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Longdo: Thailand's all-knowing website
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/10/2011
» Dictionaries, law, maps, traffic and now floods, all parts of an online knowledge empire created by two Thai computer programmers with web mashups.
Why so much corruption?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/09/2011
» 64% of adults think corruption acceptable if they or their country benefit. 70% under 20 would cheat or bribe to pass exams or win games.
How the poor never get cheap medicine
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/09/2011
» 1,960 out of 2,034 Thai patents in last 10 years, large foreign companies working to keep medicine expensive for longer & profits high.
U-turn in migrant labour policy?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/08/2011
» After an abusive and untransparent crackdown, a million migrant workers were finally registered recently. Will the new government continue the positive trend?
Fitness sales practices now regulated
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/08/2011
» Fitness center contracts and sales practices, a source of heavy complaints for years, are now regulated by Thailand's consumer protection agency.
Government returns to rice trade
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/07/2011
» Will active government buying, storing, selling rice, using it as collateral for state bank loans, avoid the corruption of the past?
ABCs of skin ageing from sugar
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/07/2011
» Why eating too much refined sugar can be chemically bad for your body as you grow older.
Rice markets freeze
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/07/2011
» Rice trading grinds to a halt in anticipation of new rice policy likely to drive rices higher in Thailand as well as world.
Rice policy corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/06/2011
» Revival of past rice policy will create opportunities for middleman rice millers to profit, not the small farmers who need help.
Guns or doctors?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/06/2011
» Thailand suffers from a doctor shortage but not a shortage of soldiers. Military spending eats up money for health care.