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National security budget hike gets flak
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/06/2018
» Critics have taken aim at the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) for giving the green light to a 20% increase in the national security budget for the 2019 fiscal year
PACC finds blankets scam in Sing Buri
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/05/2018
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) said on Sunday that it detected a new case of suspected embezzlement of welfare funds meant for blanket procurement in Sing Buri.
Regime under fire as it rains cash on villagers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/03/2018
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government plans to inject 30 billion baht into more than 82,000 villages nationwide amid criticism it is aiming to score political points ahead of the general election that is expected next February.
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.
10-year old asks governor's help, gets it
Published on 13/06/2017
» A 10-year-old student's letter describing her family's poverty and fear their ramshackle home would fall down in a strong wind has touched the governor's heart, and help is forthcoming.
Former communists to receive B1.4bn
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/06/2017
» The government will next Wednesday hand out a total of 1.4 billion baht to 6,183 ex-comrades in "pocket money", as a parting gift to former members of the now-defunct Communist Party of Thailand (CPT).
Being a Thai wife abroad can be risky
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/03/2017
» In this excerpt from a Sunday Spectrum story about Thai wives who go abroad, we learn about Mali who ended up being sold repeatedly in Germany.
China's impact on the Thai economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/01/2017
» An increased flow of people & goods between Thailand & China means change & with change there are always costs & benefits, reactions to changes & more change.
Rice price slump: Economics & long-term solutions
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/11/2016
» Prices would never be so volatile & plunge suddenly if farmers, traders & exporters had better info, futures markets & supply projections.
Nobel Economics Prize: Contract design
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/10/2016
» Best employee contracts with pay based on performance, privatisation of govt run companies, insurance co-payments by insured, problems that Nobel Prize work this year sheds light on.