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Fresh from conflict, Pakistan plays peacemaker
AFP, Published on 14/04/2026
» ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - As the clock ticked down to US President Donald Trump’s deadline to destroy Iran’s civilisation last week, hope emerged from an unlikely corner, with Pakistan’s prime minister first seeking — and within hours securing — a two-week ceasefire between the warring sides.
Rule change could encourage insurers to increase equity holdings
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 14/04/2026
» A decision by Thailand’s insurance regulator to reduce the equity risk charge for domestic investments is expected to unlock significant institutional inflows into the stock market, as insurers gain greater flexibility to allocate capital to higher-return assets.
Thailand crowned kings again with dramatic victory
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 14/04/2026
» Thailand reclaimed the Asean Futsal Championship with a 2-1 victory over Indonesia in Nonthaburi on Sunday night, securing their 17th regional title in front of a packed Nonthaburi Sports Stadium.
Rethink Asean-Pakistan relations
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 14/04/2026
» Pakistan became an Asean sectoral dialogue partner in 1993. Yet for more than three decades, the grouping's engagement with this nuclear-armed state has remained limited. The time has surely come to reconsider its status and elevate it to a full dialogue partner.
Oil surges, stocks drop as Trump threatens to block Hormuz
AFP, Published on 13/04/2026
» LONDON - Oil prices surged and stock markets broadly fell Monday after US-Iran peace talks broke down and President Donald Trump announced a plan to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, ratcheting up fears for Middle East energy supplies.
China model gains appeal in Vietnam as police expand power
Reuters, Published on 13/04/2026
» HANOI - Vietnam is increasingly edging closer to China's model of governance, tightening state control while embracing Chinese technology and regulation as its most powerful leader in decades heads to Beijing this week, according to internal documents, public policy plans and sources.
Thailand not ready for border talks with Cambodia: Sihasak
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/04/2026
» Thailand is not ready to attend the Thailand-Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting scheduled for April 17-25, as internal procedures remain incomplete, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said on Saturday.
People’s Party on back foot over reform
Post Reporters, Published on 11/04/2026
» If there is one issue that should naturally belong to the People’s Party, it is the politics of institutional reform — especially when that reform touches on the privileges, perks and opaque benefits enjoyed by political and state elites.
Longer-term impacts from war constrain SET
Business, Tisco Securities, Published on 11/04/2026
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand saw big swings during March, especially at the beginning of the month, after Israel and the United States started bombing Iran on the last day of February.
Suu Kyi, media bias and morality
News, Fergus Harlow, Published on 11/04/2026
» History rarely collapses in an instant; more often, it is quietly rewritten until reality itself feels negotiable. In the years leading up to Myanmar's 2021 coup, a story took shape in the international imagination -- one that cast Aung San Suu Kyi not as a constrained civilian leader navigating a military-dominated state, but as a symbol of moral failure.