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What's new in business news: May 28, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/05/2015
» Action plan to stop private hospitals from overcharging, abandoning digital TV license could cost Thai TV Co 1.6 billion & Thailand-Japan rail project gets cabinet green light.
Social media: How not to embarass yourself
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/05/2015
» Be careful with the things you say online so they won't come back to slap you or haunt you in real-life. Here are six real-life recent horrifying social media meltdowns.
Mystery tourist deaths & illegal bedbug spray
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2015
» Deaths of Canadian sisters on Phi Phi Island in 2012 likely from phosphine, bedbug insecticide officially banned in Thai hotels. 20 deaths tied to Phosphine in Southeast Asia since 2009.
What's new in business news: February 22, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/02/2015
» Thaksin spotted in Yangon & advised invest in Myanmar, French caught by police with fake shirts in Pattaya & fake auto insurance sellers & fake policeman caught.
Police stop tourist searches & public urine tests
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/02/2015
» New police policy aims to make police officers into "diplomats" when dealing with tourists, after random police searches in Bangkok last year, sometimes with demands for money or humiliating public urine tests, led to many complaints.
Valentines day prank: Police friends scare sweetheart
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/02/2015
» As Valentines Day draws near, candy, flowers & candle light dinners are planned, but one govt official had police friends pull over & search girlfriend's car for drugs.
Bangkok tourist shakedown & police harrassment? (video)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/01/2015
» Grassroots Facebook page & foreigners sharing frightening experiences with police leads to investigation & apparently end of harassment.
Dangers of the common drug Paracetemol
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/11/2014
» People take the drug for everything from headaches, fevers, cramps, allergies & even hangovers, but few understand the safety rules for making sure paracetemol doesn't really hurt you.
What's new in business news: November 13, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/11/2014
» Sorayuth & Bangkok Film Festival bribery cases revived, Prayut calls for tighter Asean cooperation especially on trade & anti-human trafficking, & UK to offer £600 24-hour visa service.
Death for train rapist
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/09/2014
» Wanchai, 22, railway sleeper car employee, found guilty of raping 13-year old asleep in train & throwing her out of window to her death, has been sentenced to death with appeal for mercy rejected.