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Worst day for trains, ever
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/09/2013
» Day started with power failure at Bangkok's main train station & ended with train ramming into 18-wheel truck killing railway official.
Opium fields: Army destroys
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/08/2013
» Opium hidden as vegetable gardens difficult to see from air & new drug bases near Mae Sai & Mae Hong Son on Myanmar border.
Jungle people: 40 years ago thought dead
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/08/2013
» Father & baby son last seen in 1973 running into jungle after bomb exploded in home killing family during Vietnam War.
News Summary: 24-072013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/07/2013
» Apartments lead housing growth (average price 2.9 million), investment value up 47% & global economy storms continue to affect Thailand.
Food industry: Adding value to farmer's crops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/07/2013
» Chiang Mai vegetables & fruits, Nakhon Ratchasima meat production, Prachuap Khiri Khan fish & pineapples and coconuts.
Rice corruption: Bigger problem than debt
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/06/2013
» Corrupt traders find many ways to profit from govt: selling rice for the poor for a profit, substituting cheap foreign rice...
Modern-day slavery in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2013
» In fight against sex trafficking & forced labour no progress made last year, 305 cases in 2012 but only 27 prosecuted & just 10 convictions.
Forbes business magazine comes to Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/06/2013
» Asean Economic Community (AEC) nears, Thai edition of Forbes to focus on business across ASEAN region as "new supply chain within Asean emerges."
SMEs adapt or die
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/06/2013
» Continual change (strong baht, minimum wage hike, AEC in 2016) forces SMEs to change way they do business. Some survive, others don't.
The Dutch have a King, story and photos
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/05/2013
» The Netherlands' Willem-Alexander became Europe's youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country greeted their first king in 120 years with a massive party.