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Is Thailand's new welfare state financially sustainable?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/06/2017
» Greying Thailand is taking better care of its people but costs are rising & sustainability is becoming a bigger issue.
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.
Facebook Live: Anyone can be a TV station
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/01/2017
» After banned TV news anchor Sorayuth proves anyone can be a TV station with a mobile phone, digital TV stations who paid billions for licenses are scared.
Colombian president wins Nobel Prize for peace efforts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2016
» After 50-years of civil war tore Colombia apart, referendum was to end war but voted down last month.
Abhisit says 'no' to draft charter
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/07/2016
» Draft charter doesn't solve Thailand's problems of national development, corruption and political conflicts. Senators handpicked by junta & changes in corruption fighting big problems.
Fortune-tellers & politics in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/07/2016
» Public figures cannot avoid fortune-tellers, observes former-PM Abhisit, but predictions for careful living, not policy. Everyone from Gen. Prayut to Thaksin uses them.
UPDATED: Aung San Suu Kyi visits Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/06/2016
» Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Thailand Thursday for three-day visit. Visits to migrant workers & refugee camps & bilateral talks on Dawei, migrants & refugees on agenda during trip.
"Be united" song is "Not be united" song critics say
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/06/2016
» Song urges Northerners to "not be fooled & manipulated by anyone" while "southern people love democracy & freedom" according to the song.
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?
U Htin Kyaw nominated as Myanmar's next president
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/03/2016
» Close aide of Suu Kyi as president would allow her to rule "above" president, replacing outgoing President Thein Sein this month.