Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu China’s Belt and Road Initiative paved with risk and red herrings There is no shortage of sceptics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Indeed, stories […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Southeast Asian real estate continues to lure Chinese buyers Chinese demand for Thai real estate has been on an upward trend since 2015 and reached its […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PATA: Mekong tourism grows 13% More than 59 million travellers visited the five countries that are members of the Greater Mekong Sub-region during 2017, according to […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Self-Sufficient, Sustainable, Vital: Thailand’s Vision for PPP-Driven CLMVT (video) Thailand Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has outlined his vision of the future for the CLMVT (Cambodia, […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PM and ASEAN Chairman agree to step up cooperation The ASEAN Secretary-General has expressed his readiness to support Thailand to be the ASEAN Chair in 2019 […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Emerging Asia hit by biggest exodus since 2008 A falling tide lowers all boats, it seems. Amid an exodus from emerging markets, investors are pulling out […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Thailand spearheads regional fund to cut reliance on big Asian economies Thailand is spearheading a new Southeast Asian fund for infrastructure and development projects, Thai Prime […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu UN says people smuggling worth $7bn a year THE global people smuggling industry is worth between $5.5 and $7 billion according to new analysis from the […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Who lost the South China Sea? United States (US) Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has spoken out against China’s strategy of “intimidation and coercion” in the South […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Trump reaffirms commitment to ASEAN US President Donald Trump has expressed his country’s continued commitment to engaging Southeast Asia, the Singaporean Foreign Ministry said in a […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Increased Military Spending Does Not Portend Asean Arms Race Southeast Asian countries’ historically high defence budgets are the sum of various national considerations: financial self-sufficiency, territorial […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Time running out on MTCO contract Mekong Tourism Coordination Office executive director, Jens Thraenhart’s contract runs out 30 June, just days after the Mekong Tourism Forum […]