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War On Drugs: Hit replay button?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/01/2012
» Nine years after the 2,600 extrajudicial killings of 2003, Deputy PM Chalerm eerily repeats Thaksin's words in TV speech.
Govt vs. Bank of Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/01/2012
» Politicians dump 1997 crisis debt on banking sector with tax on bank deposits (govt banks exempt) law made in cabinet, not parliament.
Govt debt to disappear
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/12/2011
» 1.14 trillion baht in govt debt from 1997 crisis to be erased immediately by shifting off balance sheet to Bank of Thailand.
Pardon: Stir up conflict again?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/11/2011
» Political protests & now floods have crippled businesses & increased unemployment for years. Proposed pardon could restart the downward spiral.
Too much rice in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/09/2011
» Real problem is overproduction & excess of rice pushing prices down. Labour wasted, used only sporadically in peak months. Poor farmers produce only 15 tonnes of rice per harvest, but are 82% of all rice-farming households.
Police reform, not political ploys
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/09/2011
» Casino scandal to replace police chief with Thaksin's man not real reform of closely linked system of politicians, mafia, corrupt police.
War on drugs, without extrajudicial killing
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/06/2011
» This time all parties are renouncing the mass-killing of Thaksin's war on drugs in their anti-drug policies.
Thailand's sixth satellite?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2011
» A company founded by Thaksin Shinawatra is moving ahead with plans to build a sixth satellite "despite receiving no incentives or a concession period extension."
Credit cards for farmers and more
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/05/2011
» In the run-up to Thailand's election, political parties are putting together competitive policy platforms to win the rural vote.
War on Drugs, again?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/05/2011
» Yingluck's brother Thaksin "had a war on drugs that left, 2,700 people dead. That's the equivalent of 30 Ratchaprasongs."