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Indian Ocean region targets increased integration
News, Faisal Ahmed, Published on 27/10/2016
» As Bali hosts the Council of Ministers meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Thursday, a multilateral organisation, the blue economies, which focus on existing local production and consumption systems, are on the go to enhance the grouping's regional cooperation.
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Media-driven panic fueling fears in Southeast Asia
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 22/09/2016
» As Southeast Asia faces a resurgence of terrorism under the blood-soaked brand of the Islamic State (IS), the region needs to takes to take a deep breath -- and resist the urge to panic.
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A new era begins for the disabled in Asean
News, Seree Nonthasoot, Published on 18/06/2016
» The year 2016 marks a momentous milestone for the peoples of Asean and, in particular, persons with disabilities who are our fellow Asean citizens. To begin with, the commencement of the Asean Community guided by the new Asean Vision 2025: Forging Ahead Together brings a greater promise on human rights.
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Why are the Islamists still terrorising?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 30/05/2016
» Because most people think of Islamic State, al-Qaeda and their ilk as crazies motivated solely by hatred, they are not puzzled by recent terrorist attacks on the West like those in Paris, Brussels and Los Angeles. Like the villains in comic books, the terrorists are simply evil, and no further explanation is needed. But in the real world, being violent and fanatical does not make you stupid.
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High alert for terrorism
News, Editorial, Published on 03/05/2016
» The savage murder last week of a Canadian hostage by self-styled Filipino Islamists was a reminder of the terrorist threat in this region. Authorities have said on several occasions they have not uncovered any case of an active Islamic State network or agent in Thailand. The need for constant alert is clear.
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Put the rubber price problem in the right perspective
News, Published on 09/03/2016
» Not long after Phraya Ratsada-nupradit (Khaw Sim Bee Na Ranong) arranged to secretly ship a large volume of para-rubber (natural rubber) seeds from Penang, Malaysia, to Trang at the beginning of the 20th century (1901), rubber became one of Thailand's major exports, along with rice, teak and tin.
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New era kicks off in Asean 2016
News, Published on 31/12/2015
» Dec 31, 2015 may be just another New Year's Eve to most, but to Southeast Asia, this night is when Asean officially becomes a community, a grand new experiment that may in time transform the region into a global powerhouse if it plays its cards right.
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Is Southeast Asia the next IS terror target?
News, Published on 21/11/2015
» As the investigation of Nov 13’s terrorist attacks in Paris evolves, everything points to Daesh or the so-called Islamic State (IS) — backing the IS's own claim of responsibility for the horrific actions.
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Southeast Asia's forgotten genocide
News, Gareth Evans, Published on 04/11/2015
» October marked 50 years since the Indonesian military launched one of the twentieth century's worst mass murders. Yet the anniversary passed almost unnoticed. The massacre of some 500,000 members or sympathisers of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) during 1965-1966 is the least talked-about genocide of the last century.
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Jakarta’s Asean role fades under Widodo
News, Donald Weatherbee, Published on 26/09/2015
» Still available on DVD, the 1957 science fiction cult film The Incredible Shrinking Man, based on Richard Matheson’s novel The Shrinking Man, chronicled the gradual dwindling in size of the hero, Scott Carey, from a robust six-footer to prey for the family’s cat. The cause of Scott’s misfortune was mist from a strange Pacific Ocean cloud passing over his boat.
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