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Debt-saddled Laos struggles to tame rampant inflation
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - November 17, 2024 - 4:21pm
Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.
'Monumental step' as Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - September 26, 2024 - 11:42am
The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette said Tuesday, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
Thai court bans popular politician, dissolves reformist party
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - August 8, 2024 - 1:33pm
Thailand's most popular politician was banned from politics for 10 years and his party dissolved on Wednesday over his attempt to reform archaic royal defamation laws.
Thais reject army-backed government, opposition to open coalition talks
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - May 15, 2023 - 8:34am
While MFP sought support from millennial and Gen Z voters — who make up nearly half the 52 million-strong electorate — Pheu Thai drew on its traditional base in the rural northeast where voters...
ASEAN leaders hope for trade deal as economies sag on US-China spat
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - November 3, 2019 - 9:46am
Southeast Asian leaders meet for a second day in Thailand on Sunday, hoping for a breakthrough in talks over the world's largest trade deal to help throw off the torpor which has gripped the global economy since...
Hundreds of schools to shut as toxic smog chokes Bangkok
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - January 31, 2019 - 2:00am
Toxic smog forced hundreds of Bangkok schools to close yesterday, as authorities struggle to manage a pollution crisis that has stirred widespread health fears and taken on a political edge just weeks before el...
Thai court rejects bid to block deportation of Saudi woman
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - January 7, 2019 - 5:25pm
A Thai court Monday rejected an attempt to block the deportation of a Saudi woman who made a desperate plea for asylum, saying she feared for her life after escaping an abusive family.
Thailand immigrant crackdown eyes 'dark-skinned people'
by Thanaporn Promyamyai - October 21, 2018 - 4:49pm
Allegedly aimed at busting visa abusers and illegal migrants, a Thai police operation called "X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner" has raised questions about racial profiling and fears for asylum-seekers caught in its web.
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