Visa exemptions for Chinese, Indians to be submitted to Thai cabinet
BANGKOK, Aug 15, 2019, Bangkok Post. The Tourism and Sports Ministry plans to seek the…
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[Analytics] Indian economy as an instrument of the eastward expansion
In cooperation with the Far Eastern Federal University India is one of the youngest nations…
[Analytics] Thailand rolling out its legal weed wares
Still unwilling to allow the public to get zonked or profit from recreational marijuana, Thailand…
2 workers trapped under collapsed scaffolding in Phuket found dead
PHUKET, Aug 12, 2019, Bangkok Post. Two workers trapped under scaffolding that collapsed at a…
Thai beauty queen who called Philippine Miss Universe ‘fat’ files cyberbullying raps
MANILA, Aug 9, 2019, PhilStar. Miss Grand Thailand 2019 Coco Arayha Suparurk recently filed cyberbullying…
US on track to oust China as Malaysia’s No. 1 investor
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8, 2019, MalayMail. Chinese firms’ pullback on investments here has opened the…
Thai industry minister urges central bank to curb baht
BANGKOK, Aug 7, 2019, VNA. Thailand’s new Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has urged the Bank…
Indonesia’s Jokowi says he’ll fire officials if they fail to tackle forest blazes
JAKARTA, Aug 6, 2019, Bloomberg. With a surge in forest fires in Indonesia threatening a…
Bombs in greater Bangkok at the end of last week were linked to 10 suspects
BANGKOK, Aug 5, 2019, Bangkok Post. The foiled time bomb found outside police headquarters in…
[Analytics] China’s next dilemma: surging household borrowing
The next wave of debt worries to spook global markets will come from Chinese households….
Departure tax imposed from Sept 1 in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2, 2019, MalayMail. Anyone who flies out from Malaysia will have to…
Four hurt bomb blasts in Bangkok where regional foreign ministers’ summit goes
BANGKOK, Aug 2, 2019, Asia Times. Four people were injured when a series of small…