Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Thailand spearheads regional fund to cut reliance on big Asian economies Thailand is spearheading a new Southeast Asian fund for infrastructure and development projects, Thai Prime […]
Thailand spearheads regional fund to cut reliance on big Asian economies Thailand is spearheading a new Southeast Asian fund for infrastructure and development projects, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha told a summit in Bangkok on […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu UN says people smuggling worth $7bn a year THE global people smuggling industry is worth between $5.5 and $7 billion according to new analysis from the […]
World Bank may raise Thai economic growth forecast The World Bank may boost its projection for economic growth in Thailand, where the pace of expansion hit a five-year high last quarter. — Bangkok Post Leading […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Who lost the South China Sea? United States (US) Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has spoken out against China’s strategy of “intimidation and coercion” in the South […]
Thailand’s 10th rabies victim dies in Rayong A 10th person has died from Rabies in Rayong according to the Disease Control Department director-general Suwanchai Watanayingcharoenchai today (Wednesday). — The Thaiger Foxconn keen on EEC Foxconn […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Trump reaffirms commitment to ASEAN US President Donald Trump has expressed his country’s continued commitment to engaging Southeast Asia, the Singaporean Foreign Ministry said in a […]
BTS ‘months away’ from finalising joint investment in |high-speed airports rail link, with PTT possibly in the frame BTS Group Holdings Plc expects to finalise within months a deal for joint investment in the high-speed […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Increased Military Spending Does Not Portend Asean Arms Race Southeast Asian countries’ historically high defence budgets are the sum of various national considerations: financial self-sufficiency, territorial […]
Key airports’ passengers to hit 200m, says Arkhom Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports will have a collective capacity to handle up to 200 million passengers a year when each of their development plans are […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Time running out on MTCO contract Mekong Tourism Coordination Office executive director, Jens Thraenhart’s contract runs out 30 June, just days after the Mekong Tourism Forum […]
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC): The Hard Sell Begins For the past year no visitor to Thailand on government business has been spared the pre-sales spiel on the country’s plans to develop its eastern seaboard […]