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Migrant workers: System doesn't work
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2013
» Current system for migrant worker health & passports has failed, punishing rather than helping, workers then leave system & become illegal again.
Stock exchange: Punishing share price manipulators
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/04/2013
» Criminal laws exist but not enforced so first step: quick fines & warning to protect public, then criminal penalties for repeat offenders.
Songkran road accidents: Mostly motorcycles
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2013
» 321 dead, 3,040 injured, 78.11% motorcycles, 21% no helmet, alcohol 39.11%, speeding 23.59%, 232,600 no helmet violations.
Red shirts to drive away ghosts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/04/2013
» Red shirts are not just for political protests. When 10 healthy men died one after another last December, villagers realized they were under attack by a "widow ghost" so red shirts went up to protect each house.
Riot in central Bangkok: Charity concert blows up
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/01/2013
» 700 police brought in to break up fight between rival gangs at Ad Carabao & Sek Loso concert; fight goes on for 3 hours, national anthem played to stop.
Tradeoff: Stable baht or loss-free central bank
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/09/2012
» Keeping baht stable & weak for exporters means losses for central bank when it buys & sells currencies. Weak baht also means capital inflows.
Ohm, the (un)friend(ly) Facebook thief
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/08/2012
» First, he was your Facebook friend with a sad story & rich parents, but when you turned around your purse was missing & all your valuables.
Traffic police: Less checkpoints, more law enforcement
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/08/2012
» Police will change road checkpoints to make traffic flow more smoothly & enforce important traffic laws.
Hidden world of rice trading
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/07/2012
» Government says secrecy in rice sales to exporters necessary. Critics say secrecy just hides corrupt deals with a handful of big rice exporters.
Myanmar troops grab hundreds of Thais
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/07/2012
» 500-800 Thai villagers operating rubber farms on or near Myanmar territory rounded up & held by Burmese army.