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Locals fight city pillar shrine renovation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/07/2017
» As King Power tycoon finances shrine makeover, locals fear tycoon using shrine to win himself more luck.
Bangkok bombing trial begins with Chinese translator
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/11/2016
» Defendants claim China-appointed translator can't be trusted after military court solves translator problem delaying trial.
Erawan bombing trial postponed: Interpreter jumps bail on drug charge
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/08/2016
» Court appointed translator facing drugs charges skips bail. Washington-based member of World Uighur Congress proposed as new interpreter.
Monkey street art in Lopburi
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/08/2016
» Monkey street paintings now found in central Lopburi with the thousands of monkeys in temples, buildings and gardens, living side-by-side with locals.
Fortune-tellers & politics in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/07/2016
» Public figures cannot avoid fortune-tellers, observes former-PM Abhisit, but predictions for careful living, not policy. Everyone from Gen. Prayut to Thaksin uses them.
Thai sister group for Japan's AKB48 all-girl pop group
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/03/2016
» With pink as official colour representing orchids, Thai sister pop group of AKB48 to be called BNK48 & will join Jakarta, Taipei & Manila as foreign sister groups.
Erawan bombers first targeted pier for Chinese tourists
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/02/2016
» Bangkok bombers initially targeted Chao Phraya river pier for dinner cruises for high Chinese casualties, chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters.
Tourism: Thailand tops Asia-Pacific thanks to Chinese
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/01/2016
» Bangkok most-visited Asia-Pacific destination in 2015 with 3 cities in top 10, outpacing Singapore (#2) & Kuala Lumpur (#4). Chinese driving Thai tourism.
Luxury import tax cut to take lead from Hong Kong & Singapore
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/01/2016
» Thailand offers more for less to tourists than Hong Kong or Singapore, so making Thailand's luxury good prices equal should grab their market share.
Thailand believed to have deported 2 Chinese activists
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/11/2015
» Thai immigration police allegedly took two Chinese political refugees under UN protection from their homes & put them on an airplane to China.