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Myanmar and South China Sea to test Asean relevance in summit
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2024
» VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian leaders will meet in Laos this week as Myanmar's civil war and mounting tensions in the South China Sea risk corroding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grouping's central role in the region.
75 years of India’s Independence
News, Published on 14/08/2021
» India marks its 75th Independence Day on 15 August 2021. Global celebrations for the anniversary were formally launched on 12 March 2021 with 75 weeks of festivities called ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Outrage grows after brutal murder of elderly Thai man in San Francisco
New York Times, Published on 28/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Weary of being cooped inside during the pandemic, Vicha Ratanapakdee was impatient for his regular morning walk. He washed his face, put on a baseball cap and face mask and told his wife he would have the coffee she had prepared for him when he returned. Then, on a brisk and misty Northern California winter morning last month, he stepped outside.
Timeline: Crackdown on protests
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2020
» The government declared a state of emergency early on Thursday morning, aimed at protesters who have demanded the removal of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and called for reform of the monarchy.
Thailand revs up for Asean summit
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 20/06/2019
» With the first Asean summit of the year around the corner, Thailand as the chair of the regional bloc plans to promote sustainability and partnership amid challenges in the current state of affairs.
Asean 'must bolster maritime strength'
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 04/12/2018
» As the chair of Asean next year, Thailand needs to push for a strong initiative on the Code of Conduct (COC) to show the regional bloc's strength in the maritime domain, a Japanese security expert said on Monday.
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.
KL poll 'a lesson' to NCPO
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/05/2018
» The Malaysian electorate's vote to install opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister for a second time, in which the 92-year-old defeated his protege-turned-rival Najib Razak, should serve as both a lesson and a warning for the Thai military regime, academics and politicians say.