We all know there is a drought affecting all of Southeast Asia. The issue is not whether there's also drought in Yunnan, the issue is one country taking far more [water] than its share.
The recent financial crisis saw a global syncronised boom turned into a syncronised bust. It was partly fuelled by excessive credit growth and low costs for risk takers. Mercantilist North Asian economies such as China, Japan and South Korea pursued cheap-currency and full-employment policies while the monetary marvels of the West gladly supplied a loose lubricant for a deflationary environment.
THAKSIN Shinawatra's final battle, based on his megalomaniacal ambition to regain political power and seized assets, continues to cause concern among city people whose livelihoods could be disrupted for a week, if not longer, with the possibility of violence in the streets.
THE NORTH is disappearing under haze. Officials are pleading with hill farmers to start fewer fires, and the government is trying to persuade neighbouring countries to cooperate. The Mekong River is lower than most people can ever remember.
WHERE ON EARTH does the mere mention of the name "Bangkok" bring a breath of fresh air or a smiling face? Again, which country has a common history with Thailand that dates back thousands of years? Can you name a country that can be a democratic force for Asean along with Thailand?
As a Thai who wishes for a prosperous future for Thai rice, I believe it should be traded at a much higher price than the set quota. After keeping up with reports in recent months, I could not help feeling frustrated about why it was so hard for the world's largest rice exporter to get serious about how to find the best way to sell the grain.
Pornarit Chounchaisit, managing director of Infinity Mall, is a champion of the government's so-called "creative economy" policy, under which the country is being promoted as a regional hub for artistic and other talent-related businesses.
Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij wrote a controversial Facebook piece the other day, expressing his personal opinion on the February 26 court verdict in former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's assets-seizure case.
Iraqis go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new Parliament for the second time under the country's 2006 constitution. Many scholars believe that this second election, not the first, would be the most important test of any new democracy. If that's the case, then these elections will foreshadow ominous times ahead.
The last of a two-part series continues its alternative look at the former prime minister's assets-seizure case through the eyes of the people and morality
WHAT COLOUR best symbolises love? Black, red, pink or white? How many volcanoes are there on our planet? What if you have to arrange breakfast for a foreign couple honeymooning in Thailand? What menu, flowers and tablecloth would you choose?
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