FinanceAsia Awards 2022-2023 – open for entry
2023-03-06
We would like to invite market participants to submit entries to the 27th iteration of FinanceAsia’s awards, which recognise Asia’s financial services industry.Continue Reading
Philippines human rights violations persist despite EU optimism
2023-03-06
Despite statements emerging from the recent EU delegation visit to the Philippines that the human rights situation has improved under current president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., rampant killings during drug raids and crackdowns on activism and free speech persist
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The nursery massacre that rippled through generations
2023-03-05
NONG BUA LAM PHU: When a former police officer in the rural Northeast shot and stabbed more than two dozen children as they napped in their nursery in October, the episode became the worst mass shooting by a lone attacker in Thailand’s history.Continue Reading
Thailand spent B444bn in 3 years to fight pandemic
2023-03-05
Thailand spent a total of 444 billion baht ($12.8 billion) on public health during the three years of the pandemic to contain the spread of Covid-19 and vaccinate its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health.Continue Reading
Indonesia’s inflation to stay above 5% in first half: Central bank chief
2023-03-05
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s inflation will remain above 5 per cent in the first half of 2023, mainly on high food prices, before falling below 4 per cent in the second half, central bank Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Sunday (Mar 5), warning that the fight to control inflation must continue. “TheContinue Reading
US needs to move now to deter a Taiwan takeover
2023-03-05
This is part two of “The World After Taiwan’s Fall,” which reviews the key findings and recommendations of a Pacific Forum study. Read part one. Intervention is essential Finding: The only thing slightly worse than the United States intervening and failing to reverse a PRC invasion of Taiwan would be the United States not intervening. A […]Continue Reading
Cambodia opposition leader jailed 27 years for treason
2023-03-04
The U.S. ambassador to the country called the sentencing of Kem Sokha a “miscarriage of justice”
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Struggles across generations
2023-03-04
As young generations get more involved in politics in Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, elders in Cambodia need more support. Meanwhile, ASEAN and EU strengthen ties on green economy
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Digital worlds diverge at World Mobile Congress
2023-03-03
BARCELONA – A record 85,000 attendees at the Mobile World Congress saw two radically different visions of the digital future. Developed market telecom companies think of 5G mobile broadband as a consumer technology and worry that their market is close to saturation. China’s flagship digital infrastructure company, Huawei, thinks of 5G as an industrial technology […]Continue Reading
Thailand’s child activists face unprecedented court proceedings
2023-03-03
While mass pro-democracy protests have scaled down across Thailand, the crackdown on child political activists continues. Now, a legal rights group says the juvenile justice system is violating the rights of minors
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