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Hun Manet: Cambodia's new prime minister
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» PHNOM PENH - Hun Manet has an economics degree from England and graduated from the US military academy West Point, but there are few expectations he will uphold Western liberal ideals when he succeeds his father as Cambodia's prime minister.
Myanmar spirit mediums take aim at military coup
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» YANGON: Otherworldly forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar's coup, according to the ornately dressed spirit mediums joining street protests to denounce the country's sudden turn back to army rule.
Princess Ubolratana disqualified from list of candidates for PM
AFP, Published on 11/02/2019
» Princess Ubolratana was on Monday formally disqualified for running for prime minister, ending her brief and ill-fated political union with a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan, just days after a stern royal command rebuking her candidacy was issued by her brother, the king.
Rappers lay into junta, social conformity
AFP, Published on 13/11/2018
» "A country killing the people... doesn't give a damn about its children," spits 17-year-old Elevenfinger, one of a legion of acerbic young rappers ripping into politics, dire education system and calcifying social mores.
Myanmar renews SEZ push
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/10/2017
» Myanmar's special economic zones (SEZs) are a central part of a revitalised economic strategy in which increased manufacturing activity will play a key role. And breathing renewed life and energy into stagnant or stalled SEZs has moved to the top of the government's agenda.
Fear spreads as Thai junta jails online critics
AFP, Published on 06/05/2016
» BANGKOK - The Thai junta's fresh arrests of online critics is spreading paranoia across the country, say rights activists, with eight people being held for disparaging the regime on Facebook.
Kasit fears racial strife in Malaysia
Published on 19/09/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — A new red-yellow divide is emerging, but this time it's not in Thailand but in Malaysia and there is a danger of a destructive conflict along racial lines.
Thai folk music changes tune as coup silences dissent
AFP, Published on 06/07/2015
» KHON KAEN (THAILAND) - Flashing a toothless smile, 96-year-old Gaew breaks into the jaunty, staccato verses of "Mo Lam", a style of folk music that reaches deep into the heritage of northeastern Thailand.
Vietnam to join Asean rubber council
Online Reporters, Published on 17/03/2015
» Vietnam has agreed to join Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in a regional trading network aimed at shoring up rubber prices.
Former Thai leaders may face impeachment over 2010 crackdown
AFP, Published on 25/02/2015
» BANGKOK - Two prominent pro-establishment Thai politicians should face impeachment for their role in a 2010 military crackdown that killed more than 90 anti-government protesters, the country's powerful graft watchdog said Tuesday.