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Oil slick: Bigger than it looks (Updated)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/08/2013
» Satellite shows big oil film of 15 sq kms moving towards coral reefs & coastal fish farms.
Oil spill hits beach at Koh Samet island (Update 2)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/07/2013
» Navy & PTT rush to control oil at popular tourism resort island Koh Samet.
(Updated) Big changes coming soon?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/06/2013
» A major cabinet shake-up could come within days as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra seems likely to follow her older brother's advice to bring in fresh faces to restore the government's popularity.
A crisis to help sell coal power plants?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/02/2013
» Scheduled maintenance on Myanmar gas fields & energy shortfall in April known since last year, now used to sell coal plants that people don't want.
Thailand-Burma energy relationship
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/02/2012
» Military conflicts between Burma & Thailand have shut the border in the past, but the natural gas supply to Thailand has never been turned off.
Hunt for cash: Post-flood govt borrowing
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/01/2012
» With flood recovery looming & tax reductions galore (corporate, first car, first home...) govt frantically searching for ways to pay for it all.
Gas price hike sparks protest (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/01/2012
» Transport firms have begun to carry out their threat to block national highways with up to 20,000 vehicles.
Thai investment in Burma industrial center
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/12/2011
» Major Thai companies build factories at Dawei deep sea port & industrial city in Burma (steel, fertiliser, petrochemicals). 132 km road from Thailand finished.
Returning flood victims face difficult choices
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/12/2011
» Residents returning to their flood-damaged homes worry that their efforts to restore their homes to their original condition may be may be wiped out by the next flood.
Thailand invests in Burma
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/11/2011
» Thai companies invest in power plant at Dawei, Burma near Kanchanaburi, soon to be deep seaport for shipping to Europe & the Middle East.