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Is Asean now a new 'balancing wheel'?
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 15/07/2025
» Last week's Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting reflects its continued relevance in an increasingly unstable world. Amid US unilateralism and US President Donald Trump's tariff nationalism, Asean has reasserted itself as a balancing wheel -- a stabilising force on which its dialogue partners can still depend.
Cambodia row hits local fruit growers
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 11/07/2025
» TRAT: The closure of the Ban Had Lek permanent border checkpoint to Cambodia in Trat province has resulted in economic losses exceeding 10 billion baht over the past two weeks, officials say.
Thai investor confidence hit by political turbulence
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/07/2025
» Investor sentiment has taken a sharp downturn, sliding firmly into the bearish zone amid mounting political uncertainty at home and escalating global conflicts, according to the latest survey by the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco).
US will send more weapons to Ukraine, says Trump
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» KYIV - US President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, after Russia claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbour.
Southeast Asia facing hidden extremist threat
Oped, Published on 07/07/2025
» In May, Indonesia's counter-terrorism unit arrested an 18-year-old man in Gowa, South Sulawesi, on charges of spreading Islamic State (IS) propaganda and inciting bomb attacks on social media. Identified only as MAS, the suspect represents a deeply troubling development in Southeast Asia's struggle against terrorism: the rise of youth radicalisation driven entirely by online exposure.
Bhumjaithai land case is not 'politically motivated'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/07/2025
» Newly-appointed Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has dismissed reports the investigation into the controversial Khao Kradong land case involving the Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) is politically motivated.
Separatist ‘white faces’ sow fear in South
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/07/2025
» Recent bomb discoveries in the tourist provinces of Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi are believed to mark a strategic expansion of southern insurgent activity, aimed at undermining tourist confidence and damaging the local economy, particularly in the tourism sector, says a security source in the deep South.
All wiped out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/07/2025
» Re: "Trade deal optimism lifts Asian shares", (Business, June 28).
Trade deal optimism lifts Asian shares
Published on 28/06/2025
» RECAP: Most Asian stock markets rose on Friday, and a gauge of global equities reached another record high, on trade-deal optimism and increased expectations for US interest-rate cuts this year.
Trade and Middle East Conflicts Drive Oil Prices
Published on 25/06/2025
» From 1 April to 18 June 2025, ICE Brent crude oil prices declined by USD 5.68 per barrel compared to the previous quarter, averaging USD 69.28 per barrel. The drop followed an announcement by eight OPEC+ countries—Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman—to increase crude oil production from April to July 2025. The additional output, which totalled 1.37 million barrels per day, reversed earlier voluntary cuts. Saudi Arabia is now pushing for a full reinstatement of its 2.2 million barrels per day in voluntary cuts by September 2025 to regain global market share.