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Foreign worker crackdown: Small mom & pop businesses suffering
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2017
» Big corporate hotels & restaurant chains want the small cheap mom & pop restaurants & guesthouses licensed or shut down.
Thai rice: Future brightens after over-supply crisis passes
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/06/2017
» With rice stockpiles finally sold off & supply reduced from drought & crop-switching, rice prices rising again so future brighter for Thai rice.
Philippine city in ruins: Islamic State still a threat
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/06/2017
» The war against ISIS currently raging in the city of Marawi has taken many lives & is a stark warning to other ASEAN states to be prepared.
Baht strengthening: The winners & the losers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/06/2017
» With baht appreciation over the last year, revenue & expenses in dollars or baht is key factor for Thai businesses winning or losing from appreciation.
China's world tech domination begins in SE Asia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2017
» If the new Chinese global business strategy is "winner takes all" and to wipe out all other players out, why worry?
Trump-Prayut phone call: Closer ties begin
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/05/2017
» First time Thai Prime Minister invited to make state visit to US White House since 2006. Focus change from human rights to regional & economic issues.
Two years in prison for Thai citizen journalists
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/04/2017
» Thailand's ranking in World Press Freedom for 2017 falls 6 places to 142nd in world, as new law puts citizen journalists without license in jail for two years.
Philippine workers: Thailand popular destination
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/04/2017
» Five times as many skilled Filipinos working in Thailand than any other ASEAN country. New border registration set to reduce illegal workers from neighboring countries.
UPDATE: Thai-Philippine relations: PM Prayut meets President Duterte
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2017
» For two fellow Asean countries that are only 3-hours apart by air, the state visit by President Duterte of the Philippines laid the groundwork for future cooperation.
Underwater hockey: Join the revolution
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/03/2017
» Probably the funnest sport that nobody knows about, players swim around at bottom of pool & push a hockey towards a goal to win.