While this may be good news for consumers, it means that the region’s own exports will become far less competitive, affecting economic growth and jobs.
A report by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative noted that signs of potential military structures have appeared on several features in the strategic waterway, which is…
Orange is shorthand for the progressive People’s Party, led by 37-year-old Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut. Meanwhile, "red shirt” groups are associated with former Thai PM Thaksin…
This reality comes four years after student protests first broke out across Southeast Asia’s second largest economy – challenging the then military-linked government and…
Ms Paetongtarn, 37, assumed the post two days after another Pheu Thai candidate, Mr Srettha Thavisin, was dismissed from the premiership by the Constitutional Court for the…
“We are very much hopeful, very hopeful,” said Dr Khin Thidar Aye, director-general of the Asean affairs department in Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Laos. “If…
Based on the jobs it will generate and wider development it will spur, it is estimated to give an economic internal rate of return of 20 per cent to 31 per cent – over and above…
The losses in Myanmar’s Kayin state are the latest in a string of defeats since October 2023 that forced the military regime to cede control in key border areas.
President Vo Van Thuong will also step down from his position as member of the Politburo, the highest body of the party, and member of the party’s central committee.
According to the recently activated law, all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 will now have to serve in the military, and those with specialist expertise may be…