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Why Abe's new Asian order is now emerging
Oped, Published on 08/04/2023
» By building up the notion of the Indo-Pacific as a critical region, Shinzo Abe, the late Japanese prime minister, created a strategic framework that presaged the geopolitical and economic integration now taking place across Asia and parts of Africa. As South Asian and Middle Eastern countries merge into West Asia, a new continental order could reshape the global balance of power.
Sweeping powers may be PM's undoing
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 08/05/2021
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha cannot curb the latest domestic wave of Covid-19 quickly, public confidence in his administration could wane to the point of crisis.
Clock ticking for Phuket to reinvent itself
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/09/2020
» Phuket, Thailand's top tourist destination, has experienced the worst hardship in the country as a result of travel restrictions with international airports shut down for almost six months.
Outbreak unveils worst side of some Cambodians
News, Sek Sophal, Published on 04/02/2020
» It was 1.25am on Saturday, April 16, 2016 when a series of earthquakes hit the city of Kumamoto in the southern part of Japan's Kyushu region. With a main shock of magnitude 7.3, the earthquake was strong enough to shake the city of Beppu in nearby Oita Prefecture. Fearing that my old apartment would collapse, I dashed out to the street barefoot.
Safety last
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 15/07/2018
» The government can't prevent boys from being naughty any more than it can prevent squalls in an open sea. However, the government could have prevented two of the most deadly events to have captivated local and global attention recently.
Trump's Indo-Pacific plan is not new at all
News, Sek Sophal, Published on 22/06/2018
» The United States' changing the name of the US Pacific Command to the US Indo-Pacific Command has become a hotly debated topic after the conclusion of the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual security summit organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore earlier this month.
Senseless eviction
News, Postbag, Published on 03/09/2016
» This morning, I learned the street vendors working on Phahon Yothin near Soi 8 have been ordered to move out by the end of this month. Previously, they had been told they would have to leave the area by the end of the year, but for reasons not clear to me the deadline was accelerated just this week.
Stop inviting climate peril
News, Published on 15/11/2013
» The gruesome images of typhoon devastation in the Philippines have brought back chilling memories of the 2004 tsunami that killed more than 5,000 people in Thailand alone.
You get what you deserve
News, Published on 05/05/2012
» Re: ''You're imagining it, says PM'' (BP, May 4).
Phuket getting far too dear for us poor Thais
News, Krissana Parnsoonthorn, Published on 02/05/2012
» Early last month I went to Phuket to interview a top executive of a US advertising agency for two days.