Vietnam’s pivot to the West more a shuffle towards the centre (video)
Signing onto the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in Atlanta last October and the high-level state…
Don’t Bank on Vietnam Banking Sector Reform
In architecture, there is a dictum that ‘form follows function’. The architect decides what a…
Isaan Under Contract – A Push For Stronger Contract Farming Regulations
Shortly after the sun settled deep into the horizon on the other side of the…
Can Jokowi Move Indonesia Beyond Protectionism?
Put in a comparative historical perspective Indonesia’s economic growth performance has been relatively strong. Yet…
What The Asean Economic Community (AEC) Means For Laos
The Asean Economic Community (AEC) presents new opportunities for Laos PDR, but it also underlines…
Thailand government riled by AP claim it ignored human trafficking
It’s not very often that governments anywhere hold press conferences in response to media stories…
Indonesia’s rising inequality divide (video)
Fifteen years of sustained economic growth in Indonesia have helped to reduce poverty and create…
Asean Urbanisation And The AEC
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) takes steps toward implementing the Asean Economic…
Asean Supports Thai Police Wildlife & Timber Trafficking Bid
A proposal by the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to add wildlife and timber trafficking to…
Defusing The Ageing Singapore Time Bomb
According to United Nations World Population Prospects 2015 Singapore will become a super-aged society by…
The Challenges Of Myanmar’s Extractive Industries
Following five decades of rule by socialist and military governments under which the country became…
Minorities forgotten as Vietnam–US ties improve
Twenty years after the post–war normalisation of Vietnam–US ties, the two nations are increasingly close.…
Bomber Blame Game Sees Thailand Immigration Abruptly Change Visa Rules (Update #5)
Foreign workers and tourists who use the country’s visa exempt entry provisions are the unwitting…
Thailand Launches Air & Sea Hunt For Rogue Fishing Ship Taishan (Kunlun)
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has commenced an air and sea search for the rogue…
Mooching Thai cop breaks cashier’s nose
There’s nothing new in tales of Thai police acting badly and while the perception by…
Mahathir Mohamad mobbed at Dataran Merdeka (video)
Wild scenes in Malaysia last night when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Tun…