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Thailand's police corruption problem
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/12/2012
» More and more Thais have their own experiences with bad cops & the bad image they create hurts the tourism industry & brings loss of face at a national scale.
New Sufficiency Economy with Buddhist twist
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/12/2012
» For new version of Sufficiency Economy, 30 villages in Chiang Rai with lack of irrigation, high debt & low productivity will be testing ground.
HFMD disease alert in Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2012
» With hand, foot & mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks in Cambodia & China killing many children, govt acts to control spread of disease.
Fake rice business cheats farmers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/06/2012
» 50 farmers in Chiang Rai, Phrae, Nan & Phayao told to setup cooperative, borrow from banks, buy rice, but then given fake checks for their rice.
Saving Thailand's wild medicinal plants
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/05/2012
» As forests disappear so do the herbal plants used in Thai traditional medicine, special protection areas & methods to grow outside of forest needed.
Transgenders in parliament?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/04/2012
» Former beauty queen Nok determined to represent transgenders in parliament. Nok's free sex-change idea made her controversial in the past.
Ancient Sukhothai farming born again
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/04/2012
» Grassroots irrigation based on ancient ways still growing crops when more than 50% of fields unused because not enough water.
From floods to drought
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/03/2012
» Thailand seesaws from too much water in Bangkok to too little in farming areas like Nan that need water for crops.
Store floodwater in rice fields: Pay the farmers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/02/2012
» Govt failed to tell villagers their fields will be used for floodwater storage. Worries about being paid for flooded rice fields.
Floods: Managing dam water levels
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/02/2012
» With the rainy season fast approaching, dam storage levels need to be cut from 80% to 45% to make room for new rain water.