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Thailand will work towards legislating marijuana for medical use, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, signalling a U-turn on plans to re-criminalise the plant and another change in the government’s hazy position on cannabis.
BANGKOK — Thailand's main opposition figurehead is hopeful his election-winning Move Forward party will survive an upcoming dissolution case, but warned of the impact of another investigation that could leave the popular progressive outfit decimated.
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Top diplomats from Southeast Asia met Friday morning in Vientiane with China’s Foreign Minister for talks that come as friction continues to escalate over Beijing’s growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.
BANGKOK -- The Thai government touched off a domino effect when it started throwing subsidies at Chinese electric vehicle makers, industry figures say as they watch the resultant massive oversupply of EVs ignite a price war in the combustion engine auto segment, now suffering from production cuts and plant closures.
However, insurers and IT experts said the outages’ impact on the region was limited and would not lead to an overhaul of cybersecurity protocols, although they recommended businesses strengthen their backup systems and continuity plans in case similar incidents strike again in the future.
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China were gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the start of three days of talks expected to focus on the increasingly violent civil war in Myanmar, tensions in the South China Sea and other regional issues.
BANGKOK -- Thailand's ruling party will push forward with its long-delayed digital wallet stimulus, opening registration for the 10,000 baht ($277) handout from Aug. 1, but has yet to set a rollout date for the scheme meant to improve the Thai economy's year-end prospects.
Trinh Nguyen is senior economist for emerging Asia at Natixis in Hong Kong.
The Southeast Asian bloc Asean met in Laos on Wednesday (July 24) as it seeks to advance a stalled bid to resolve a crisis in Myanmar and cool tensions in the South China Sea, days ahead of a gathering of top diplomats from the world's biggest powers.