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Tour guides: 'Savage' foreign criminals steal our jobs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/07/2017
» Foreign tour guides come to teach then work & steal jobs from Thais. Many are criminals & behave like 'savages' Thai tour guide association says.
University over-enrolls, graduating students punished
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/07/2017
» 147,000 baht tuition wasted as graduates not allowed to get license needed to become school director. University broke rules, but students punished.
Foreign labour law: Flight to border & economic disruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/07/2017
» New laws to "protect" migrant workers lead to mass flight to border by migrant workers afraid of new laws to protect them.
Thai business shuns regime, invests overseas
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/06/2017
» As baht rises & confidence falls, Thai companies choose to invest outside of Thailand with their piles of cash & low interest rates.
Northern Morchit bus station return to original location
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/06/2017
» New bus station for the North & Isan to be located next to convenient mass transit stations to get easily into Bangkok, as they once were many years ago.
Speeding, tailgating van hits highway sweeper, kills two
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2017
» Wreck of commuter van after crashing into street sweeper, killing van driver & passenger. Speeding van was following too close behind truck.
11,000 nurses to get civil servant status
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/05/2017
» Some protests do work. Nurses stuck in low paid temporary status get promises of full-time nurse jobs with full benefits and pay.
Tradition vs change: Social conflict still bubbling under surface
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/05/2017
» For three years Thailand has been peaceful & without protests, but still bubbling under the surface are deep differences in opinion about social change.
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.
Drug reform Thailand: Harm reduction & decriminalisation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/04/2017
» Thailand launch for annual report on drugs because of "late King's commitment to solving narcotics problems & current government's shift in drug policy."