I'm sure if he just expressed more interest in joining TPP then TIP could be worked around - it certainly worked for Malaysia!Quote:
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bkkguy
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I'm sure if he just expressed more interest in joining TPP then TIP could be worked around - it certainly worked for Malaysia!Quote:
Originally Posted by Up2U
bkkguy
Thai junta envoy admits crush on China
August 5, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - As relations with western nations cool, Thailand's generals have visibly cosied up to China since seizing power in a coup last year.
But one Thai general appears to be especially enamoured.,.... (read more).... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakin ... 65995.html
I recommend he brush up on his golf game and play 18 holes with Obama.Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkguy
you will need your vpn or proxy server to read this
ThailandтАЩs Generals CanтАЩt Restart the Economy
Posted on August 4, 2015 By Philip Bowring Economics/Business, Headline, Thailand
Fifteen months in, a cabinet reshuffle looms. WonтАЩt help
Most of ThailandтАЩs economic news is continuing to dampen any remaining hope that the military junta, now in power for 15 months, would usher in an era of economic revival.
The kingdom is at best static while long-laggard neighbors Vietnam, Myanmar and the Philippines appear to be on the rise. Indeed the perception at home and abroad is of a society which has stalled despite its combination of entrepreneurial spirit and ethnic cohesion. This is not just reflected in the divide between red and yellow shirts, between richer and poorer, between rural and urban regions..... (read more)...
http://www.asiasentinel.com/econ-busine ... t-economy/
Forbes :
Asia 7/30/2015
Asia Photographer Of The Year: 'Bullets Flew Through The Air Over My Head'
Swedish photographer Jonas Gratzer has been named Photographer of the Year by the Foreign CorrespondentsтАЩ Club of Thailand (FCCT) and LightRocket, an online photo platform, for his documentary тАУ and often risky тАУ assignments throughout Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.... (read more)....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2 ... r-my-head/
NGO worker faces S44 charges
6 Aug 2015
NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS | WRITER: POST REPORTERS
A coordinator with the non-profit organisation Assembly of the Poor (AOP) was charged yesterday with inciting public unrest for allegedly supporting 14 students from the New Democracy Movement (NDM).
Baramee Chairat, who works with the AOP to help poor farmers, yesterday showed up at Samran Rat police station in Phra Nakhon district to hear a charge laid against him under Section 116 of the Criminal Code, which forbids inciting public unrest.
Mr Baramee allegedly provided shelter for 14 students of the NDM who were arrested on June 25...... (read more)....
http://bangkokpost.com/news/special-rep ... 44-charges
I thought Obama would be too busy for golf - is he still on his trip back home to find his birth certificate?Quote:
Originally Posted by Up2U
bkkguy
Asian Correspondent Staff
US Senate approves Glyn Davies as new Thailand ambassador
By Asian Correspondent Staff Aug 06, 2015
The U.S. Senate has approved the appointment of former envoy for North Korea policy Glyn T. Davies as the new ambassador to Thailand..... (read more)... http://asiancorrespondent.com/134636/us ... mbassador/
and also,
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
Consumer confidence index hits new low
6 Aug 2015
WRITER: ONLINE
The consumer confidence index continues to slide, hitting a 14-month low in July due to lacklustre economic growth, struggling exports and drought..... (read more).....
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/new ... ts-new-low
Tanasak's amorous praise for Chinese FM 'may upset Asean'
MARISA ISHIKAWA,
PRAVIT ROJANAPHRUK
THE NATION August 7, 2015
WAS IT LOVE, an ingenious diplomatic move, or a diplomatic faux pas
The unexpected public expression of amorous affection by Foreign Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn for his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday was met with mixed response by critics.... (read more)....
http://linkis.com/nationmultimedia.com/Lzj1c