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Deeper Dive podcast: Roots of Thai-Cambodian border conflict
Dave Kendall, Published on 24/08/2025
» The long-simmering conflict between Thailand and Cambodia over the demarcation of their 817km border has exploded in 2025, with batteries of air strikes and heavy artillery that have killed more than 40 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Deeper Dive: How US aid shutdown affects Thailand
Dave Kendall, Published on 17/04/2025
» US President Donald Trump has cut off most of America’s foreign aid programmes, directly affecting Thailand and its neighbours. The affected projects range from hospitals and refugee support to earthquake relief and clean energy, and people have already died as a result.
Vaping a way to cut smoking death toll?
Dave Kendall, Published on 17/03/2025
» An average of 47 people in Thailand die from smoking cigarettes every day, while there has not been a single recorded death here from using e-cigarettes.
Deeper Dive Thailand: Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?
Dave Kendall, Published on 24/02/2025
» Over the past 20 years, fewer than 100 people worldwide have died from vaping, while more than 100 million people have died from smoking regular cigarettes. In Thailand, the tobacco death toll is 71,000 people each year, and from vaping – zero. So why are cigarettes available in every convenience store, while e-cigarettes are banned?
Deeper Dive: What's behind Thailand's flooding?
Dave Kendall, Published on 29/11/2024
» In the second half of 2024, 42 out of the 77 Thai provinces faced flooding. At least 50 people were killed and billions of baht were lost in damages to property and farmland.
Deeper Dive: Thailand, tourism and global harmony
Dave Kendall, Published on 20/09/2024
» Thailand’s recent relaxation of visa restrictions was necessary for both the economy and social stability, says a leading travel historian, because the kingdom is deeply dependent on tourism.
Thailand’s new visas: call for questions
Dave Kendall, Published on 16/07/2024
» Thailand has introduced a raft of new visa regulations, including:
Experts pour cold water on rewards for busting forest burners
Dave Kendall, Published on 21/03/2024
» As toxic smog continues to choke much of the country, Chiang Mai Governor Nirat Sitthithaworn’s plan to give 10,000 baht rewards to people who report fire starters in forested areas – if it leads to a conviction - has received a lukewarm response from experts in the field.
New cannabis bill is ‘knee-jerk reaction’: campaigner
Dave Kendall, Published on 19/01/2024
» The new cannabis control bill is a face-saving move in response to a public perception that marijuana usage has spiralled out of control, according to cannabis right activist and entrepreneur Chokwan Kitty Chopaka.
Anti-wildlife trafficking crusader Galster in live Q&A Monday
Dave Kendall, Published on 18/12/2023
» According to the United Nations, about 100 species of plants and animals go extinct every day, and 1 million are on the brink.