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In the Covid soup
News, Published on 15/05/2021
» No one wants to be in Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's shoes amid the current pandemic crisis as his political life and that of his entire cabinet depend on how he controls the damage from the third wave of Covid-19, according to political observers.
Dark Myanmar forces
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/05/2021
» Re: "Backsliding by Myanmar," (Editorial, May 14).
Myanmar junta declares martial law in town after attacks on bank, police
Reuters, Published on 14/05/2021
» Myanmar's junta has declared martial law in a town in Chin State after blaming "armed terrorists" for attacks on a police station and a bank, state media reported on Friday, amid an upsurge in fighting between the military and ethnic rebels in border areas.
Fair auction to determine fate of Thaicom satellites
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/05/2021
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry says a fair auction will be held to determine the operator of Thaicom's 4 and 6 satellites, which are scheduled to be handed over to National Telecom (NT) after SET-listed Thaicom's concession ends in September.
Protest leader 'Mike' contracts virus
News, Published on 14/05/2021
» Protest leader Panupong Jadnok has tested positive for Covid-19 while in prison, according to his lawyer.
Backsliding by Myanmar
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2021
» Just weeks after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) revealed to the world its "breakthrough" on the Myanmar crisis at a special summit in Jakarta on April 24, the grouping is more or less back to square one.
Opposition turns screw over Covid
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 14/05/2021
» An opposition MP is seeking a censure debate against the government over its alleged failure to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
Objective allies: Netanyahu and Hamas militants
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/05/2021
» 'Objective allies' generally don't even talk to each other. They don't have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often hate each other. But they share some intermediate goal, and are clever enough to realise they can both get what they want by acting together in certain ways.
US track and field scrap Japan pre-Olympics camp over virus: officials
AFP, Published on 13/05/2021
» TOKYO - The US track and field team has scrapped plans for pre-Olympic training in Japan over concerns about safety during the pandemic, Japanese officials said.
Buddhist monks in Myanmar split on anti-junta movement
AFP, Published on 13/05/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar's Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with some prominent religious leaders defending the new junta.