Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu China ‘crosses threshold’ with missiles at South China Sea outposts Beijing has installed cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles on man-made islands throughout the South China Sea, […]
BoT: All sectors of Thai economy expand in March The Bank of Thailand (BoT) reports that the country’s economy grew 4% in the first quarter of 2018 with expansion recorded in all sectors in the […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu World Economic Forum on ASEAN to be held in Vietnam The World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018 will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from Sept […]
Top official tied to welfare scam The director of a welfare centre for the underprivileged in Samut Prakan has petitioned the prime minister to instigate disciplinary and criminal punishment against a former permanent secretary over […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu WHO calls for acceleration of efforts to tackle air pollution in South-east Asia The World Health Organization (WHO) called upon member-countries in the South-East Asia Region […]
Senior officials face axe for welfare fund fraud THE SOCIAL Development and Human Security Ministry is poised to fire two senior officials for their role in the embezzlement of state funds for the destitute. — […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu As US withdraws, Japan and China become mainstays of SE Asia FDI Despite the last US administration’s so-called “pivot to Asia,” which identified increased engagement with […]
Thailand openly airs hope to join TPP Thailand has expressed its hope of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japan’s minister in charge of the free trade deal said Tuesday. — Bangkok Post BoT expects Thai economy […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu 32nd ASEAN Summit: Analysis and key takeaways Singapore can check one thing off its to-do-list for its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) […]
250 officials involved in welfare fund fraud The protection centres for the derelict in only nine of all 76 provinces are free of corruption, with at least 250 ministry officials involved. — Bangkok Post Cabinet […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Don’t drag Cambodia into the South China Sea conundrum Soun Nimeth rebuts academic Carl Thayer’s recent article in The Diplomat and argues that there is an […]
FPO maintains Thai economic growth at 4.2% The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) of the Ministry of Finance has maintained this year’s expected economic expansion rate at 4.2%. — NNT Thai junta likely to back another […]