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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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."