'Advisor' Thaksin hits out at protests Asia Times | By Jared Ferrie | PHNOM PENH - In his first act as Cambodia's newest economic advisor, former and exiled Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra lashed out at his country's government, which has recalled its ambassador and taken other measures to protest his appointment. | "Their domestic political...
Cambodia rattles Thailand's chain Asia Times | By Craig Guthrie | HUA HIN, Thailand - Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, with a thumping parliamentary majority and a war-traumatized electorate fearful of change, may well have one of the safest jobs in world politics. This certainly seems the case in comparison with neighboring Tha...
'Advisor' Thaksin hits out at protests Asia Times | By Jared Ferrie | PHNOM PENH - In his first act as Cambodia's newest economic advisor, former and exiled Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra lashed out at his country's government, which has recalled its ambassador and taken other measures to pr...
Vacationing In Thailand Over Greece? That's The Dopamine Talking redOrbit Posted on: Thursday, 12 November 2009, 12:39 CST | People constantly make complex decisions, from the more mundane—which restaurant to go to for dinner or which movie to go see—to the more profound—whether to have kids or not. Now, a new study ...
Thaksin's Cambodia Role Runs Risk for Ousted Thai Leader Wall Street Journal By JAMES HOOKWAY | BANGKOK -- Since being forced out of power in a military coup three years ago, ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra has made a show of traveling the world to keep himself in the public eye back home. | But his latest gambit -- tak...
Thai officials visit Recsam The Star | More than 25 delegates from Thailand's Education Ministry visited the South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation's (Seameo) Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (Recsam) in Penang. | Thailand's Education Minister Jurin...
Asean cities tackle climate change Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Asean, home to about 583 million people, seeks to focus on the region's carbon-producing cities in its efforts to tackle global warming, it was learned Thursd...
World Bank Raises Forecast for China's Economy The New York Times | HONG KONG - The World Bank on Wednesday became the latest major institution to raise its forecast for growth in China, a reflection of the country's rapid rebound this year, thou...
Cambodia rattles Thailand's chain Asia Times | By Craig Guthrie | HUA HIN, Thailand - Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, with a thumping parliamentary majority and a war-traumatized electorate fearful of change, may well have one of the safest jobs in world politics. This certainly...
AXA Asia-Pacific Rejects $10.2 Billion Breakup Plan The New York Times | HONG KONG - AXA Asia Pacific, the Australian unit of the French insurance giant AXA, on Monday turned down a $10.2 billion takeover bid led by its parent, a proposal that highlighted the French company's eagerness to raise its exposure to the fast-...
Chia Tai launches R&D arm China Daily | SHANGHAI: Thai conglomerate Chia Tai Group on Thursday announced it will launch Zicure Technology, a high-tech company focusing on telecommunication and e-commerce, in China to further enhance its research and development R&D capacity. | With o...
Aids vaccine found to cut risk of infection The Times | An experimental vaccine designed to combat HIV has shown the first signs of protection against the virus. | The vaccine, which was being used in a trial of more than 16,000 men in Thailand, cut the risk of infection by a third, researchers announced in Bangkok today. | Scientists said that while the findings were modest they offered the first evi...
Extradited banking fugitive arrives in Thailand Newsday | October 30, 2009 AMBIKA AHUJA (Associated Press Writer) Quick Summary | Banking scandal fugitive linked to Asian crisis back in Thailand after extradition from Canada | BANGKOK (AP) — A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown arrived Friday nigh...
