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Flood prevention plans
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/11/2010
» This is the first is a series of Bangkok Post stories on the aftermath of the floods.
Flood spending under fire
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/11/2012
» The government came under heavy fire over alleged irregularities in the spending of its 120-billion-baht flood rehabilitation and prevention budget during the last day of the censure debate yesterday.
Calculating the bill
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/10/2010
» The compensation bill to the government for helping those affected by the floods is expected to be very high.
Corruption: Same sad story
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/08/2012
» Govt officials & politicians routinely use job to profit from disaster victims, poor rice farmers & forest reserves. Bribes, 50% of government concessions costs.
Suvarnabhumi: New runway by 2018
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/07/2012
» With repeated problems handling airplanes & passengers, several expansion projects have started to make Bangkoks' international airport larger.
Bangkok Post's "Person of the Year"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/12/2011
» If you were a volunteer, the Person of the Year is you! – and the thousands of others who gave their time to help others during the year's natural disasters.
What's new in business news: October 10, 2013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/10/2013
» Suvarnabhumi overcrowding slows, tablet coupons to parents instead of school purchases & fish disappeared after oil spill, villagers complain.
Is Pracha Wiwat a populist policy?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/12/2010
» Today's article is a letter to the editor from Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij answering critics of the government's Pracha Wiwat policy.
Floods: World Bank on damage & recovery
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/11/2011
» 660 billion baht in property loss & 700 billion in lost opportunities. Flood impact "not all negative as it would spur spending."