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OLD WARHORSE MAY TAKE RED MANTLE
28/06/2009 : Major General Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn had slipped into oblivion until he was recently reported to have been approached to head the Puea Thai party because he was seen as the only conceivable figure to direct a red shirt struggle.
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Demarcation hopes to stop encroachment
28/06/2009 : Along with logging, hunting and forest fires, human settlements are a major threat to fertile forests. At present, there are about 100 settlements inside the Western Forest Complex and another 100 villages in the reserved forests adjacent to the complex. To prevent more encroachment and more disputes in the future, a five-year project known as the Joint Management of Protected Areas (JoMPA) was initiated in 2004 to demarcate boundaries between forest and farmland in the forest complex. The project is financially supported by Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) and was extended this year after it became apparent that the demarcation process could not be completed in time.
All Stories
No parents, no food, no home
28/06/2009 : It's the pits to be hungry when you're eight years old. Even with practice. And Master Moe had lots of practice. Once again Mum and Dad were doing "government service", as it's called. Not locked up in a cell, per se, but it was suggested to them that they stick around the station for a few days and nights. If they strayed? The evening news would report they were "shot while attempting to escape". Lethal, most serious stuff.
The difficult path to the recovery in Isan
28/06/2009 : Historically, as in the Tom Yum Goong crisis of 1997, an economic downturn sees an exodus of workers from Bangkok returning to their home provinces, often in the Northeast.
DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFY IN THE DOWNTURN
28/06/2009 : Difficult economic conditions tend to lead to imaginative ways of making money. An interesting example is the attempt by the property agency Engel & Volkers Thailand to get developers to diversify and become its licensed property agents.
Taking a gamble on Thailand
28/06/2009 : The American hotel management chain LaTour Signature Group - which has been heavily promoting the branded boutique hotel concept - has teamed up with Singapore's IndoChine group of restaurants and bars to assume the management of a resort due to open soon on Phuket's Patong beach.
Expat Counsel
OWNING A HOTEL OR GUEST HOUSE IN THAILAND Part III: Can a foreigner do it?
28/06/2009 : We are talking about the ownership options that foreigners have for operating hotels in Thailand. In the last couple of columns we have talked about the possibility of operating in your own name (generally not possible for foreigners), using nominal Thai owners and minority company ownership.
Recovery means jobs and social protections
21/06/2009 : As director-general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Juan Somavia gave the opening address at the Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis, held in Geneva from June 15 to 18 before 4,000 participants, in which he cited a number of challenges facing the world of work, including the need for renewed leadership in international cooperation and new forms of global governance based on the democratic membership of the United Nations.
Attacking the messengers
21/06/2009 : Reporters who cover political issues in today's highly polarised atmosphere run the risk of affronting either the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) or the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), and may suffer serious consequences. In the last few years there have been countless incidents of media outlets and personnel - especially reporters and camera crews - being verbally threatened and intimidated and even physically attacked.
Blood, sweat and dreams
21/06/2009 : A former superstar of the sport and now the coach of a Russian heavyweight world champion, Naront "Pak" Siri says muay Thai is being ruined by government indifference and the inherent corruption which goes with the multi-million dollar betting industry.
Giant Russian is ready to rumble
21/06/2009 : Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov has been training in Thailand for five years and is now ready for a move to Japan's K-1 mixed-martial arts competition and the big pay days.
