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Yes, we have no submarines
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 09/02/2014
» As tensions rose last week between China and Japan over control of the South China Sea, the prospects of its impact on Thai waters and the preparedness of the country's navy to deal with it has been brought into question.
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Fight over the spoils leads to rights abuses
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 02/03/2014
» On a humid July day in Shan state, a 12-year-old girl was playing under the monsoon rains falling over her tiny northern township of Ke See. The Myanmar army had been quietly building a presence there since 2009, after the government signed a deal with China to lay pipelines through the area to take oil and gas from the Rakhine basin in the west to Yunnan province. These pipelines, called the Shwe, would be a safe alternative to the strategically vulnerable Strait of Malacca — so the governments said.
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Japan prepares for major role in Myanmar’s rice industry
Asia focus, Justin Heifetz, Published on 28/11/2013
» A 5,000-tonne shipment of rice to Japan from Myanmar for the first time in 45 years caught international headlines last week, with media lauding another milestone in Myanmar’s political reforms.
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Drilling for details
Asia focus, Justin Heifetz, Published on 28/11/2013
» While as many as 50 oil and gas companies submitted expressions of interest on June 14 for 30 offshore blocks, industry insiders warn that poor infrastructure and the government’s new production sharing contract (PSC) regime are risky for foreign investors.
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Secret door cinema club
B Magazine, Justin Heifetz, Published on 06/10/2013
» To enter Bangkok's new members-only club, which has no signage, there's a doorbell to the left of the entrance. Now three months old, the Friese-Greene Club on Sukhumvit Soi 22 is tucked clandestinely behind the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel down a dimly lit street.
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Publish and be damned
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 06/10/2013
» A dozen daily print periodicals hit the streets running after government reforms in the media _ and while it's become a futile battle to post gains, journalists struggling for breath in the saturated market persevere for new-found freedoms. On shoestring budgets in leaky offices, media owners are converting old residential apartments into newsrooms.
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