Inbound tourism to Asean is booming, or at least that’s what delegates to the 15th Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Sub-region (TTM+2016) conference and exhibition were told in Chiang Mai, […]
The latest edition of the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index report (LPI 2016 report) see’s Singapore retain its position as Asean’s logistic hub for the tenth consecutive year, with all other Asean Community (AC) members […]
In just over two weeks time Rodrigo Duterte will be sworn in as the 16th president of the Philippines. However, even before his inauguration on June 30 there are increasing concerns that the country is […]
Cambodia fragrant rice exports to the European Union (EU) are in jeopardy due to cheating by rogue exporters mixing lower quality grains with the country’s premium product. At the recent 9th EU-Cambodia Joint Committee meeting […]
Once synonymous with conflict and poverty, the Cambodia economy is one of the fastest growing globally. Since 2011 Cambodia’s economy has grown by 7 per cent or more and this pace is expected to continue […]
In a strong show of confidence in the Cambodia banking sector and the galloping Cambodia economy the National Bank of Canada (NBC) has paid US$103 million to increase its equity in Advanced Bank of Asia […]
When it comes to development success stories it’s hard to look past Vietnam. After shrugging off the colonialist French it withstood saturation bombing by the USA before pushing back the Chinese. The political and economic […]
Feature video: Mourning friends and relatives of Thai army conscript Private Songtham Moodmud, killed in a Thai army bastardisation session in Yala, farewell his body. In Thailand a family is in mourning following the beating […]
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Playboy Thailand Brand Ambassador Poonnada “Fearz” Sirichaisasul has been killed in a single-vehicle, high-speed crash in Bangkok, the latest hi-so celebrity said to be a victim of drunk driving in Thailand. The 25-year-old Playboy […]
A eight month record industrial output slump of 6.7 per cent in December has seen Singapore record its slowest annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth in six years. Figures released by the Ministry of Trade […]
The World Bank has forecast modest economic growth in 2016 with global gross domestic product (GDP) forecast to increase by 20.83 per cent from 2.4 per cent in 2015 to 2.9 per cent this year. […]
It’s not very often that governments anywhere hold press conferences in response to media stories and it’s especially the case in Thailand where the international media is largely regarded as little more than annoying foreigners […]