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Adding value to food crops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/04/2012
» When pineapples & other crops are in oversupply, prices fall & farmers lose money. Innovative food products can put crops to better use & avoid oversupply.
12th best economic zone in world
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2012
» The Financial Times of London ranks the industrial estates of Thailand 12th in the world in terms of transportation, facilities, cost & incentives.
Shakepeare's Macbeth banned in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/04/2012
» Modern film retelling of a Shakespeare classic too close to reality for censors. A bloodstained tragedy & tale of greed and lust for power.
Hat Yai: Tourists stay away
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/04/2012
» With 11 people dead & hundreds injured, half of the 12,500 hotel bookings for Songkran have cancelled.
Chuvit: Russian gangsters control Phuket
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/03/2012
» Gambling, money laundering, buying up national forests, luxury housing estates & five-star hotels, payoffs to corrupt police & govt officials.
Sad story of disabled soldier
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/02/2012
» With more than 4,300 killed in the South since 2004, bomb or gunshot injuries have disabled many more who often must rely on their family.
World rice league: India vs. Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/02/2012
» With high govt-supported prices in Thailand, Indian rice may grab market share in Thai markets: Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh & Nepal.
Mekong river patrol: China, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/02/2012
» Boat hijacking by Shan drug gang may be behind killing of 13 Chinese crew last year. Tighter security & joint patrol is the response.
Thai rice exporter invests in Cambodia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/02/2012
» Thailand's top rice exporter in 2011 invests in Cambodia: ready-to-eat-meals & processing for export in Cambodia rather than Vietnam.
Phillippine flash floods: 1000 dead
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/12/2011
» Swollen rivers & landslides sweep thousands out to sea in the middle of the night as they sleep.