Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang […]
Shortage of migrant labour hits key sectors MANY SECTORS, including construction in the capital, fisheries in the South and agriculture in border areas, are facing labour shortages due to the tough new labour law, sources […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Beijing now calls the shots in the South China Sea, and the US and Asean must accept this for lasting peace The contest for the perceptual domination […]
AOT prepared for ICAO Security Audit The Airports of Thailand (AOT) is getting prepared for Security Audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). — NBT World (video) Defence budget on steady rise in past […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Singapore Tops First Asia-Pacific University Rankings: Malaysia Rising Five Asean countries are represented in the first edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia-Pacific University Rankings, with […]
Bt700-bn EEC projects get the nod PROJECTS SIMILAR to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) will be built in other regions of the country as part of government attempts to get Thailand out of the “middle-income […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN’s manufacturing index comes in flat as demand wanes After five months of expansion, Southeast Asia’s manufacturing activity turned flat in June, with the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing […]
BOT raises economic growth forecast to 3.5% THE BANK of Thailand (BOT) upgraded its forecast for the country’s economic growth to 3.5 per cent from 3.4 per cent and says it will continuing to monitor […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PH to outperform growth in Asean — BMI Research The Philippines, together with Myanmar and Vietnam, are expected to post the fastest economic growth in Asean mainly […]
‘Samui Times’ to be sued after Koh Tao death story The death case of a Belgian tourist on Koh Tao took a twist on Tuesday as provincial authorities on Tuesday targeted a news website which […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu June manufacturing PMI hits record low Malaysia’s Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for June hit its lowest in five years since data for the index was […]
Combative PM says his future role |in politics is his ‘personal business’ PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he had become “fed up” with the media asking whether he would contest the next general […]