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Smooth Asean debut for Yingluck
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/11/2011
» Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had a much easier time at the Asean summit than her predecessor Abhisit Vejjajiva. Not a word was mentioned about the Thai-Cambodian border dispute.
High prices but no rice
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/10/2011
» Rice farmers should be reaping large profits from the government's rice mortgage scheme, but for many, their harvest has been almost completely submerged by the worst floods in memory.
Forest robbery
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/09/2011
» A long but not very difficult look at how Thai forests are being robbed of their most precious rosewood (payoong) trees.
A gentler drug war
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/09/2011
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government has kicked off a new war on drugs – although that it not what it is being called.
Drug of choice
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/09/2011
» Ya ice has become the favourite drug of young abusers, partly because it is mistakenly thought to be safer than ya baa.
Get serious about South, govt told
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/08/2011
» With 144 of their members killed since 2004, teachers in the deep South are understandably frustrated and angry.
Truly awful
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/08/2011
» In a truly awful story of cruelty to animals, Thai police stopped two trucks illegally packed with 2,000 dogs bound for Vietnam.
Challenges ahead
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/08/2011
» Bangkok Post reporter Nattaya Chetchotiros details some of the main challenges facing Yingluck Shinawatra when she becomes prime minister later today.
Angry spirits
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/07/2011
» With three helicopters crashing in just eight days, some people are convinced supernatural forces, like angry forest spirits, are to blame.
Let Yingluck decide
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/07/2011
» We’re not going anywhere, outgoing PM Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday, despite the ICJ ruling requiring troops to leave the Preah Viharn temple area. It’s up to the next government to decide.