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Will Trump's call to resume nuclear testing fuel a US-China arms race?
Published on 02/11/2025
» US President Donald Trump's call to "immediately" resume testing of nuclear weapons, citing Beijing and Moscow's rapid nuclear build-up, could drive China to "accelerate" its own efforts to develop its strategic forces, according to analysts.
PM: No-casino policy to bring Chinese visitors back to Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 02/11/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Chinese President Xi Jinping was pleased with Thailand’s stance against legalising casinos, and the Chinese government will encourage more Chinese tourists to visit the country.
Vietnam urban railway project on track with Japanese support
Kyodo News, Published on 01/11/2025
» HANOI — Construction of a 12-kilometre urban railway project connecting central Hanoi with a developing area on the city's outskirts has started, with Japanese know-how and yen loans likely to help the project progress.
In an international win for China's C919, Brunei accepts Beijing's aviation rules
Published on 01/11/2025
» Brunei has officially adopted China's civil aviation certification standards, easing access for Chinese-built aircraft such as the narrowbody C919 jet into the wealthy Southeast Asian market while serving as a potential model for how the planes could expand their international reach.
Cambodia and Thailand to disarm their border after Trump’s peace deal
Published on 01/11/2025
» Cambodia and Thailand took a major step towards de-escalating territorial tensions just days after a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, saying they will start to remove weapons from their shared border.
Rules changes to speed up state agency spending
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/11/2025
» The Comptroller-General's Department has reformed budget disbursement processes to expedite the injection of more than 4 trillion baht into the economy.
Tepid forecast for 2026 rice shipments
Business, Published on 01/11/2025
» The rice export outlook for 2026 appears subdued due to several negative factors, as exporters expect to ship 7.5 million tonnes of rice next year.
Liquor logic lost
Postbag, Published on 01/11/2025
» Re: "Restaurants voice concern over new alcohol law", (Business, Oct 29).
Arab fraternity weakens and hegemons rule
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/11/2025
» 'This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper," wrote T S Eliot in 1925, probably responding to the profoundly unsatisfactory aftermath of World War I (although with a poet, you never really know). At any rate, it's happening again, this time in the Middle East.
Learning to get along
News, Editorial, Published on 01/11/2025
» After three months of extreme hostility, with border clashes resulting in a few dozen deaths, Thailand and Cambodia finally agreed to a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump.