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Foreign worker crackdown: Small mom & pop businesses suffering
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2017
» Big corporate hotels & restaurant chains want the small cheap mom & pop restaurants & guesthouses licensed or shut down.
Cyberattack reaches Asia, new targets hit by ransomware
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/06/2017
» New ransomware attack similar to WannaCry reaches Asia overnight spreading from Europe to US overnight, hitting businesses, port operators and government systems.
Medical tourism vs. universal healthcare for all Thais
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2017
» New law threatens universal healthcare. Also a threat is medical tourism & better pay for doctors at private hospitals.
Customs department: Deep-rooted corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/06/2017
» Deep-rooted big money corruption by customs officials & influential figures revealed in supercar tax evasion saga.
To fingerprint all Thais: One man's dream
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/05/2017
» Every phone owner must be fingerprinted, Mr. Takorn says, but authority to issue order and spend huge amounts of money not clear.
Battle for the village: Elections or not?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/04/2017
» Many reasons not to have elections say current village headmen who have job until age 60, basically headmen for life.
17.6 billion baht tax bill posted on Thaksin's door
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/03/2017
» Thaksin has 30 days to appeal huge tax bill posted on his ex-wive's door Tuesday or tax collection will begin immediately.
Sugar tax for public health: Soft drinks 20-25% price rise
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/04/2016
» Fatness, heart disease & overburdened public hospitals from too much sugar in national diet to be fought with taxes.
Premocracy 2.0 in the 2010s?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2016
» In the 1980s General Prem shared power with politicians, delegated economics to technocrats & was untainted by corruption, can it work again?
National Book Fair: Seven-year-old writer Rayrai
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/03/2016
» How a mother with help of Children Notebooks project at Ministry of Culture helped young girl publish her first book.