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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Thai opposition party seeks to rein in constitutional court’s power after political upheaval
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.
Thai court rules against elected politicians, not coup makers
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."
'We're going nowhere': Thai opposition figure says court interventions must stop
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.
Thailand's latest Shinawatra PM walks the same economic, political tightrope
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.
Myanmar's growing price controls deepen economic woes
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.
Groups say they’re shut out of global treaty talks on plastics pollution in Bangkok
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.
Beijing to Bangkok train just a few links from reality
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.