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Pattaya: Las Vegas of sex seeks family friendliness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/03/2017
» After harsh crackdown tourists stayed in hotels scared to venture out, economy tumbled so softer "Happy Zone" idea to change Pattaya's image launched.
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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.
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Marching bands in Thailand & Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/06/2016
» Inspired by military service in Germany, Prince Paribatra (1881-1944) wrote over 70 marching band pieces during his life. Many western brass instructors served at the court of Siam.
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Premocracy 2.0 in the 2010s?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2016
» In the 1980s General Prem shared power with politicians, delegated economics to technocrats & was untainted by corruption, can it work again?
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Farmers refuse to delay rice planting
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/06/2015
» "It's too late. We have already bought the materials. We will start planting seedlings in the fields tomorrow," said one farmer, who has already invested in seedlings & fertiliser for this year's main rice crop & will defy govt order.
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84 children among 104 killed by Taliban at Pakistan school
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/12/2014
» Taliban gunmen storm army-run school in Pakistan, killing at least 84 children in one of the country's bloodiest attacks in recent years aimed at weakening Pakistan military's resolve.
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What's new in business news: September 24, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/09/2014
» Risk of long-term decline in Thai rice exports, Ebola cases set to explode says WHO & red-hot Thai stock prices spark warnings.
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What's new in business news: July 1, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/07/2014
» Bangkok motorcycle taxi mafia purge, DTAC offering biggest 3G fee cuts & PTT management shake-up & birth of new PTT.
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What's new in business news: May 23, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2014
» Impact of foreign reactions to coup on tourism, investment & relations, free flow of nurses with English skills in Asean & Loei villagers beaten up by thugs hired by mine owner.
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War weapons seized by soldiers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/05/2014
» Soldiers seize two weapons caches & arrest "hardcore" red-shirt assistant of Jatuporn Prompan wanted for murder of Ramkhamhaeng student & inciting unrest.
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