BRI backlash: time for China to reassure Asean

• Editorial

BRI backlash: time for China to reassure Asean

China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to draw criticism and disapproval. Its sceptics brand it as China’s Marshall Plan, or as a ‘neo-imperial project’. To ensure the initiative’s success, China should heed some […]

Thailand English-language News for May 3 (HD video)

In Thailand English-language News for May 3, 2018, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha tells us about: 01:01 | Deputy prime minister General Prawit Wongsuwan yesterday said that no special security measures are planned for a rally by an activist […]

Thailand English-language News for November 16 (HD video)

In Thailand English-language News for November 16, 2017, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha tells us about: 00:42 | Air Marshal Pakdee Saeng-xuto has conferred royal gifts on the rocker ‘Toon Bodyslam’ for his fundraising run, “Step by Step for […]

Asean At 50: Firing up or Powering Down?

• Editorial

Asean At 50: Firing up or Powering Down?

Fifty years ago Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). This association of primarily non-communist and relatively free-market countries was formed at a time when the Cold […]