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Kratom leaves: Are they really a dangerous drug? (with video)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/09/2015
» Follow three young men into Pattani's forest for a Kratom cookout. Despite use as folk medicine for stomach aches, diarrhoea, light pain relief or pick-me-up-snack, Kratom illegal since 1943 but is part of southern Thailand's culture & may have medicinal uses.
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Slave-labour fish: Indonesia to Thailand to US (video, photos, map)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/03/2015
» "...after authorities and companies started demanding that every man be accounted for... captains began stowing corpses alongside fish in ship freezers until they arrived back in port..."
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Drug kingpins continue crime business in prison
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/09/2014
» Prisons are now drug dealing hubs run with family outside prison & mobile phones. Prison staff help & share in the profits.
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Rise of street art in Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/06/2014
» Bangkok street artists, once rejected, now show their work in art shows, get commissions to paint hotel interiors & do brand name product designs.
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What's new in business news: May 22, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/05/2014
» Thaksin's sister fined for insider stock trading, rubber glut & low prices expected to last two more years & bright outlook for Thai food industry as trade fair opens.
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Major fire in Phuket (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/10/2013
» A major fire destroyed the Phuket SuperCheap store in a blaze that started when over 1000 people were in the building.
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Soft drinks: Coke rises, Pepsi falls
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/03/2013
» Coke sales grew 32% worldwide last year, highest in 10 years. Coke market share rose to 50% with Pepsi falling to 15% & new brand est rising to 19%.
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Hit-and-run: Police officer dragged to death
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/09/2012
» Red Bull founder's grandson hits police with black Ferrari, drags him 200 metres, runs away. Police chief suspended after trying to arrest someone else.
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Pineapple growers block highway
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/03/2012
» It was pineapples, not floods, that finally blocked the main route from Bangkok to the South as pineapple growers stepped up pressure on the government to raise prices for their produce.
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Bottled water business opportunity
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/11/2011
» With water shortages due to floods plus falling soft drink demand, Peruvian soft drink company Aje shifting to bottled water.
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