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The General is angry
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/06/2011
» Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha had strong words for a Pheu Thai candidate who he believes obstructed soldiers in a drug raid.
Laos told to wait
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/04/2011
» Laos is facing pressure from its neighbours and local activists to delay construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River.
Murder and business in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/02/2011
» Murdered environmental activists are all too common and few authorities seem concerned.
Rubber craze
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/02/2011
» Skyrocketing rubber prices have triggered a rush to plant rubber trees.
Disease threat to rice crop
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/11/2010
» As if drought, flooding and insect infestations were not enough, Thailand's rice crop is now threatened by the risk of a fungus spreading and wiping out crops.
CP's Jade fish four years in the making
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/11/2010
» CP Group will launch another specially developed fish called Jade fish and is restructuring its business at the same time.
Mekong smuggling
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/11/2010
» Stolen trucks, motorcycles, drugs, endangered species of wildlife, as well as wine, liquor, sandstone, rosewood, all these goods slip into Thailand along the long Mekong river border with Laos.
Tourism lagging Singapore and Hong Kong
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/11/2010
» Hotel occupancy has slipped this year in Thailand despite lower room rates than rival Singapore and Hong Kong.
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.
Bamboo shortage, new packaging for Thai mainstay Khao Lam
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/10/2010
» Khao Lam "sticky rice baked inside a bamboo cylinder" will be packaged in versatile aluminum foil by one Chon Buri producer.