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Why invest in Thailand?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/09/2011
» Investor confidence is essential to attract investment. Many investors have had second thoughts after recent policy changes.
Thai-Vietnam rice summit
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/09/2011
» Thai rice prices set to rise from $550 to $800 a tonne. Vietnam's exports skyrocketing. India's rice $150 cheaper after lifting rice export ban.
Poor kids in best schools?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/09/2011
» Big payments to get into top schools may be illegal, but a system to get around the rules has been created.
State officials altered land records
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/08/2011
» Illegal transfer of land reform and forest reserve land to private ownership used politicians and village headmen. Land even sold over the internet.
When humans and elephants fight
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/08/2011
» If a wildlife sanctuary is too small, elephants stray into villages in search of food and damage croplands of farmers.
Labour justice
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/07/2011
» Will better wages and benefits for labour really lead to lost export competitiveness, bankruptcy and a flood of cheap immigrant labour?
Hollywood's magnetic tourism appeal
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/07/2011
» New tourism routes follow the action in blockbuster Hangover 2, so powerful is the hypnotic effect on tourists.
Poor foreign workers: No minimum wage
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/07/2011
» Employers get around minimum wages with workers from poorer countries which they pay less.
Where are you land reform?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/07/2011
» Will Pheu Thai sweep land reform under the carpet? Armed thugs hired by a landlord burned down a squatter village on the edge of Bangkok last week.
Long political conflict hurts investment
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/07/2011
» From 2005 onward investment slowed dramatically while consumption remained roughly the same.