Southeast Asia's old air hubs are revving back to life
SUBANG, Malaysia/JAKARTA/BANGKOK -- Since last year, Indonesian airline TransNusa has routinely shuttled passengers between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur two to three times each day.
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SUBANG, Malaysia/JAKARTA/BANGKOK -- Since last year, Indonesian airline TransNusa has routinely shuttled passengers between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur two to three times each day.
Thailand’s biggest opposition party will push to curb the sweeping power of the Constitutional Court, which this month caused fresh upheaval by dissolving the most-popular party and then ousting the prime minister.
BANGKOK -- When Srettha Thavisin, Thailand's recently dismissed prime minister, learned that he had been removed from office by a 5-4 vote of the Constitutional Court, his response was resigned and dignified: "I accept the decision of the Constitutional Court but I want to affirm that throughout my almost one-year tenure as prime minister I have tried to do everything correctly."
BANGKOK — Politicians in Thailand must reform the judiciary to prevent interventions that have the country "going around in circles", a recently banned opposition figurehead said, after two big rulings that dissolved his party and dismissed a prime minister.
BANGKOK -- After almost a year of comparative calm, the world of Thai politics erupted into turmoil last week, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin evicted by a bombshell court ruling.
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military regime is introducing tougher price controls for daily necessities in a bid to curb rampant inflation, yet its heavy state involvement reminiscent of socialism is driving down the currency further and exacerbating credit concerns.
Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution. Final treaty negotiations take place in South Korea in November.
BANGKOK – A Bangkok to Beijing train journey became one clickity-clack link closer with the completion by Thailand and Laos of a Mekong River railway bridge and tracks last month, enabling cross-border rail transport with Laos for the first time and only a few kilometers remaining as the last trackless gap to reach China.