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Premocracy 2.0 in the 2010s?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2016
» In the 1980s General Prem shared power with politicians, delegated economics to technocrats & was untainted by corruption, can it work again?
Crops using less water: Education for farmers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/03/2016
» Rice uses a lot of water so govt training helps farmers switch to crops using less water during the drought. Meet farmers in this program.
Showdown over Supreme Patriarch
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/03/2016
» Phra Buddha Isara on how Wat Dhammakaya's rise to power is a problem, if power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely, as the saying goes.
UPDATE: Steal coconuts, go to jail (teach them a lesson)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2016
» Plantation owner warned coconut thief many times & even installed a CCTV camera on a coconut tree to catch coconut thieves.
Time to fix Sangha Act
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/02/2016
» Current Sangha Act unresponsive to public concern over temple corruption, rogue monks & commercialisation of Buddhism & lacks public accountability.
Chuwit goes to jail
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/01/2016
» "I'd never thought, even for a second, of fleeing and sipping wine on a yacht," Chuwit declared unlike those who flee the country before their sentences are read.
Yingluck hears TDRI president slam rice scheme as trial begins
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/01/2016
» The prosecution began its case against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra in the Supreme Court with damning criticism of her government's rice-pledging scheme from a former TDRI president.
Thaksin New Year's gift to foreign reporters in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/01/2016
» Photo book with Thaksin photos, speeches, important moments in life & thoughts on democracy sent to foreign media as New Year's gift.
Academics keep the spirit of learning alive
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/12/2015
» Facing creeping military intervention, to defend the spirit of critical inquiry at Thailand's universities academics have joined together.
Honest policeman unfairly treated: Pol Maj-Gen Paween Pongsirin
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/12/2015
» After law enforcement success, honest & hardworking police officer made unwelcome at all provincial police bureaus except the deep South that most policemen don’t want to be sent to.