding trucks. Taking the lane might be standard practice in western countries, but is still new to Thailand.