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By Jon Fernquest

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2007 Currency Crisis

A different take on short-term prospects for the Thai bond market (07-3-08)

Capital controls removal no panacea for Thai bond market (07-03-08)

M.L. Nattakorn Devakula on changes strengthening independence of the Bank of Thailand and bank supervision role (06-03-08)

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Agriculture

Zone restrictions on rice sales lifted to ensure fair rice price for farmers (13-05-08)

The World Bank on the current global food crisis (08-05-08)

How can poor rice farmers increase their share of rice profits? (06-05-08)

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Amulet Economy

What if the amulet bubble bursts...? Jatukarms, sacred art objects or speculative assets? (16-08-07)

Controversy over new Thai cookies that look like Jatukarm talismans but are actually a subtle new form of Buddhist teaching (02-07-07)

The amulet trade: Social benefits and costs in Nakhon Si Thammarat (21-05-07)

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Asian economic crisis of 1997

A gram of prevention is worth of kilo of cure: Preventing another 1997 meltdown (27-06-07)

IMF retrospective on 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (23-05-07)

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Automobile Industry and Transportation

Can a new rail system add value to commerce in Thailand? (07-05-08)

Who will gain or lose from the new Laos highway from Thailand to China? (06-05-08)

Transportation and logistics improvements in Thailand
to combat rising oil prices (02-05-08)

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Burma-Myanmar

Burmese gemstones sold in Thailand: Will sanctions have an impact? (19-03-08)

New economic focus in Thai-Burma relations (17-03-08)

Tiny New Zealand contract in Burma sparks opposition's ire (04-01-08)

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Corporate Governance

Confederacy of zombies: Understanding Thailand's business culture of favouritism and privilege (05-01-08)

Board of the Year Awards reinforce good corporate governance (12-12-07)

Private equity's future impact on the Thai travel industry? (09-03-07)

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Design, Art, and Architecture

Investing in Thai art (23-04-08)

Interior design: Hidden, neglected Thai comparative advantage? (21-04-08)

Bill Bensley on interior design in Thailand (14-02-08)

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Development Economics

MIT's Poverty Action Lab: Proven benefits from NGO activities? (12-02-08)

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Education and Training

Truly free education for all Thais, no matter how poor, without hidden charges, right now? (29-02-08)

Speeling, I mean "Spelling" equals professionalism (29-01-08)

Old People Playing Young (OPPY): Breaking new ground in learner-centered adult education (03-11-07)

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Entrepreneurs and Business Plans

Thailand's golf ball manufacturer: International OEM contracts, Japanese outsourcing,
and dominance in the Thai market (18-04-08)

Green ship dismantling looks to Thailand as ideal location (24-03-08)

Exotic European cheeses stumble upon Thailand (10-03-08)

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Financial Markets

Financing for Thai start-ups waiting at London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) (12-05-08)

A unified ASEAN stock market as a first step to ASEAN economic integration? (05-04-08)

Unified Southeast Asian stock trading system: The Asian Board (02-04-08)

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Foreign Business Act

M.R. Pridiyathorn critiques proposed changes to foreign investment policy (23-08-07)

Fig leaf to be or not to be? Changes to Thailand's Foreign Business Act? (10-08-07)

In search of the real Foreign Business Act (10-01-07)

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Foreign Direct Investment

BOI attracting strategic industries to Thailand (06-12-07)

Award-winning Thammasat economist focuses on Foreign Direct Investment (18-05-07)

Incentives to build the Thai software industry? (22-03-07)

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Government

M.L. Nattakorn Devakula on fostering the growth of Thailand's political parties (03-04-08)

Military to lead investment in Southern Thai economy (24-03-08)

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Healthcare Industry

Sanitsuda Ekachai on the medical malpractice quandry in Thailand (21-03-08)

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History

Chris Baker on a new interpretation of the folk epic Khun Chang Khun Phaen (17-03-08)

The lost art of goldsmiths: A tour through the oldest goldshop in Bangkok's Chinatown (07-02-08)

Daguan's Cambodian travelogue (c. 1296): the intricacies of translating ancient texts (14-09-07)

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Hotels, Restaurants, and Tourism

Changes in Thailand's hotel industry (03-03-08)

Elephant insurance launched in Thailand on Valentine's day (14-02-08)

Thailand targets female Japanese professionals for Thai tourism promotion (07-02-08)

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Intellectual Property

Pizza Hut's intellectual property?

Intellectual property or technology transfer? (Part 1)

Should indigenous knowledge be free?

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International Trade

Thai seafood exporter adjusts to a stronger baht (12-02-08)

Differences between Thailand and Cambodia's export sectors (01-02-08)

Thai exports fall with strong baht and US slowdown (12-01-08)

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Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA)

Strong baht, lack of skilled workers problem for Japanese investment in Thailand (27-02-08)

Japanese government supports engineering education in Thailand and Southeast Asia (06-02-08)

Japanese Chamber of Commerce's take on the Thai elections and the economy in 2008 (15-01-08)

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Macroeconomics

Diversified exports a plus, political instability a minus, for Thailand in global trade slowdown, says ADB (03-04-08)

Food and energy drive inflation to 20 month high in Thailand (04-03-08)

New pro-growth economic policy outlined at Post Forum (26-02-08)

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Media and Telecommunications

"3G today is the way to go" for Thailand, says leading industry analyst (30-04-08)

Will my dream phone be 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G, or Wimax? Don Sambandaraksa explains the comp-p-p-p-pplexities behind our mobile phone future (25-04-08)

Amarin adjusts to harsh climate in Thai publishing industry (23-04-08)

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Medical Tourism

Medical tourism for disabled and elderly: Thailand's competitive advantage (26-11-07)

New medical tourism strategies needed in Thailand? (24-10-07)

When business energises life: Spa innovator Susan Harmsworth discusses her business philosophy (20-07-07)

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Mobile Phones

Free mobile phone web radio in Thailand (12-12-07)

Google phone no longer just a rumour: Can now write programs to test it out (12-12-07)

Mobile phones as an extension of the internet: Not yet (06-12-07)

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Muslim World

Islam's moral economy and Thailand's sufficiency economy (30-04-07)

Siam Cement's Iran project gets a green light

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Non-Performing Loans

Credit bureaus in Thailand Part of the post-1997 financial system reform (15-05-07)

Where did all Thailand's non-performing loans go? (05-03-07)

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Oil and Energy

Thai government oil price intervention drives out retail market participants? (01-04-08)

Recent price controls in Thai energy policy the right policy? (26-03-08)

Thailand's second largest power producer to expand capacity in Laos and Vietnam (21-02-08)

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Outsourcing

The future of IT outsourcing in Thailand?

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Pets and Animals

Lonely at work? Try a hedgehog (11-02-08)

Doggy credit cards not dangerous: If you only have two paws and are not human (17-12-07)

Dogs and humans eating together? Yummy! (27-11-07)

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Pharmaceutical Industry

Thailand's GPO moves ahead with affordable pharmaceuticals (13-03-08)

Jon Ungphakorn on why compulsory licensing should not be withdrawn (20-02-08)

US pharmaceutical lobby threatens to hit Thailand (31-01-08)

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Real Estate

Slum encroachment on public land to be solved "once and for all" (21-03-08)

Recent phenomenal growth in Pattaya's condo market (20-02-08)

No Thai real estate bubble yet say real estate industry expert (15-02-08)

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Retail and Consumer Credit

Carrefour's success in Thailand and planned expansion (28-04-08)

ML Nattakorn Devakula on the futility of price controls on Thai consumer goods (27-03-08)

Thai retail property sector picks up a bit: Good tidings of things to come? (20-03-08)

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Shin Sale and Coup

Economics, money making to be stressed in village fund revival (17-04-08)

Nidhi Eoseewong on conflict over the Thai constitution (09-04-08)

Supachai on the economic "blessing in disguise" of the 2006 coup (06-02-08)

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Social Policy

Legalised gambling in Thailand? The pros and the cons (10-03-08)

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Sufficiency Economy

Background Report on Thai Forestry Sector: Keith Barney (26-11-07)

Ratchaphruek Expo Park in Chiang Mai facing regulatory delays (24-11-07)

Community forest act passed: Will it really solve the problem? (23-11-07)

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Technology

Google to fuel online advertising in Thailand (12-03-08)

How far should Thailand go with Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)? (11-01-08)

Pushing the technological envelope: Stage two for Thailand's science parks (17-10-07)

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Video on the Web

Google search + You Tube Video = ????

Web video-sharing and the movie industry

TV anywhere you want, anytime you want

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Women in Business

Female bus tycoon rags to riches story (27-11-07)

Role models for women in retail sales

Thai senior executive role models for women

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Work and Labor

Triumph in the Thai court system for a foreign employee (11-12-07)

Child labor: What's the solution?

The tradeoff between work and leisure

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