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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.
Next Prime Minister: Most would vote for General Prayut
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/05/2017
» General Prayut as Prime Minister in a Pheu Thai parliament is what poll responders said they wanted last week when asked.
UPDATE: Thai-Philippine relations: PM Prayut meets President Duterte
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2017
» For two fellow Asean countries that are only 3-hours apart by air, the state visit by President Duterte of the Philippines laid the groundwork for future cooperation.
Bangkok Post Forum: Developed country by 2036, says PM
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/09/2016
» Escape from middle income trap & become developed country by 2036. Reforms in education, research & technology targeted.
Police reform: Promises but little progress
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/05/2016
» Young well-connected police officers get promotions from their connections. Police have lost faith in their own organisation.
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?
How to boost confidence in the police
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/03/2016
» Long criticised for corruption, inefficiency & influence peddling, reform of police should come first, most Thais would say.
Police like military, so can't break up & decentralise, says national police chief
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/08/2015
» Proposed new structure breaks up centralised power in Bangkok. Police work similar to military, so can't break up police work into provincial & specialized enforcement units, argues national police chief.
Internal coup in Myanmar
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/08/2015
» Police entered ruling USDP party headquarters in capital Naypyidaw & removed party leader after his alleged reluctance to support candidates loyal to president in upcoming elections.
Suthep leaves monkhood, warned not to get political (UPDATED)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/07/2015
» Former PDRC protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban leaves monkhood & will work on six-point proposal for reforms, but warned to stay away from politics in press conference Thursday.