Pattaya Mail
The Koh Phangan precedent: Dismantling the business of legal subterfuge
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PATTAYA, Thailand – The current upheaval on Koh Phangan is far more than a standard enforcement operation against illicit businesses in a tourist destination; it is a stark revelation of a national security crisis festering beneath the facade of a flourishing tourism industry. At the heart of this turmoil is the rapid…
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