Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce, Sun Chanthol, has signalled the aggressive approach his country is taking in luring foreign direct investment (FDI) in a punchy interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on the sidelines of the […]
Something is lost in translation in Thailand where armed anti-government protesters are able to readily access bullet-proof vests and other ballistic and personal protective equipment (PPE), in addition to guns, yet journalists and volunteer medical […]
The events of the last two weeks in Myanmar bear considerable similarity to events a little over 19 years ago in a country that became synonymous with the abject failure of the United Nations (UN) […]
Just a little more than two-and-a-half years after anti-government street protests brought the centre of Bangkok to a stop for 64 days ahead of a bloody military crackdown, Bangkokians are again living under the Thailand […]
When it comes to bizarre media releases it’s hard to go past one issued today (Nov 5) by international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) breathlessly titled MSF prevented from reaching most communities affected by […]
The death of Leicestershire English teacher Gareth Davies is one of the most needless deaths to have occurred in Thailand in several years and in the final analysis amounts to nothing more than a betrayal […]
The brother of a Leicestershire English teacher who died in Bangkok yesterday (March 26) is calling for an inquiry into the British Embassy Bangkok’s handling of the matter, in addition to an inquiry by the […]
A gravely ill English language teacher in Thailand, Gareth Davies, has phoned friends and relatives begging to be transferred from the provincial hospital he is warded in complaining of neglect and abuse by hospital staff. […]
A Leicestershire English teacher’s commitment to his Thai students may cost him his life after falling ill in Bangkok, Thailand and then finding his employer, a private Bangkok university, hadn’t made the obligatory contributions it […]
A confidential US Government cable allegedly sent by former American ambassador to Thailand Eric John (pictured at right) to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton provides an interesting insight into how embedded US agencies […]
Almost 100 years after the League of Nations (LON) first law on narcotics (drugs), the International Opium Convention of 1912, a report released yesterday, June 2, 2011, says the global war on drugs is a […]
One year after the violent military crackdown against red-shirt anti-government protesters in the heart of the Bangkok business district more than 10,000 of the groups faithful gathered at the Ratchaprasong intersection today, May 19, 2011, […]